The Batanes
group of islands will experience rains with
occasional gusty winds and its coastal waters
will be moderate to rough. The rest of Extreme
Northern Luzon and Western Luzon will have
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.
AGGRAVATING
SITUATION. As though the heavy rain was not enough
inconvenience, residents around Taft Avenue and Libertad
Street in Pasay City had to contend with a fire that
broke out dawn of Thursday in a mall. The fire caused
light-rail authorities to suspend operations. Photo by Rene Dilan
Filipinos are ignoring a Philippine government ban on working in
Iraq, a recruiting-company consultant said on Thursday.
SINGAPORE: From Pakistan to Sri Lanka and southern Thailand, people
are dying in Asia’s numerous conflict zones—but progress in
resolving the unrest is unlikely at Asia’s main security meet next
week, observers say.
The Supreme Court decided correctly that a
detailed information on the negotiations of the Japan-Philippine
Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) constituted executive
privilege, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said Thursday.
Rep. Limkaichong of Negros Oriental says there is no
factual or legal basis for claims that she is Chinese
A lawmaker from Negros Oriental
has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petitions seeking
her disqualification from office for not being a natural-born
Filipino citizen.
STANDARD & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings
Service warned that state subsidy of food and fuel in countries like
the Philippines compounds existing economic difficulties by bloating
the government’s budget deficit and widening its trade gap.
SAN DIEGO, California: Dottie Ardina, Miggy Yee and
Bernice Olivarez-Ilas seized the lead in their respective divisions
going into the final round Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) of the
Callaway Junior World golf championships in various courses here.
Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said.
BEIJING: China’s economic juggernaut slowed but still maintained
double-digit growth in the first half of the year as it battled
inflation and absorbed global setbacks, official data showed
Thursday.
As the motoring public reels from high gasoline
prices, we take the wheel of the one automobile that offers light at
the end of the tunnel
What I’ve done, in fact, is kill the electric motor of this hybrid
wonder by pushing the start button a second time. It turns out I
already awakened the motor when I poked the button the first time,
but the hybrid power source was so quiet I couldn’t bring myself
to believe it was already up and running.
Last week, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Leila de Lima
chewed out the Philippine NationalPolice for being the “No. 1
violator of human rights” in the country. She voiced her concern
over human rights violations “specific to law enforcement agents,
such as illegal arrests, arbitrary detention, excessive use of
force, extra-judicial killings and even the indiscriminate parading
of suspects to the media.”
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said
Thursday he was the victim of a “vendetta” after spending a
night in custody over sodomy allegations that threaten to destroy
his ambitions of seizing power.
Come to a place free of deadlines, hectic
schedules and rush hour traffic. Situated at northeast part of Cebu
City, The Camotes Islands is composed of four islands: Pacijan, Poro,
Ponson and Tulang.
