Western section
of Luzon, Visayas and 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.
Former
Presidential Chief of Staff Michael Defensor is back
in President Gloria Arroyo’s official family after a
forced sabbatical caused by his losing bid for a Senate
seat a year ago. He has been appointed head of a new
task force in charge of the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport Terminal 3. The new job obliged him to give the
President a tour of the place upon her arrival on Monday
from a US visit. Photo by KJ Rosales
‘Congress’ to tackle role of speculators
World oil prices rose to within touching distance of a record-high
point of $143 a barrel on Monday, as French truckers protested
against high fuel costs and energy leaders met to discuss soaring
crude.
Fresh from her 10-day visit to the United States, President Gloria
Arroyo will visit worst-hit Aklan province today to tour damaged
areas and assess devastation wrought by Typhoon Frank, assuring that
her government would “get to the bottom of this terrible
tragedy.”
Former economic planning secretary reportedly groomed
to head the Social Security System
After having his name dragged into the
$329-million national broadband scandal and being criticized by
various educational institutions, Commission on Higher Education
acting chair Romulo Neri is reportedly on the way out of the agency
by August.
The alleged MILF members are being linked to a series
of bombing incidents
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Government
authorities have arrested four suspected terrorist bombers who are
said to be members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF)
special operations group (SOG) tagged responsible for a series of
bombing incidents here and nearby South Cotabato province.
The Philippines’ outstanding
external debt was slightly higher in the first quarter of the year
than in the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
said Monday.
As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday.
WE are all road users. Poor education, general
misconceptions and a low level of awareness have led many Filipinos
to mistakenly believe that the issue of road safety impacts only on
vehicle owners. But the fact is everybody who uses the streets—be
they pedestrians, motorists, peddlers, beggars and the like—all
have a stake in the issue, and the lack of knowledge in this regard
comes at a staggering cost to lives and the economy.
IT’S worrisome that no
responsible Filipino public official has reacted officially to
Malaysia’s plan to deport thousands of undocumented overseas
workers, mostly Indonesians and Filipinos, from Borneo.
BEIJING: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday pressed
China’s leaders on sensitive human rights issues, but said she was
encouraged by their decision to hold talks with the Dalai Lama’s
envoys.
She won Best Jazz Recording Artist and Best
Producer at the 2007 Awit Awards for her highly acclaimed 2006 album
The Powder Room Stories. She is the proprietor and chanteuse of Bar
TEN 02, a bona fide jazz den with Art Deco appeal and mouthwatering
cuisine where jazz, ska, blues, reggae and rock musicians hangout
and jam to the delight audiences. She is the undisputed diva of ska
music, commanding utmost respect from “rude boys” and
“skavengers” as vocalist of the Brownbeat All Stars and Put3ska,
famous for the bouncy ska/punk anthem “Manila Girl.”
