Northern Luzon
and western section of Central Luzon will
experience cloudy skies with scattered
rainshowers and thunderstorms. Rest of the
country will have partly cloudy to at times
cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or
thunderstorms.
Defense Secretary
Gilbert Teodoro (left) joins military chief Alexander
Yano (center) in a press conference Tuesday on the
insurgency problem. At the same time, some local
officials went to Court to block a deal with
Muslim rebels. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ
With just over a week to go, the elections in an
autonomous region in southern Mindanao are poised to go on as
scheduled despite calls for a postponement because of a government
peace pact with Muslim rebels.
Officials from North Cotabato
province went to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block an agreement
between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
on the contentious issue of ancestral domain.
Malacañang plans to ask Congress for a P1.4-trillion budget for
2009 to fund the programs outlined by President Gloria Arroyo in her
eighth State
of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday.
Many agree that government should stop land
distribution while a review of the program is ongoing
BACOLOD CITY: It isn’t often
that local businessmen, sugar planters and militants agree on one
issue.But the recent pronouncements of President Gloria Arroyo at
her state of the Nation address, calling for the extension of the
comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP) was met with great
dissent in Negros Occidental.
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
expects inflation to have remained at the double-digit level last
month as a result of higher food and oil prices and costlier
utilities.
CINCINNATI, Ohio: Roger Federer carries a 4-0 record
over Robby Ginepri into his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters
on Tuesday as he attempts to steady his ship after an early loss
last week in Canada.
Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) is a concept that all over the world most business firms claim
to observe.Associated with CSR are the terms “corporate
citizenship,” “responsible business,” “corporate social
opportunity” and “stakeholders.” In the CSR concept
organizations—not just business corporations—take care to work
for the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact
of their activities on the environment, customers, suppliers,
employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar
Ibrahim demanded Tuesday that police drop a sodomy investigation
against him, producing a medical report he said showed no assault
had taken place.
Embarking on adventures like
parasailing and whitewater rafting comes with
psychological and physical benefits. The adrenaline rush resulting
from the activity will break the monotony of your job routine and
blast off mental cobwebs. More importantly, participation in such
pursuits will give you a feedback on your level of physical fitness.
