Mango's Local News and Info Index

Updated November 17, 2007

Note:  These articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the Management, Staff and Employees of Mango's.

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Past Articles

 

News and Info Archive 1 1998 - 1999

  SUBIC FREEPORT DRAWS 3.5 MILLION TOURISTS IN 1999

  Nuclear-powered but not nuclear-armed

  Visiting Americans Cause Trouble in Cebu

  EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN SUBIC BAY

  U.S. TROOPS RETURNING TO PHILIPPINES

  SEVENTH FLEET RETURNS HOME

  SECURITY TIGHTENED FOR USS BLUE RIDGE VISIT

  Major expansion agreement between SBMA - FedEx

  Controversial RP - US Visiting Forces Agreement Ratified

  "Irreversible and Inevitable"

  Security Tightened after Bomb Threat

  1999 Philippine Year in Review

 

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News and Info Archive 2 Feb 2000 - Mar 2001

  Marines/Navy Invade Subic

  Ocean Adventure Open Despite Cease & Desist Order

  Subic Bay Freeport undergoing a massive facelift

  Arroyo sends police to dismantle barricades at Subic

  Payumo hit for barring ex-Subic execs funeral

  'Martilyo gang' strikes; robs Norwegian, kills caretaker

  Charges of graft and corruption filed against Gordon

  Gordon describes charges as recycled trash

  Eighteen US Navy SEALs will be summoned by a local prosecutor

  War of politicos dogs Subic, stunts growth

  Calls for the resignation of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority CHAIRMAN

  Prime locations at Subic earmarked for leisure, industrial, commercial and residential development

  Stuck at Base: The future was supposed to be bright at the Clark and Subic military bases...

  Former U.S. Base, Is Hit By Cronyism and Closings

  Subic Freeport - Clark economic zone merger?

  U.S. seeks softer stance on hookers

  ANGELES CITY BOMB

  AMERICAN SUBMARINE DOCKS AT SUBIC

  BALIKTAN SECURITY MEASURES TIGHTENED

  U.S. troops RETURN ELATES SUBIC FOLKS

  U.S. troops in Philippines will be 'in a fishbowl'

  War games to test RP response to invasion
 

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News and Info Archive 3 Jul 2001 - Nov 2001

  US Navy ship docks at Subic

  Bomb Blast Rattles Philippine Town

  Foreign group arrives as US advisers are awaited

  More US military advisers head to the Philippines

  Sex workers rush to Angeles

  Travel bans imperil 50,000 tourism jobs

  US military advisers arrive to train troops in Mindanao

  Court orders arrest of Imelda Marcos

  U.S. sending 'anti-terror team' to Manila

  US to send counter-terrorist advisers to Philippines soon

  US briefs RP on plans for using Subic, Clark

  Top US Navy official visits Subic secretly

  Philippines opens its ports to U.S. military

  SBMA Closes Disco for Lewd Shows

  40,000 Mount Pinatubo Villagers Return Home

  Philippine Crater Lake begins to Drain

  Tourism Secretary 'WOWs' Travelers

  President Arroyo cites Impressive Performance of SBMA Chairman

  HEY, JOE: Damned by the children

  Draining of Pinatubo Crater Lake

  Oral Sex Poses Low HIV Risk (Good news for your Girlfriend!)

  Sunken ships in Subic Bay being looted

  Volcano menaces with fire and water

  Base-For-Hire Plan Could Put The U.S. Navy Back In Subic Bay

  Rumsfeld Limiting Military Contacts With the Chinese

 

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News and Info Archive 4 Nov 2001 - Jan 2002

  Next Stop Mindanao

  Good, clean fun for GIs - bad news for bar girls

  Intel invests up to $100M on Philippines plant

  Arroyo wins backing for Abu Sayyaf hunt

  RP - US deal signed by Armed Forces Chief

  FREE the Subic dolphins

  Prepared to Fight Terrorism, U.S. Troops Establish Base in Philippines

  Probe of e-mail order bride service urged

  Minors still dominate Fields Avenue in AC

  Olongapo City Officials Beaten

  Uproar over Estrada's Lavish Party

  US pledges $55M in Mindanao development aid

  Philippines lands $1B Lehman pledge

  Estrada trial delayed numerous times

  Australian politicians and women's rights groups on crusades to close the go-go bars in Angeles

  CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE GETTING NEW SM MALL

  Entertainment City

  SURVEY REVEALS HIGH SPENDING OF U.S. NAVY CREW CALLS in HONG KONG

 

