Mindanao will
experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered
rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the
country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy
with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms
mostly in the afternoon or evening.
THE COUNTRY
has imported rice from Vietnam to avoid shortage. In
Pandacan, Manila residents line up to buy rice at the
National Food Authority in the district. Photo by Rene H. Dilan
Policy cost govt 1.6% of GDP in 2000 to 2005
THE World Bank estimated that the country’s rice-subsidy policy
cost the government an average of 1.6 percent of its economic output
in 2000 to 2005.
In its report East Asia: Testing Times Ahead,
the Washington-based lender warned the Philippine government and its
neighboring countries to avoid universal subsidies as they can
quickly become fiscally ruinous.
The Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) has lifted the truck ban in Metro Manila
during rush hours as a remedy to supposedly impending increases in
prices of basic commodities.
Jose de Venecia 3rd slams military for invading his
right to privacy; Enrile scored in his petition
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the
petition of businessman Jose de Venecia 3rd for the issuance of the
writ of habeas data to put a stop to the military’s alleged
invasion on his right to privacy.
A New Zealand teenager was convicted Tuesday for his central role in
a global cyber crime ring which infected at least 1.3 million
computers worldwide and caused millions of dollars in losses.
God must really be
keeping close watch over the Philippines and the
Filipinos. Territorial baselines bills are pending in
Congress—consolidated and passed in the House on
second reading last December. But, as revealed by Rep.
Antonio Cuenco, head of the House foreign relation
committee, action on the bill has been stopped because
the Department of Foreign Affairs had told Congress of
China’s objections to the proposed law.
WASHINGTON: A US senator influential on foreign
policy said Monday he was disappointed with China for “unfairly”
accusing Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of masterminding
protests in the Himalayan territory.
