Northern Luzon
and Mindanao 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.
Making like G8
Summit players, activists wearing masks with the
likeness of US President George W. Bush (right) and
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda protest outside the
venue of the meeting in Japan. AFP photo
Rising prices force officials to lower goals
Economic managers have decided to
revise their earlier estimates on the country’s imports, exports
and economic growth this year amid skyrocketing commodity prices.
The Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations has released a study revealing
that land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world and
33 million Filipinos are among the 1.5 billion people affected by
it.
Congress actually gave the bureau funds to procure
weather forecasting equipment that have yet to arrive
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives on
Monday took turns in grilling the chief of the Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration after
the management of Sulpicio Lines accused them of giving a weather
forecast, which the firm claimed led to the capsizing of the MV
Princess of the Stars off Sibuyan Island during the height of
Typhoon Frank.
Environmentalists seek to stop the EDC from pursuing
geothermal exploration at Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park
BACOLOD CITY: A group of
environmentalists and their sympathizers have signed in their
children as petitioners in filing for a temporary restraining order
(TRO) as their last recourse to stop the Energy Development
Corporation (EDC) from pursuing their geothermal development
exploration at the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park.
LONDON: Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time champion Roger Federer as
king of Wimbledon on Sunday with an epic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7
(8/10), 9-7 win in one of the greatest Grand Slam finals of all
time.
The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.
More SUV than a crossover vehicle, the new Subaru
Forester retains comfort, utility and all-wheel drive capability in
a more stylish package
IN mid-May, Singapore-based Subaru distributor Motor Image, which
sells the brand in eight Asian countries, launched the new
third-generation Forester in the city-state. On July 2, this award
winning “crossover sport-utility vehicle,” as Subaru calls it,
made its Philippine debut as Motor Image Pilipinas (MIP) unveiled it
to the local market.
The ancient prayer to St. Michael, which used to be recited after
the final blessing and before the dismissal at pre-Vatican II
Masses, calls on the archangel to “defend us in battle.” As if
responding to the prayer, San Miguel, the corporation, the
Philippine transnational food and beverage conglomerate, has joined
in a gigantic way the country’s war for food security.
WASHINGTON: The United States may significantly cut its military
presence in Iraq next year regardless of who is elected president in
November because of improving security in the country, USA Today
reported Monday.
At the Camerawalls’ album
launch last week, frontman Clementine started the set with an
excerpt from “A Beginning of Something Wonderful”—a song from
his old band Orange and Lemons’s first album.
