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26 July

Guam Regional Medical City opens

By Lito U. Gagni The Medical City (TMC) has ventured into US territory Guam with the setting up of the $240-million, 130-bed Guam Regional Medical City (GRMC), the first-ever Philippine hospital to put up a medical facility on US soil.

26 July

St. Luke’s sets first international course on MIRS

St Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) has just finished its offering for the first International Course on Minimally Invasive Surgery which was held for two sessions this month that featured hands-on dissection of fresh frozen human cadavers that were sourced as part of a body donation program from the United States.

26 July

Pacman joins bid to help Philippines land Fiba Cup hosting

Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao will travel to Japan next month to lend a hand as the Philippines bids against China to host the 2019 basketball World Cup.

26 July

Phl Little Leaguers score big in Asia-Pacific and Mideast tilt

Guilin, China—Little League Philippines Major Boys, 12 years old and younger, scored an impressive run in the recent Asia Pacific and Middle East Regional Tournament, concluding their World Little League qualifiers with an exciting second runner-up finish.

26 July

US ponders shocking loss; Mexico chalks up ugly win

Atlanta—After the feel-good summer of 2014, the United States was eager to pick up another Gold Cup title and lock up its spot in the next Confederations Cup. Instead, the Americans are dealing with one of their most shocking losses. Giving up two first-half goals on set plays, one delivered by goalkeeper Brad Guzan’s blunder on a routine throw, the …

26 July

Madonna: Creativity has no expiration date

Days after it was announced that she will hold a concert in Manila early next year, Madonna says she thinks artists deep into their careers should stop if they don’t have anything more to say.

26 July

A middle-of-the-road, modest teenage drama

Review by Todd McCarthy / The Hollywood Reporter Based on an earlier teen fave novel by The Fault in Our Stars author John Green, Paper Towns is a mild coming-of-ager about dawning awareness and life lessons learned among a small group of Florida high school seniors. Part mystery story, part road movie and part pre-prom graduation romp, the film is most …

26 July

A fresh look urged for Hemingway’s ‘Green Hills of Africa’

By Hillel Italie / The Associated Press New York—Eighty years after the release of Green Hills of Africa, the son and grandson of Ernest Hemingway are urging a fresh look at a work critics have often set aside.

19 July

‘Palace, solons conspired to resurrect P700-B pork’

By Luis Leoncio The pork-barrel system that was resurrected in the 2015 budget, reaching as much as P700 billion in lump sums, was the likely result of a conspiracy of some members of the Executive and Legislative branches to park lump-sum appropriations without intending to use these for the recommended purposes but actually for the selected legislators to realign their …

19 July

Philippine growth skids over Europe turmoil

The Philippines economy is heading for a slowdown as the effects of the European debt contagion that manifested in the problem of Greece are starting to spread worldwide.

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July, 2015