Southern Luzon
and Visayas will experience mostly cloudy skies
with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms
becoming widespread rains over Bicol region and
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.
Jose Miguel
Arroyo, the husband of President Gloria Arroyo, on
Tuesday appeared before the Ombudsman to give his side
on the allegations that he was involved in anomalies in
the broadband deal. AFP Photo
Lawyer cites military, diplomatic secrets in ZTE deal
Romulo Neri was a no-show Tuesday
at scheduled oral arguments before the Supreme Court on his
petition that he can invoke “executive privilege” in
refusing to testify in congressional investigations.
The Office of the Ombudsman gave President Gloria
Arroyo’s husband, Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, 21 days to
explain his alleged part in a corruption scandal now heaping
pressure on his wife to resign.
President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday signed into
law the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Act of 2008
which will help upgrade the country’s aviation industry following
a downgrading by the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) of the
Philippines’ safety rating in January.
CLARK FREEPORT: Japanese investors dominate Clark Freeport, notes
Clark Development Corp. (CDC), the government’s estate managing
corporation for the zone.CDC reports that Japanese firms top its
list of foreign investors as of January 2008.
THE country’s largest telecom company on
Tuesday announced that earnings last year eased, and warned that
profitability this year would suffer from a strong peso and the US
economic slowdown.
SALT LAKE CITY: Point guard Deron Williams tied a season-high with
20 assists as the Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 116-110 in a
key Western Conference match up on Monday.
Software giant Microsoft called Monday on the IT industry to reduce
its carbon footprint as CeBIT, the world's largest tech fair, kicked
off in Germany with a focus on climate change.
Many of the key players on the different sides of the political
crisis engulfing our Republic have shown a great deal of wisdom.
Some have also been both wise and shrewd.
BEIJING: China announced Tuesday that its defense spending would
rise 17.6 percent this year but insisted the increase was moderate,
after the United States expressed concerns about Beijing’s
expanding military power.
ONCE tagged as Asia’s Golden Voice, Jun Polistico returns to
Manila for a special solo concert at the Teatrino in Greenhills on
Friday, March 7. Billed as “Jun Polistico: The Homecoming,” the
concert serves as an opportunity for Polistico’s fans to see him
perform once again after the singer chose to live in the United
States for good.
