The eastern
section of Visayas and Mindanao and bicol region
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.
Actress KC
Concepcion, World Food Programme national
ambassador, visits the children of the Virlanie
Foundation’s Marco Polo Day Care to celebrate her 23rd
birthday and give away 10 sacks of rice they need for
two months. KC wants to help raise awareness of hunger
in the country. Photo by Sarah Encabo
ADB warns about Filipinos slipping back into poverty
The Asian Development Bank
reported that the Philippines is no longer the economic laggard in
Southeast Asia but warned that Filipinos who are out of poverty may
slip back into poverty.
Social and economic development
in the Philippines remains uneven and poverty continues to be
characterized by widespread disparities across regions and
population groups, a recent United Nations country team report said.
Defense lawyers suspect deal with Malacañang so nine
of the accused can get lighter sentencesDefense lawyers suspect deal
with Malacañang so nine of the accused can get lighter sentences
Nine junior officers belonging to
the Magdalo group including two of their leaders pleaded guilty to
the coup charges filed against them for their participation in the
short-lived Oakwood mutiny in 2003.
Cotabato Mayor Sema takes over post and vows to work
for peace and development
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A former Muslim
rebel leader, Nur Misuari, jailed on
charges of rebellion, has been removed as chairman of the Moro
National Liberation Front.
DUE to a technical glitch, the
Department of Finance has decided to extend the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s
(BIR) tax amnesty
program until next month, thus allowing the agency to meet its
collection target under the law.
NEW YORK: Wang Chien-ming pitched seven strong
innings as the New York Yankees ushered in the Joe Girardi era with a 3-2 win over
Toronto on Tuesday in the final home opener at the current Yankee
Stadium.
MATTERS have not improved between
China and its administrative region of Tibet since the riots started
on March 14. Recent developments have not been promising.
KATHMANDU: More than 50 Tibetan exiles, including
monks and nuns, were detained Wednesday during a protest outside the
Chinese embassy in Nepal’s capital, police said.
HE started his literary career
here at The Manila Times. His column, “Playing with My Tools,”
reintroduced Filipinos readers to RJ Ledesma, then better known for
being that kid, Joey, in the Royal Tru Orange commercial (if
you’re old enough to remember, you’re old—like RJ and I are)
who was sent by his mommy to buy some suka [vinegar, not puke]. He
also co-hosted for that FHM-like TV show Men’s Room. In his column
entries, he intimated: his fixation with supermodel Phoemela
Barranda; his dependence on his yaya [nanny/wet nurse], belying any
similarity of television commercial persona with his true
self—that of a scion of real estate development empire, Ledesco;
and his supposedly henpecked and Catholic-guilt-stricken
relationship with Vanessa, now his wife. Read it and weep:
