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.
Apparently, the
rising prices of oil are reaching their peak, as
evidenced by emotions of protesters heating up to a
boiling point outside the Petron offices on Friday. Photos by KJ Rosales and AFP
Hikes forecast in canned goods, says DTI official
Prices of the majority of basic
commodities are most likely to remain stable until the end of the
third quarter of 2008, Secretary Peter Favila of the Department of
Trade and Industry said Friday.
CREWMEMBERS of the ill-fated MV Princess of the
Stars allegedly failed to assist their passengers after a “prepare
to abandon ship” order was issued, a survivor testified during a
Board of Marine Inquiry hearing on Friday.
Bataan was chosen because of the accessibility of its
former petrochemical park in Lagmay-Mariveles area
BALANGA City, Bataan: Gov. Enrique “Tet”
Garcia on Friday strongly opposed the establishment of a plant that
will process toxic wastes at the former petrochemical park in
Limay-Mariveles area in Bataan.
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
is not discounting the possibility of inflation accelerating even
further this year in light of a fresh increase in public transport
fares.
CEBU CITY: Huaquiao University of China
displayed its awesome form against Han Yang University of Korea,
70-65, Thursday night to reach the championship round of the 6th
Asian University Basketball Championships at the Cebu City Coliseum.
Apple fans across Asia queued for hours to get their hands on the new iPhone Friday, looking to be the first to own a gadget the company hopes will be as big a worldwide smash as the
iPod.
It has become clear that government is amassing windfall E-VAT
revenue collections from the astronomical increases in gas, diesel
and oil prices. It is from this windfall collections that the Arroyo
administration is able to finance its subsidy programs and dole-outs
for the poor—who now make up at least 40 percent and maybe up to
60 percent of our population.
TEHRAN: Iran said Friday that its top nuclear negotiator, Saeed
Jalili, and European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Salona
will hold talks on ending the atomic standoff on July 19 in Geneva,
the official IRNA news agency reported.
Here’s an interesting question. Can pregnant
women still be fit and fashionable? Pregnancy is one of the most
magical things experienced by women that until you see the side
effects.