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News and Info Archive 5 Feb 2002 - Mar 2002

  US starts salvage of downed Chinook

  U.S. rescue mission for Filipino soldiers

  2,665 US troops arriving in Central Luzon

  U.S. and Philippine Governments Revive Old Relationship

  Arrival of Americans has poured $60M into Mindanao

  No long-term US military role in Philippines: Admiral

  Army Helicopter Crashes in Philippines With 10 Americans Aboard

  Grisly video latest weapon in Philippines war

  Oh, This Shark Has Missing Teeth, Dear

  Bar ban for Bangkok women

  We're Here to Help the Philippines

  $100M US aid gives Scout Rangers hope

 

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News and Info Archive 6 Mar 2002 - Jul 2002

  MLSA denounced as new bases pact

  Bush seeks $25-M military aid for RP, but gets $55M

  U.S. charges Abu Sayyaf leaders in kidnappings

  Bishop tells lawmakers: Face truth, stop blaming US Envoy

  'Peaceful' elections claim 87 lives

  Asia Brewery, Anheuser Busch end Budweiser deal

  Population reaches 80M; 32M are considered poor

  The Punisher

  US Troops to stay longer in RP, says US Defense Chief

  U.S. Troops to Have Greater Role in Philippines

  US soldiers clash with Abu Sayyaf

  Troops work to corner Abu Sayyaf kidnappers

  BI deports American with HIV

  AIDS scare grips Angeles red-light district

  Philippines steps up fight after hostages die

  Rescue raid ends in hostage deaths

  $5M US bounty 'struck fear' among Abu leaders

  Phone calls flood US embassy on $5M Abu Sayyaf bounty

  U.S. offers $5 million Abu Sayyaf bounty

  Philippine 'al Qaeda camp' raided

  Texas think-tank sees US building forward base here / Apr. 26, 2002

  Highest-ranking US military officer arrives in RP

  U.S. may extend stay in the Philippines

  US tourist visa means 30-day stay

  RP is world�s safest tourist destination

  5 bodies recovered from downed Chinook

  400 Filipinos hired to build al-Qaeda cells in Guantanamo

 

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News and Info Archive 7 Aug 2002 - Jan 2003

  Minors working in several nightspots in the Fields Avenue entertainment district

  Senior Abu Sayyaf member nabbed

  Philippine Leader Won't Run in '04

  Twelve die in Philippines ambush

  Philippines foreign tourism grows by an average of seven percent in 2002

  NBI raids shooing off tourists: bar owners

  'Tampered' beer seized in Navotas

  Authorities sack official who leaked "unvalidated" info prompting embassy closures

  RP not poor enough for more US aid

  Australian Exoudous

  Red light district lights dim over bomb threats

  Philippines Signs Agreement To Host Anti-Terrorism Forces

  Singapore eases up on gum control

  Investments in the Subic Bay Freeport rose by 63 percent

  Poor Philippine Muslims See 'Rebel' As A Good Job

  US revises travel advisory to Philippines

  Senate passes dual citizenship bill, SPAV

  US says terror threat high in Philippines through New Year

  Suspect in thwarted school bombing freed

  Philippine suspects caught building bomb

  Dick Gordon expects to "lure" tourists turned off by the Bali bomb blasts

  Gordon mulls tapping Sayyaf rebs as tourist guides

  Survey: RP slips down in corruption list

  Loose Lips

  The meddling Catholic Church

  Supreme Court declares closure of Ermita nightclubs illegal

  Subic Freeport exceeds first-half expectations

 

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News and Info Archive 8 Jan 2003 - Jun 2003

  US pilots awarded for landing an "unflyable" MD-11 at the Subic Bay airport

  Guam, Hawaii Are Rivals For Navy Aircraft Carrier

  Thailand tourism down

  Subic Expansion Plans

  Bush 'upgrades' Philippines

  Finn case no SARS; RP passes 20-day test

  SARS Situation in the Philippines - Negligible risk to Travelers

  Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway construction project is on schedule

  A Famed Philippine Family's Bubbly Maverick

  $30-M package in the bag for Macapagal's US Visit

  In SARS, Gordon Sees Silver Lining

  U.S. Troops Arrive in Philippines for War Game

  Macapagal pays heavy price for stand in Iraq war

  Iraqi diplomats expelled on suspicion of spying

  Rehabilitation plan eyed for Mindanao

  U.S. State Department warning to Americans living in or traveling to the Philippines

  Pentagon Backs Away From Plan to Commit Troops to Combat in Philippines

  The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects the peso to appreciate

