Southern Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy
skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms becoming widespread over Eastern
Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and
landslides. The rest of the country will be
partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated
rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the
afternoon or evening.
The military maintains
its presence in this town in Sulu where Abu Sayyaf
militants are holding hostage ABS-CBN broadcaster Ces
Oreña-Drilon, her cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and
Mindanao State University professor Octavio Dinampo. Photos by Al Jacinto
JOLO, Sulu: Abu Sayyaf rebels tied to the al-Qaeda
terror network on Monday threatened to harm a kidnapped Philippine
television reporter and her companions if their families failed to
pay P15 million in ransom by noon today.
Incoming Press Secretary Jesus Dureza told a
press briefing in Malacañang that the government is standing firm
on its no-ransom policy but acknowledged that the ultimatum set by
the kidnappers should not be taken lightly.
Consumer prices in June are likely to rise to double digits, pushed
by costlier food and fuel, an official of the National Economic and
Development Authority said.
Measure exempts minimum wage earners from paying
income tax, gives higher exemptions to employees
President Gloria Arroyo will sign into law
Tuesday the measure that will exempt minimum wage earners from
paying income taxes, and increase the personal exemptions for
employees.
Research by food agency showed that rice-exporting
countries also hit by worldwide price hikes
EVEN rice exporting countries are affected by
the worldwide rice price crisis as retail prices of the staple in
Vietnam and Thailand went up to P59.01 per kilogram and P45.11 per
kilogram, respectively, the National Food Authority (NFA) said.
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) failed to
attain its promised collection goal for last month after the
government refused to borrow short-term through its regular auctions
of debt papers.
LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant scored 25 points but made his biggest moves
defensively Sunday to sustain the championship dreams of the Los
Angeles Lakers and deny the Boston Celtics their first title since
1986.
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill proposing to install a totally new department that would look after and advance the country's information and communications technology
(ICT) sector.
Nissan Motor Philippines introduces the all-new Grand
Livina with a driving event that poses a question
“IS it an MPV or a sedan?” That was the
question thrown by Nissan Motor Phils. Inc. (NMPI) to a select group
of journalists as the carmaker introduced its newest model, the
Grand Livina, through a driving event that took the participants
from Laguna to the Subic International Raceway.
College and university level educators have been urging Malacañang
to relieve temporary chairman of the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) Secretary Romulo Neri of his job at the Commission.
LONDON: Saudi Arabia, an Organization of the
Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) powerhouse, would further
increase oil output to meet heightened demand from its customers,
United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki Moon assured late Sunday.
Drip is an esteemed pioneer of the trip-hop
genre with its acid jazz grooves, hip-hop loops and femme fatale
vocals. Twisted yet whimsical, sensual yet shady. They don’t label
themselves as trip-hop but embrace its essence nonetheless.
“That’s the thing we’re dealing with right now, like we
don’t want to be into the label of trip-hop because we do play
drum and bass, electro, like all sorts of music. We use all sorts of
electronic software and hard wares and what not. We can actually
create any kind of flavors,” they say.
