Similar to the recent difficulty of identifying the seven billionth human born on earth (that prize went to Danica May Camacho, a girl born in the Philippine capital of Manila, symbolically chosen by the UN to mark the global population milestone), it is understandable if Apple used location as an important factor in calculating their tiebreaks.
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In Manila, Philippine President Benigno Aquino confirmed that the observers were safe and that the negotiations about their release were ongoing.
Away from the opera bouffe of Manila, Philippine politics looks less like liberal democracy than elective feudalism, where dominant local clans hold sway.
The Philippine government's Heart Center in Manila attracts as many affluent patients as poor ones because of its high standards of medical expertise.
When his gleaming Royal Brunei Air plane taxied to a red-carpet welcome at Manila's airport, Philippine officials saw Bolkiah, who also heads his country's defense forces, at the pilot's seat.
Clad in a black coat and top hat like that worn by Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, he stormed into Manila Cathedral during a mass.
In November, the play will be presented in Manila, Baguio and Ilocos, the northern Philippine region where part of the drama is set.
Perhaps in a bid to avert any further diplomatic chill - relations between Manila and Kuala Lumpur are already frosty because Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada has expressed support for his "friend" Anwar - presidential spokesman Fernando Barican made a statement to offset the newspapers' comments.
Last week, Bolkiah flew to Manila, partly to discuss the summit agenda with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
Two Philippine nationals also were beat with bats in Taiwan, media in Manila reported, prompting two high-level appeals for calm by Taipei.
Mr. Rodwell was taken by helicopter chartered by the U.S. military to the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force facility inside a Philippine military camp in Zamboanga city, about 880 kilometers south of Manila, said regional military spokesman Col.
Philippine authorities learned of the plot after a small fire in a Manila apartment, which turned out to be the hideout of Ramzi Yousef, who was later convicted for his role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
The so-called Bojinka plot was disrupted in 1995, when Philippine police broke into an apartment that Yousef and other terrorists were sharing in Manila, which was filled with bomb-making materials.
Ballet Manila presents a work on the life of Gabriela Silang, and other Philippine ballets.
Anton Periquet, head of equities research in Manila for Deutsche Regis Partners, a joint venture between Deutsche Bank and a Philippine brokerage, likes Ayala Land, 58% owned by Ayala Corp. and the country's largest landlord, with commercial and residential properties.
"We talked about the challenges that we appear to be facing in view of the assertions being made by China, " Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario told reporters after meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, in Manila.
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