Mindanao will
experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered
rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the
country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies
with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms
mostly in the afternoon or evening.
Clouds hovering over
Sulu Island seemingly suggest nature is sympathizing
with the predicament of TV journalist Ces Oreña-Drilon
and company who are suspected hidden in its hinterlands.
Photo by Al Jacinto
Razon says Drilon, others may be released soon
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Terrorists holding a television
reporter and two others on the southern island of Sulu have extended
an ultimatum for negotiators to pay a P15-million ransom for the
safe release of their hostages.
Nearly three million Filipinos, led by college
graduates, were out of jobs as of April on a slumping domestic
economy during the first three months of 2008, the government
reported on Tuesday.
Panel formed to handle the case sets preliminary
investigation on July 8, asks for counter-affidavits
THE Department of Justice has already issued
summons to top officials of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) in
connection with the P889-million large-scale estafa case filed
against them by a consumer group.
Participants in public hearing held in Baguio agree
to oppose PCSO test runs
BAGUIO: By all indications, the planned test
runs of the controversial small-town lottery in Baguio will not push
through, as various sectors led by the various church congregations
strongly opposed the plan.
THE national government can manage not to borrow
money right now, the Bureau of Treasury announced, citing the
Philippines’ strong fiscal position as of May.
AIR21 shoots for solo leadership while Welcoat tries to avoid
automatic elimination when they face each other Wednesday in the
2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
Finnish telecom giant Nokia has launched two new email-capable handsets for business users and vowed to defend its position as the world's leading mobile phone maker.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs has informed us that ten
Filipino-Japanese children born out of wedlock to Filipino mothers
and Japanese fathers were granted the right to Japanese nationality
by the Japanese Supreme Court. In a landmark ruling on June 4 the
Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a provision in the Japanese
Nationality Law that states that such children can only become
citizens of the mother’s home country.
WASHINGTON: China may be an economic and military giant in
Asia, but it still trails the US and Japan in exercising “soft
power” influence in the region, a new study revealed Tuesday.
A strange halo-like ring oscillates around the
head, emanating energy. Layers of silver tinfoil wrap around one’s
head. Creamy red slime turns human protein into orange and gold upon
contact. Razor-sharp cold steel implements cut away at the body’s
extrusions. Blasts of hot wind alternate with douses of water.
Strange hands constantly probe one’s head. It’s an alien world
inside a salon. And for a no-nonsense kind of guy, to be pampered in
one can be a welcome abduction.
