Batanes, Apayao,
Cagayan including Calayan group of islands and
Isabela will have stormy weather with rough to
very rough seas while the provinces of Ilocos
Norte, Abra, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao,
Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Aurora will have
rains and gusty winds and the coastal waters
along these areas will be moderate to rough. The
rest of Luzon will experience cloudy skies with
scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming
widespread rains over the western section of
Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and
landslides. 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.
THE REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL in Region 7 met with President
Gloria Arroyo in Calbayog City on Tuesday. Also in photo
(from left) are Mayor Mel Senen of Calbayog City,
presidential adviser Victor Domingo, Region 7 NEDA
Director Buenaventura Go Soco and Public Works Secretary
Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. Meanwhile, Winston Garcia (inset)
was sued for graft. Malacañang Photo
Cases say Garcia illegally remitted P1B to Palace
Criminal and administrative charges were filed
before the Office of the Ombudsman against Winston Garcia, the
president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS).
The charges were for illegally remitting
P1-billion unassigned surplus of the Government Insurance Fund to
the Office of the President instead of the National Treasury.
Members of the board of trustees of the state pension fund were
slapped with the same charges.
Malacañang said it is up to newly appointed
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Zenaida Ducut to
prove or disprove the allegations being hurled by administration’s
critics about her capability to run the regulatory body.
Baguio Water District starts five-year increase to
meet monthly obligation of P7 million
BAGUIO CITY: The supply of water has long been a
problem of this mountain resort city. While it is not about to end,
residents will have to contend with having to pay even more for so
much less water for now and the next five years.
MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)
rose significantly in the first five months of the year due to
steady growth of deployed workers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
said Tuesday.
THE Barangay Ginebra Kings and Magnolia Beverage Masters will
try to end their respective quarterfinal showdowns Wednesday in the
2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Ynares Center.
In a recent forum to dissect the problem of jail congestion in the
Philippines, statistics presented showed the gruesome overcrowding
in our penal institutions.
WASHINGTON: The United States is stepping up military ties with
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as part of a deepening relationship with
Southeast Asia amid competition for influence from China, officials
said.
MASSAGE is the perhaps the oldest form of
therapy known to man, and in the Philippines it maintains a long and
rich tradition. The Filipino art of bone setting and therapeutic
massage was known by various name: hilot (Tagalog, Visayan, Bicolano,
Manobo, Dumagat), hagud (Bukidnon), aplos (Bontoc) and ablon
(Northern Ilocano) to name a few. Its practitioners known as
manghihilot, mammulo and partera were a common sight throughout the
archipelago.
