Mindanao and
Eastern Visayas 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.
Ces Oreña-Drilon
and three others were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf. This
is not the first time she was news herself. In the
photo, she is displaying a court complaint filed against
government’s alleged harassment of journalists. The Manila Times File Photo
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Abu Sayyaf militants have
kidnapped a Filipino television journalist, two cameramen and a
Muslim university professor on the southern island of Sulu, police
said Monday.
Police said Ces Oreña-Drilon, a multi-awarded
broadcaster of the television network ABS-CBN, her crew and their
companion, Octavio Dinampo, were taken at the village of Kulasi in
the town of Maimbung. Drilon’s team arrived in Sulu on Saturday
from Zamboanga City, said Supt. Julasirim Kasim, the provincial
police chief.
Gov. Cua opposes the proposed mini hydro power plant
project
Virac, Catanduanes: Thousands from various
municipalities of Catanduanes came to the hearing of the Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC) to show their support for the
controversial mini hydro power plant project, which was blocked by
Gov. Joseph Cua.
PARIS: Rafael Nadal hailed his 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 demolition of Roger
Federeron Sunday as almost “perfect” as he joined Bjorn Borg as
the only man to win four successive French Opens.
Cabinet ministers from the world's biggest economies who gathered in Japan for grim talks on energy security have one tiny thing to celebrate -- the world's smallest humanoid robot.
To prove the new Accord’s luxuriously
high-performance nature, Honda Cars allows us an elevating
first-class trip
THE message couldn’t have been more crystal
clear: In staging a test-drive activity for the new
eighth-generation Accord (launched locally as a 2008 model), Honda
Cars Phils. fittingly went unabashedly upscale from accommodations
to altitudinal destinations. The Accord is, after all, the
carmaker’s flagship sedan, a model that bristles with style,
performance and high technology and is targeted at the affluent set.
Anything less than lofty would have been, well, a letdown.
The Department of Education
expects 20.7 million students to attend classes today, approximately
13.9 million in the elementary grades and the remaining 6.8 in high
school. College enrollment is expected to reach 400,000.
WASHINGTON: Both intent on redrafting the US political landscape,
Barack Obama and John McCain on Monday started the first full week
of their head-to-head battle for the November presidential election.
Back from Bulacan Kenyo brings to the band scene some refreshing
authenticity
They are back, this time without any pretentious
English accent. Mcoy Fundales, Ace and JM Del Mundo—the other half
of the now-defunct chart-topping band Orange and
Lemons—in the limelight once more as Kenyo.