Southern Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy
skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over
Eastern Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods
and landslides. The rest of the country will
have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated
rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the
afternoon or evening.
Yesterday Indanan
Mayor Alvarez Isnaji was negotiating for the release of
broadcaster Ces Oreña-Drilon and company. Today, the
mayor and his son are under arrest and are facing
charges of kidnapping Drilon’s group. The Manila Times File Photo
The Philippine National Police filed four counts
of kidnapping against a town mayor of Sulu province and his son for
their alleged involvement in the abduction of Ces Oreña-Drilon and
her companions on June 8.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez is keeping his
line open for an exploratory talk with Abu Sayyaf leader Radullon
Sahiron, who is believed to be thinking of surrendering to the
government.
Failure to fund agriculture modernization act has
forced government to play ‘catch-up’ in food production
The Philippines should have gone far in
agriculture development had the government implemented the
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) or Republic Act
8435, which was signed into law 10 years ago, a Filipino biotech
scientist said.
Alvarez Isnaji of Indanan cannot be disqualified from
polls, says Comelec official
THE beleaguered mayor of Indanan town, Alvarez
Isnaji cannot be disqualified from running in the coming Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Election, a Commission on Elections
(Comelec) official said Thursday.
WITH Manny Pacquiao’s maiden appearance in the
lightweight division (135lbs) just a few days away, questions abound
on whether or not PacMan’s vaunted punching power will suffer a
noticeable dip as he moves up to another weight class.
Yahoo on Thursday is tripling the size of its globally-popular free online email service by adding two new domains as options to
"@yahoo.com" addresses.
THERE isn’t much on the agenda of President Arroyo’s visit to
Washington, DC, under the rubric of “strengthening
Philippine-United States relationships.” President Bush is not
ready to grant more military aid or more money for Philippine
programs. She is not likely to rejoin the coalition of the willing
even if Dubya begs for it. Would she endorse Sen. John McCain, the
Republican presumptive presidential candidate? Don’t bet on it.
SINGAPORE: Disasters like the devastating earthquake
in China have highlighted the need for countries to develop better
emergency communications plans, experts say.
Joaquin’s town A Manileño’s narrative portrait of the city of his
birth
Manila, My Manila by the late National Artist
for literature Nick Joaquin is a narrative portrait of the city of
his birth. History buffs would find the book a page-turner with
every chapter pulsating with details. Joaquin’s mastery as a
wordsmith and his true-blue Manileño wit make this book hard to put
down.
