Recent News, Sunday, March 14, 2010
MANILA, Philippines — Former President Joseph Estrada vowed to deliver the knockout punch on boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao’s president of choice. Pacquiao earlier promised to campaign for Sen
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesThe celebration of National Buntis (pregnant women) Day on the 10th of March every year highlights the significance of what is considered by many as life’s greatest miracle: A mother carrying a new human being in her womb. While pregnancy is often a cause for happiness and celebration, it is also a time to make big decisions for the new mom that would later have immediate and long-term impacts on the baby’s life. One of these crucial decisions, according to a nonprofit organization focused on lactation education, is how to feed the child
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesA day after a state of calamity was declared in Mindanao due to long brownouts in the region, environmentalists said the Arroyo government should not blame El Niño, a periodically recurrent phenomenon, for causing the power and water shortages. In a statement on Saturday, Archie Orillosa of the Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM), said the Arroyo government and the National Grid Corp. (NGCP) should have prepared for the coming of the El Niño phenomenon.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesFor the first time since elections have been held in the country, detainees will be allowed to exercise their right to vote in the May balloting. The Commission on Elections, saying it was high time that the disenfranchisement of detainees ended, will run a pilot program with the Commission on Human Rights in this year’s elections for the enfranchisement of 24,000 detainees. “Unlike Canada, Australia,…
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesBe wary of moneyed candidates.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesSmartmatic TIM Corp. said the technicians it hired to help election officers in the May 10 polls will not influence voters as they will only enter a precinct if a voting machine needs to be fixed or replaced.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesAlthough the opportunity to cheat in an automated election is very slim, a desperate and determined candidate can still cheat his way to office, said an executive of a recruitment company hired by a Commission on Elections contractor to hire information technology people for the national and local elections in May. “With the automated election the chance to cheat is very slim, but for a cunning, desperate and sly politician, there are so many ways,” Johnny Revilla, project manager of Placewell Manpower Inc.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
BATANGAS CITY, PhilippinesA motor boat with about 10 passengers on board suffered a broken hull and was carried away by the waves as it drifted off Fortune island in Nasugbu Saturday….
Saturday, March 13, 2010
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, PhilippinesNacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar arrived here on Saturday for the second day of his slate’s barnstorming in Eastern Visayas.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
ARLINGTON - His campaign for political office in the Philippines will begin soon. He has hinted that this could be his last fight.
Friday, March 12, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesVice President Noli de Castro and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile scored ‘moderate’ net satisfaction ratings, Chief Justice Reynato Puno a ‘neutral’ net satisfaction rating, and House Speaker Prospero Nograles a ‘poor’ net satisfaction rating in the Fourth Quarter…
Friday, March 12, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesIf only he knows when and where, Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III is raring to debate Nacionalista Party candidate Sen.
Friday, March 12, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesFamily feuds may be a hallmark of Philippine politics, but according to administration standard-bearer Gilbert ‘Gibo’ Teodoro, his own feud with the family of his uncle, industrialist and Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) founder Eduardo ‘Danding’ Cojuangco, should have no place in the current presidential race. ‘We are talking about the country, not one family, not the hurt feelings of one person ..
Friday, March 12, 2010
MANILA, PhilippinesIt was a respite from the heat but not the silver lining everyone was hoping for.
Friday, March 12, 2010
03/13/2010 Currently on view and the first of a series of exhibits for 2010 is Inscapes by Suzette Montelibano, which opened last Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
