Guided by a therapist and cue cards, Jose Canoy works at Manila’s brightly decorated Puzzle Cafe. Each of Canoy’s next moves were laid out in index cards with pictures: A script for greeting customers, offering them the menu, serving the food and finally handing out the bill. Canoy, 20, is among seven trainees with autism at the small café, reports PageOne.ph.
Just two weeks before the bout, tickets for the most anticipated fight in recent times have yet to go on public sale, with the two camps and the MGM Grand locked in a standoff over allotments.
Postmaster General Ma. Josefina de la Cruz said the government-owned and -controlled Philippine Postal Corp. (Philpost) managing the country’s postal system posted a net income of P640.43 million last year, the bulk of which came from “snail mail,” reports Inquirer.net.
Senator Grace Poe continues her climb up the consciousness of potential voters, the latest SWS survey shows, with her popularity as a "presidentiable" near to closing the gap with the presumptive leading candidate for 2016, Vice President Jejomar Binay, reports Interaksyon.com. Poe gained 10 statistical points - from 21 percent in December to 31 percent by March - among potential voters asked to name a preferred successor to President Benigno Aquino III.
In a statement hailed by the Philippines, foreign ministers from the world's seven most industrialized countries slammed China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, reports Rappler.com. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven, or G7, also called for a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.
PAL Holdings Inc., the listed operator of flag carrier Philippine Airlines, closed 2014 with a rare profit as passenger revenues surged, a stock exchange filing on Thursday showed, reports Inquirer.net. PAL Holdings reported that its net income in 2014 reached P129.74 million.
The Philippine government successfully evacuated 464 Filipinos and nine foreigners from Yemen in four batches by land through the Yemeni-Saudi border starting April 05, reports Muntingnayon.com. The last batch was on April 9 and included 79 Filipinos and six foreigners (four Singaporeans, one Yemeni spouse and one Egyptian spouse). They started their trip from Sana’a in the morning and arrived at Saudi Arabia in the evening of the same day. The group was assisted at the border by a team from the Philippine Consulate General, led by Acting Consul General Leo Tito Ausan Jr.
The Philippine lambanog (palm wine) now finds itself among the top liquors of the world. Lakan Extra Premium Philippine Lambanog, is the first Philippine lambanog brand to be awarded a Gold Medal certification by Monde Selection, one of the most prestigious international quality-certifying bodies in the world, reports Rappler.com.
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