Broadcast commentator Erwin Tulfo to help in hostage negotiations

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Broadcast commentator Erwin Tulfo arrived at the Quirino Grandstand at around 3:45 p.m. on Monday to help in negotiating with dismissed cop, Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, for the release of his foreign tourist hostages and a Filipino bus driver.

Asians more attuned to fuel saving than Europeans

AS PRICES of petroleum products continue to soar, motorists worldwide have started to look for ways to save on the fuel they consume. In the Philippines, much attention is given to any potential fuel-saving measures, as the country imports over 90 percent of its crude and petroleum requirements and is thus, highly vulnerable to any price movements in the international market.

Philippine farm policy deepens poverty: report

AFP , MANILA Misguided farming policies, including land reform, are keeping millions in the Philippines poor, according to a report released by the World Bank this week. The report said only the manufacturing and service sectors, which require huge capital and skilled workers, had grown significantly over the last decade while agriculture, which employs most of the non-skilled, faltered.

Teenage singer Charice gets Botox for ‘Glee’ debut

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino teenage singer Charice Pempengco says she prepared for her debut on the hit TV show “Glee” by getting Botox and an anti-aging procedure “to look fresh on camera.” The 18-year-old Charice, whose singing career rocketed after appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ and Oprah Winfrey’s talk shows, underwent a 30-minute Thermage skin-tightening procedure and Botox to make her “naturally round face” more narrow, celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo told…

Water crisis may worsen

MANILA, Philippines—Water supply in Metro Manila may worsen and could leave half of Maynilad Water Services Inc.’s customers with only six hours of service daily should the coming rains fail to increase the water level at Angat Dam in Bulacan province, company officials said. Large swaths of Maynilad’s concession area in the metropolis are already experiencing water rationing or rotating supply interruptions since July 16. Manila Water Co., the other concessionaire in the metropolis, said some areas in the East Zone, although getting regular service, were experiencing reduced pressure particularly in the elevated areas of Marikina, Pasig, San Mateo, Rodriguez and the farther points of the…

1 out of 4 Filipino adults suffers from hypertension, says DoH

MANILA, Philippines—One in every four Filipino adults suffers from hypertension or high blood pressure—the biggest risk factor for heart and kidney diseases, as well as diabetes. Worse, the number of Filipinos with hypertension continues to increase, including those addicted to high salt snacks and other processed…

Labor department launches search for Filipino with toughest job

MANILA, Philippines—Who has the tougher job—a manager or a messenger? A Makati girl or a palengke boy? A jeepney driver or an accounts driver?

Aquino-Roxas tandem runaway winner in mock elections

Dubai: Mirroring pre-election survey results in Manila, the tandem of Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Manuel “Mar” Roxas of the Liberal Party was the runaway winner in the mock elections conducted recently among Filipino expatriates in Dubai. The survey conducted from March 1-14 by the San Beda Alumni Association – UAE chapter had 123 respondents in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and other…

Filipinos nailed to the cross in Good Friday rites

SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AP) — Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ’s suffering and death – an annual rite rejected by church leaders in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

DoH wants HIV/AIDS subject in school curricula

MANILA, Philippines – To intensify the fight against HIV and AIDS in the country, the Department of Health (DoH) urged that information on the modes of transmission, prevention and control of the disease be integrated in the curricula in all schools nationwide. ‘Education is a potent weapon in combating HIV and AIDS, hence the integration in school curricula is vital,’ Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral stressed.

GILBERT TEODORO –> Fil-Ams join US immigration rally

BY JENNIE L. ILUSTRE WASHINGTON – Filipino Americans will join an expected 50,000 Asian Americans, Latinos, and labor and multi-faith advocates who will March for America in a rally here Sunday afternoon (Monday morning in Manila) to urge President Barack Obama and Congress to pass a controversial immigration bill this year

Teodoro on family feud: Am for people, not hurt of one man

MANILA, Philippines—Family 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 ..

Scrap metal dealer loses RM4.5mil to Filipino company

wani@thestar.com.my PORT KLANG: A scrap metal dealer received a severe blow by being duped for the second time within two months in a deal with a Filipino company. Instead of the scrap copper he ordered, Datuk P. Krishnamurthi received containers of black soil.

The good of mudslinging

FRONTLINE 02/11/2010 Mudslinging is certainly a part of, and expected in, Philippine electoral politics — and even elsewhere in the world. In truth, mudslinging is one good way for the Filipino electorate to know whether a presidential candidate is what he says he is by way of expensive television advertisements, which merely gives the voters a false image of the candidate, as he is being projected without warts and all. When mud hits a presidential candidate, the response of his and his camp always is that this is black propaganda.

DFA ready to bring back remains of Filipino woman from Haiti

MANILA, Philippines — The remains of a Filipino woman who died in the rubble of a collapsed supermarket in Haiti when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, will be brought home upon the request of her family. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs…

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