Eastern section
of Luzon will experience cloudy skies with
scattered to widespread rains which may trigger
flashfloods and landslides. The rest of Luzon
will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered
rainshowers while the rest of the country will
be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with
isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Thousands
joined the inter-faith protest in Makati on Friday Photo by Rene H. Dilan
Rival groups band together for peaceful protest
Rival opposition groups stopped
their bickering and banded together on Friday to stage an
inter-faith protest, the biggest antigovernment protest in years, to
press the ouster of President Gloria Arroyo for alleged corruption.
The government reiterated that President Gloria
Arroyo’s resignation is not the solution to the political crisis,
saying any change must be based on the unified voice of all
Filipinos.
THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) on Friday said it will take to the Supreme Court the battle
over the P220-million Marcos accounts that are still allegedly
deposited at the Security Bank and Trust Company.
Greenpeace wants rice import quarantined and tested
using European Union protocol
SUBIC BAY Freeport: Greenpeace on
Thursday warned the government, specifically the National Food
Authority (NFA), that the shipment of rice being offloaded at the
Naval Supply Depot could be contaminated with genetically modified
organisms (GMO), which is illegal in the country.
CEBU CITY: University of Luzon (UL) banked on
Jonathan Pamicia’s basket to beat Asian College of Technology
(ACT), 104-102, Friday and join University of Visayas (UV),
Southwestern University and University of San Carlos (USC) in the
semifinals of the 62nd National Students Basketball Championship (NSBC)
at the historic Cebu Coliseum here.
LONDON: Prince Harry, the youngest son of Prince
Charles and the late princess Diana, has been fighting the Taliban
on the front line in Afghanistan, the defense ministry in London
said Thursday.
