Escalante (Philippines)

Type: City

Name: Escalante (Philippines)

Country: Philippines

Latitude: 10.8403

Longitude: 123.499001

population: 39,177

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

James Packer

Is this man the next James Packer?

If everything goes according to plan, Laurence Escalante will be Australia’s next gambling magnate. He’s building what he says is a world-first online gambling business, a field entrepreneurial guru Don Dodge (think Google, Microsoft and Napster) says ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 16 2013]

Entities: Escalante (Philippines), James Packer, Casino

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Hewlett-Packard Company

HP to address IT woes caused by 4 mega trends

Veronica Escalante, Category Manager of Industry Standard Servers and Software for HP Philippines. (Tam Noda)MANILA, Philippines -- Hewlett-Packard Philippines introduced Wednesday its latest line of servers dubbed HP Moonshot system meant to address ... [Published Philippine Star - May 15 2013]

Entities: Hewlett-Packard Company, Escalante (Philippines), HP ProLiant, Philippines

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Danding's Negros Occidental gubernatorial bet loses but allies take most towns, cities

InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5BACOLOD CITY, Philippines -- The gubernatorial candidate of the Nationalist Peoples Coalition lost his bid to dislodge Governor Alfredo Maranon Jr. but allies of party founder Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. won in most ... [Published Interaksyon - May 15 2013]

Entities: Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, Escalante (Philippines), Montilla (Philippines)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Army: Escalante polls peaceful, successful

AN officer of the Philippine Army lauded the peaceful and successful conduct of the elections in Escalante City, an election watchlist area.The Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police were not deterred in making the electoral activity in Escalante ... [Published Sun Star Network - May 14 2013]

Entities: Escalante (Philippines), Philippine Army, Philippine National Police, watchlist

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

INC endorses bets in Negros Occ, Leyte

By Danny Dangcalan and Lalaine M. Jimenea(The Freeman) | Updated May 12, 2013 - 12:00amCEBU, Philippines - The bloc-voting Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has announced its endorsements for candidates in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental and Leyte provinces.In ... [Published Philippine Star - May 12 2013]

Entities: Leyte (Philippines), Escalante (Philippines), Manapla (Philippines), Ormoc (Philippines), Kananga (Philippines)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

MindaNews

Brownout free election in Surigao del Norte assured

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – The electric cooperative in in Surigao del Norte assured the public there will be no power interruptions during the conduct of elections on May 13.Danny Z. Escalante, general manager of the Surigao del Norte Electric ... [Published Minda News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Elections, MindaNews, Escalante (Philippines), Natl Pwr Corp

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Negros gets more cops for elections

The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office yesterday dispatched more than 300 policemen to its 31 city and municipal police stations, to ensure fair, honest and peaceful elections in the province on May 13.The 300 additional policemen sent to Negros ... [Published Visayan Daily Star - May 08 2013]

Entities: Elections, Police, Security, Escalante (Philippines), Fake

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

PNoy urged to act on Escalante extrajudicial killings

Rally participants display placards calling on President Aquino to immediately act on extrajudicial killings in Escalante. Photo by Gilbert BayoranBACOLOD CITY, Philippines - Families of the victims of extrajudicial killings in Escalante City, Negros ... [Published Rappler - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Escalante (Philippines), Corazon Aquino, Barcelona, Task Force

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Murder raps vs Escalante City mayor

CRIME SCENE. Violence in Escalante City. Photo courtesy of Escalante residentsBACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental - Murder and frustrated murder charges were filed against Escalante City Mayor Melencio "Beboy" Yap Jr and 8 "conspirators" over the killings ... [Published Rappler - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Escalante (Philippines), Homicide, Ampatuan (Philippines)

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

National News: Magsaysay Banking on Age, Experience in Senate Bid

Team PNoy senatorial candidate Ramon "Jun" Magsaysay Jr. is banking on his age and wealth of experience to propel his bid for another Senate term in the May 2013 elections.Magsayay, son and namesake of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, was ... [Published Negros Daily Bulletin - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Lacson (Philippines), Experience, Liberal Party (PH)

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

UP Diliman wins national debate tilt

Lance Katigbak, Jose Escalante and Valeri Inting from UP Diliman (Raine Calucag)MANILA, Philippines - The University of the Philippines Diliman won this year's Philippine Inter-Collegiate Debating Championship, the country's largest collegiate debate ... [Published Philippine Star - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: University of the Philippines Diliman, Escalante (Philippines), Philippines, Fortuna (Philippines)

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Military eyes goons' in M-203 attack

If the military is to be believed, the firing of 40mm high explosive projectiles from an M-203 grenade launcher into the residential compound of Mayor Lourdes Escalante in Brgy. Punta Mesa, Manapla, Wednesday night may have been done by “goons”.Col. Jon ... [Published Visayan Daily Star - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Manapla (Philippines), Military/Armed Forces, Detonation, Escalante (Philippines), Police

Quotes

"It’s a condition of the licence that we can’t take bets from Australian customers and we can’t advertise to Australian customers" he says

Is this man the next James Packer? [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 16 2013]

"The HP Moonshot is built for specialized infrastructure and specific workload, optimized for Web hosting that is meant to achieve market differentiation, better realization and faster return in investments" Escalante said

HP to address IT woes caused by 4 mega trends [Published Philippine Star - May 15 2013]

"This is the result of bayanihan effort, massive public information patrol force augmentation of 62nd Infantry Battalion, joint checkpoints with PNP-Escalante, visibility patrol, and the active mobilization of the Joint Security Coordinating Center. (Chona Malinog)"

Army: Escalante polls peaceful, successful [Published Sun Star Network - May 14 2013]

He enjoys the support of the NGO community. "In terms of alliances among mayors, panalo si Vice Governor. Mas marami ang mayors. But in terms of sectoral support, it can turn how the votes is going to be cast come May elections" said Espina

Can you defy Danding and win in Negros polls? [Published Rappler - Apr 29 2013]