Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
BY JOHN POQUIZ The Manila Electric Co. yesterday asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to allow it to cut its additional generation charge of P1.8298 by 44.46 centavos to spare consumers from a sharp spike in their March billings
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
web MANILA, 1 March 2010 (IRIN) - The controversial issue of family planning is taking a prominent role in campaigning for the general election in the Philippines. Family planning advocates in the predominantly Catholic country are calling on voters to ditch candidates opposed to government funding of contraceptives before the 10 May poll for presidential, legislative and local representatives. “If they want us to vote for them, they should allocate funding for contraceptives.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops arrested a suspected Muslim militant accused in the high-profile kidnappings of three Americans, two of whom were later killed, and dozens of Filipinos nine years ago, the military reported Friday. It said Jumadali Arad was captured at Manila harbor Thursday as he was about to board a ship bound…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
02/14/2010 Manila Hotel opened 2010 with bash as it is finally in the finishing stages of its massive beautification, the Grand Dames efforts have paid off as it is granted by the renowned Prestige Hotels of the World a…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
02/14/2010 Thailand cuisine will be the chef doeuvre of a culinary festivity at the Latitude restaurant of Traders Hotel, Manila, which will kick off a 10-day celebration beginning on March 1. Thai food has been gaining popularity around the world…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Power sales in Manila Electric Co.’s franchise are back to pre-crisis levels, another indicator that the economy is on the way to recovery. Meralco president Jose de Jesus said there was a “sizeable”…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesPromenaders now have another reason to hang around the Baywalk strip on Roxas Boulevard, apart from enjoying the famed Manila Bay sunset. Every Saturday until March 6, families and tourists on weekend strolls can now watch cultural performances for free at the tree-lined walkway right across Rajah Sulayman Park.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
STARTING today, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will field drug-sniffing dogs and install separate x-ray machines at all passenger terminals to frustrate passengers from smuggling illegal drugs in their persons or in hand-carried bags. This measure was adopted following a joint meeting of government agencies conducting business at the premier airport such as the Airmail Distribution Center (ADC) operated by Philpost, Customs, Immigration, the Aviation Security Group, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA (Reuters) – Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that itself is slowly dying out.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WITH Valentine’s Day just around the corner, expect hotels, motels, inns, pension and lodging houses in Manila to be quite full, especially after the Supreme Court yesterday finally struck down as unconstitutional an ordinance prohibiting short-time admissions and wash-up rate promos in such establishments. In an en banc decision penned by Associate Justice Dante Tinga, the SC unanimously affirmed and reinstated the ruling of branch 9 of the Manila regional trial court which declared…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines January 23, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria, right, of Hawaii and Colombian challenger Carlos Tamara…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
THERE ARE no earthquakes in a perfect world. Too bad we don’t live in such a place, as the staggering scope of the destruction in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reminds us. In more ways than one, the geological history of the Philippines is similar to that of the island of Hispaniola, where the sovereign states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesStressing that zoos present a distorted view of wildlife, animal rights advocate People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) renewed calls for the public to boycott zoos and other similar facilities in the country. ‘Animals at the Manila Zoo are forced to live like caged prisoners,’ says…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Philippines’ Congress has been agitating for a second round of price controls on drugs, which would follow close on the heels on an initial round of price controls that just went into effect in August. Here we go again
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
01/17/2010 Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilberto Gibo Teodoro Jr. is getting used to the rock-star welcome on his current tour of leading campuses in Metro Manila