  Military Action Aims to Cement Philippine Ties

  U.S. troops may fight in Philippines

  Abu Sayyaf prepares 'welcome' for US forces

  Hot showers, cold beer � Clark offers R&R

  Manila expels Iraq envoy over terror link

  Drive Is Stalled Against Rebels in Philippines

  Peso slides to between 56 and 60 against the greenback

  Zambales clashes kill 2 soldiers, 18 rebels

  �Don�t disrupt operations at Subic�

  RP posts highest growth since 1997

  No radioactive danger at Clark, says nuke body

  Gordon Plot to Destabilize

  Terror risk still high in RP

 

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News and Info Archive 9 Jul 2003 - Dec 2003

  Philippines Arrest Two U.S. Brothers

  Payumo, Gordon conflict turns into 'streamer war'

  Continued U.S. Assistance Goes to Victims of Landslides in Southern Leyte and Caraga

  Christmas Barrio Barretto Blackout

  U.S. Donates P2.7-M Cash, Disaster Relief Supplies for Landslides, Flash Floods Victims in Leyte

  US Aid urged for Muslide Victims

  200 feared dead in Philippines mudslides

  Two foreigners rapped for child abuse 'vanish'

  Arroyo not most popular, but still the one to beat

  MPE-PMO speeds up Mancatian bridge

  Arroyo Lifts Ban on Death Penalty

  Vigilante killings alarm Philippines citizens

  Poe says he will run for president in 2004

  Al Qaeda Affiliate Training Indonesians On Philippine Island Persistence Startles Officials in Manila

  Philippines: Between democracy and disaster

  Philippines criticizes terrorism warning

  US Marines begin joint operations in Philippines amid tight security

  Single, white and looking

  Gordon assails Payumo for 'smuggling' in Subic

  A dirty secret in the Philippines

  Death squads target Davao's street kids

  Confusing Occupation With Liberation

  Philippines not a good model

  900 US Marines Due For 'Talon Vision'

  Bush acclaims RP democracy

  WHITE HOUSE MEMO  Fast Lane for President: 6 Nations, 6 Days, Safely

  RP Seeks Choppers, Armalites From Bush

  Marines get 'real-world' training in Philippines

  Power of Sin

  Bush visit to boost tourism in RP

  Club Fantastic?

  Nearly 1 in 4 wish to leave the Philippines for good: poll

  'GI Babies' in the Philippines Seek U.S. Citizenship

  Cardinal Sin, 75, retires from Manila seat

  1,500 US troops arrive for war games

  Macapagal signs dual citizenship bill

  SM to build mall near the Balibago gate of the Clark Special Economic Zone

  US exploring possibility of re-establishing bases in RP

  Sin, Church to blame for RP ills, says author

  Philippine central highway closer to reality

  Swiss approves return of Marcos' $683M to gov't

  Absurd Coup Has A Sting In The Tail

  US raises pledge to $50M for gov't-MILF peace deal

  U.S. playing critical role in campaign against Muslim insurgents

  Amelia Juico Gordon Named PEARL S. BUCK International Woman of the Year

 

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News and Info Archive 10 Dec 2003 - Dec 2004

  Imelda Power

  Fil-Am soldier killed in Iraq buried in Clark

  Filipinos die in pay dispute with former president

  OFWs' billions fail to improve life of poor

  Train Wreck Kills 13

  Mosque in a mall

  Gold in the Slums

  US monitoring military aid to Philippines amid corruption scandal

  Military scandal raises coup fears in Philippines

  Philippine Ferry Blast Said Caused by Bomb

  Subic Golf Course

  Ladies Drinks OK? - Troops May Be Tried for Using Prostitutes

  Atienza orders cops to pursue raps vs starlets

  SBMA creates 4,000 jobs in 7 months

  RP now 12th most populous country

  British Ships Arrive in Subic Bay

  P18B expressway promises convenience but costly to motorists

  Filipino soldiers running out of English, not ammo

  Subject: Subic Bay Golf Course # 9 Hell Hole

  Olongapo posts high rate of illegitimate births

  IBON SURVEY SHOWS GMA DIDN'T WIN POLLS

  US settles case of war games injury

  Palace: They don't read NY Times in Buenavista

  Air Philippines to finish re-fleeting in August

  Malaca�ang angry over US barb on terror exports

  Tornado hits downtown Angeles

  Philippines celebrates independence lamenting state of democracy

  Subic tourism figure hits 2.4M-mark in 4 months (or so they say)

