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Showbiz Dominates Mass Media

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Philippine mass media has completely gobbled-up by showbiz from “gutter-talk shows” to the very lowest showbiz news/gossips, which is best describe as “bovine ordure” in the highest degree. From radio, TV and print media, showbiz mania has almost become the center of everything Read More

Peso strengthens further to 43.30:$1

MANILA, Philippines?The peso strengthened further Thursday, reaching its highest level in more than two years, due to the weakening of the US dollar. The local currency closed at its intraday high of 43.3 against the dollar?the highest intraday value since May 2008. Read More

Lifting the stigma

DESPITE OUR own self-image as a ‘happy’ people ? resilient, optimistic, family oriented and spiritual ? Filipinos, it turns out, have the highest incidence of depression in Southeast Asia (WHO, 2002). In 2004, over 4.5 million cases of depression were reported in the Philippines, with 3 percent of Filipinos clinically diagnosed as depressed. Among those suffering from depression, about a third will seek help and treatment; another third will suffer the symptoms but will be too ashamed to seek help because of the stigma attached to the illness; while another third will suffer the symptoms but remain unaware of what is wrong with them. Read More

Manila begins hostage crisis probe

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DILG, police execs face hostage probe

MANILA, Philippines ? (UPDATE 2) Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and other local and police officials involved in the Monday hostage-taking in Manila faced the Senate on Thursday, with the upper chamber condemning the act ‘in the highest possible form.’ Also in attendance in… Read More

Philratings still upbeat on Petron debt notes

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Rating Services Corp. (PhilRatings) has maintained a PRS AAA rating for Petron Corp.’s P6.3 billion worth of fixed rate corporate notes maturing August 2011 and its overall capacity to service maturing debts. Read More

INQUIRER.net ad bags top prize in communicator awards

MANILA, Philippines ? “Anong Balita?” a video commercial created for INQUIRER.net has received the “Award of Excellence,” the highest award in the Newspaper/Publication Category during the 16th Annual Communicator Awards show. The International Academy of Visual Arts announced the winners in New York. The Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive… Read More

ACCENT Marketing Services Receives 2009 MVP Quality Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine

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U.S. Sponsors Bangladesh Conference for Religious and Community Leaders on Advancing Development in Asia

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Metro Manila hits 38˚C ? Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines ? Temperature in Metro Manila hit a scorching 38 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the highest for the year so far, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. The reading was… Read More

Social Networking Habits Vary Considerably Across Asia-Pacific Markets

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Top 2 bets among top 20 RP ‘advertisers’ Villar, Aquino marketed like soap, shampoo, deodorant

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Villar dares Aquino to take psychiatric test

MANILA, Philippines?Saying that a blanket denial was not enough, presidential candidate Manuel Villar on Saturday challenged his main rival, Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino of the Liberal Party, to undergo a psychiatric test and other medical examinations to gauge his sanity and fitness to become President. To prove that he was not singling out Aquino, Villar, the standard-bearer of the Nacionalista Party, said that he, too, was willing undergo a “comprehensive physical and mental examination in order to ascertain [our] fitness to occupy the highest office of the land.’ If Aquino indeed sought the help of a psychiatrist in 1996, Villar said, it was ‘the right of the people to know since he is… Read More

Goodbye forever

MANILA, Philippines?In June 2004, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, with the Bible in her hand, took her oath of office as President of the Philippines for a term of six years. After a period of indecision, she neatly won easy acquittal from her cohorts in the House of Representatives that allowed her to serve her office for the term prescribed by the Constitution. Now she faces a milder process for the end of her term as the highest officer in the land Read More

Aquino, Roxas: We have trust of most Filipinos

MANILA, Philippines?Liberal Party standard bearers Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Mar Roxas received the highest public trust ratings in a Pulse Asia survey in late February. The Pulse Asia survey conducted from February 21 to 25 among 1,800 respondents, also showed Aquino and Roxas topping voters’ preferences for President and Vice President if elections were held during that time, a statement from… Read More

Meralco asks ERC to slash generation rate

MANILA, Philippines?The Manila Electric Co. Read More

‘Emperor’ as AFP chief raises fears of poll fraud

MANILA, Philippines?Members of both sides of the political spectrum are antsy over President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s appointment of the ‘Emperor’ as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff. Retired Maj. Gen. Read More

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