Central and Northern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
MANNY PACQUIAO
(right) received a plaque of honor from military chief
Alexander Yano at Camp Aguinaldo on Sunday. Photo by Ruy Martinez
Pairings for president, vice president for 2010
getting clearer
Already the pairings for president and vice
president are starting to come together, as a team-up between
Senators Loren Legarda and Francis “Chiz” Escudero in 2010
appears to be firming up.
Sulpicio Lines is rich enough to pay the families of those aboard
its ferry, the MV Princess of the Stars that sank in central
Philippines last month, a lawmaker said Sunday.
Malacañang said there is enough evidence to
implicate former assemblyman Homobono Adaza and four other
individuals on their alleged plan to topple the Arroyo
administration.
The coalition expects reduction of irregularities,
especially in areas where cases of electoral fraud are high
KIDAPAWAN CITY: The Citizens Coalition for Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Electoral Reforms Inc. (Citizens CARE),
announced on Sunday that it is fully prepared to deliver accurate
field reports before, during and after the August 11 regional
political exercise, reported the Philippine News Agency.
ECONOMIC managers expressed differing views on
where the peso is headed for the rest of the year, with the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) optimistic about an improvement but the
Department of Finance seeing the government’s widening fiscal gap
dampening the local currency.
Sony Ericsson tops survey; Nicrosoft and Nintendo
scores still down
Swedish cellular phone maker Sony Ericsson tops
the 8th edition of Greenpeace “Guide to Greener Electronics,”
the environmental group said Friday even as other companies who
previously scored high in the quarterly survey have seen their
ranking plummet.
FILIPINOS’ fears about skyrocketing prices have proven valid, as
the average increase last month hit the double-digit levels,
accelerating to a 14-year high of 11.4 percent. Inflation was last
this high in May 1994, when price increases averaged 11.5 percent.
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush left Washington Saturday for
the Group of Eight (G8) meeting in Japan, where he aims to highlight
Africa’s battles against hunger and deadly diseases and assuage
Japanese concerns over his North Korea policy.
Maiden coming of age The Virgin Labfest blooms with veterans making their
first foray
Four years ago, the Cultural Center of the
Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and
Tanghalang Pilipino came together to provide a test bed for untried,
untested, unpublished and yet-to-be-staged plays.