  Pre-June 12 coup forecast

  Imelda grieves loss of loyal friend

  Philippines' online cockfight betting plan

  FEDERAL EXPRESS extends its lease on its Asia-Pacific hub in the Subic Freeport

  American Dies In Pampanga Road Collision

  Philippines' Arroyo losing her lead over matinee idol

  Kate Gordon Defeated

  In Philippines, political clans hold their ground

  RP seeks regional oil stockpile facility at Subic Bay

  Powerful Typhoon Kills 13 in Philippines

  US warship to visit Subic

  Americans feel safer in RP, says US officer

  Insufficient budget for Subic-Clark-Tarlac toll road

  People's Power Revolution in 1986 promised so much for this nation of 82 million

  Not just guns, gold and goons

  Lenten rites in the Philippines

  Thirteen men nailed to crosses in the Philippines Cutud

 

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News and Info Archive 11 Dec 2004 - Dec 2005

  RP making progress in anti-corruption drive

  Collectors pay for error on Philippine notes
  A nation of cheats?
  Philippines Officers' Club Moves to FlORIDA
  Okinawa, US embarrassed by Philippines rape incident
  Embassy holds Marines accused of Philippines rape
  Subic Security Chief Axed Over Spate of Robberies
  Int'l survey rates RP's corruption severe
  Estrada Says He Was Given U.S. Document
  FBI Probes Ex-Marine, Classified Info
  Philippines junks old fighters to buy helicopters
  $10M of Imelda Marcos' Stuff May Be Sold
  FBI Intel Analyst Charged With Spying
  Minor cybersex models rescued
  World Class Airport
  Unpredictable holidays hit firms in Philippines
  Trike Drivers found to be most vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
  Marine park in Subic to stay open, says DENR
  Marine park shut to pave way for probe
  The big Subic loot
  Criminal elements continue to prey on tourists
  The Palace and the Tape
  Vital Tool of Communication for ordinary Filipinos
  Filipino President was 'recorded fixing election'
  Top architect to design Fields Avenue
  BCDA declares availability of P22-B fund for Subic-Clark-Tarlac tollway
  Tiger Airways will increase its services to the Philippines
  Report: Philippines Most Dangerous Place to be a Journalist
  Gloria's Last Stand
  Thousands Demand Philippine Leader Quit
  Visayas, Bicol govs draw up plans to set up 'republics'
  Allies of Philippine President Call on Her to Step Down
  US says it will oppose any unconstitutional change in RP
  Calls mount for Arroyo to resign
  (Doves) fly the coop
  Second wind or dying gasp?
  Queen checkmates bishops
  Philippines' army assurance may not mean Arroyo safe
  Filipino convict in US serviceman's (US Army Colonel James Rowe), slay is free
  Road accidents rank as RP's 3rd child killer, says NGO
  Filipinos call for Arroyo to quit
  Nora Aunor nabbed in US on drug charges
  Arroyo to lead expressway groundbreaking on Monday
  Manny Pacquiao fought desperately but Erik Morales was not just another fighter
  A Journey From Doughnuts to Dollars
  Singapore-based Tiger Airways began selling tickets for flights to the Philippines
  Truck overturns, spills smuggled brandy
  More than 20 dead after Philippines standoff ends
  Village buries poisoned children
  Fried snack kills 27 children in Philippines
  Philippines No. 2 on Asia graft list
  Gordon proposes P1 tax on text for education
  RAVEL Q&A - Philippines: Good to Go
  Subic-Clark road to start finally
  Don't touch that bottle if you're going to touch the wheel
  Angeles City cyber sex den raided
  Vagrants, street kids rounded up in Balibago
  19 girls rescued from cyber exploitation
  RP No. 2 on corruption list
  The antismoking ban and Jinggoy
  Subic International Hotel to get casino and convention centre
  11 dead, 600 injured in Philippines New Year celebrations
  Philippine Ex-Leader Maintains Innocence
  Ex-general becoming most powerful man in Subic
  Philippines arrests two colonels over coup plot
  Camp John Hay faces closure due to unpaid rent
  Philippines Relief Effort A Showcase Of Speed And Flexibility
  Police most corrupt in Philippines
  Fernando Poe Jr. passes away
  Three police, security guard killed by suspected rebels in Philippines
  US Marines dispatched to storm-ravaged Philippines
  German tourist shot in Angeles City heist
  The Face of Hunger is Female
  Spam Cafes Open In Philippines
  OFWs' billions fail to improve life of poor--study

 

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