The entire
archipelago will experience partly cloudy to at
times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or
thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or
evening.
Teachers and students
of the Pedro Guevarra Elementary School in Tondo,
Manila, spruce up their school on Monday. Schools in
far-flung areas will celebrate the arrival of new
textbooks in a “Textbook Walk.” Photo by Sarah Encabo
The administration is seriously
considering a deep line-up in the 2010 presidential elections, not
only in the standard-bearer but also the senatorial candidates that
include President Gloria Arroyo’s son, Mikey.
With only four session days left
before the Congress adjourns on June 11, the chairman of the Senate
committee on agrarian reform said it is impossible to extend the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
Some senators irked over the call of foreign
investors to freeze amendments to the power reform law
The Joint Congressional Power Commission (PowerCom)
co-chaired by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago and Rep. Mikey Arroyo of
Pampanga will summon representatives of the Joint Foreign Chambers
of Commerce to explain their opposition to the amendment of the
Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).
Gov. Cuaresma denies talking to Baguilat to persuade
him to join anti-mining group
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Police Supt. Doming
Lucas, provincialdirector here, disclosed different angles as to the
motive of the murder Tuesday of Barangay Captain Paulino Baguilat,
55 years old, at Sitio Pimmadek, Barangay Didipio, Kasibu town.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
is likely to raise its interest rates before inflation hits peak
level in the third quarter of the year, think-tank group Global
Source said in its monthly report.
PARIS: Triple champion Rafael Nadal racked up his
25th win in 25 Roland Garros matches as he joined third seeded Serb
Novak Djokovic on a Sunday stroll into the French Open
quarterfinals.
Computer makers are expected to showcase the latest of their lines of low-cost PCs in the Taipei computer trade fair -- the biggest computer show in Asia -- when it opens this week.
Subaru offers us a sneak peek at the new Forester in
the magical woodlands of Singapore
CRICKETS chirped, leaves rustled and music
wafted through the muggy night air as Motor Image, the distributor
of Subaru vehicles in eight Asian countries, on May 16 unveiled the
new Forester amid the woodlands of the far, far away kingdom of
Singapore.
PUBLIC grade and secondary schools reopen next Monday, and with them
the reopening of the education Pandora’s box—the multitude of
problems that has beset the education system, students, teachers and
parents for decades that the government has not fully dealt with.
WASHINGTON: Five alleged terrorists accused of
plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks are to appear in public for
the first time in years on Thursday at a military hearing in the US
prison at Guantánamo Bay.
He is hip-hop music’s Renaissance man—a
producer, arranger, composer, guitarist, keyboardist and the
country’s most authentic soul singer. His name, Artstrong J.
Clarion, fits him perfectly. A man whose brawny talent can marshal
the music world’s finest, he is leading the call to take back the
music and put in on the street where it belongs.
