Southern Luzon
will experience mostly cloudy skies with
scattered rainshowers while Visayas and Mindanao
will have 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.
MASS OATHTAKING-
Around 6,000 nursing students take their oath as
professional nurses at the Cuneta Astrodome. Photo by Jessie Laureta
Sentosa 27++ down but not out
They’ve lost their suits against their recruiter
but have won the hearts of nurses everywhere
The group of 27 migrant Filipino nurses who have
become world famous as the Sentosa 27 (actually one of them is a
therapist) have lost almost all of the legal and administrative
suits they have filed against the people and companies they allege
to have exploited them.
EMBATTLED Pangasinan Rep. Jose de
Venecia Jr. said over the weekend that he would not
leave Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the
party he helped found and led for many years.
CALAMBA City: Health authorities still continue to work
round-the-clock, although they have already placed typhoid fever
under check in Calamba City, the National Disaster Coordinating
Council (NDCC) reported on Saturday.
DUBAI: Andy Roddick, playing with a new lease of life, caused his
second successive upset to reach the final of the Dubai Open on
Friday when he added Novak Djokovic’s scalp to his victory over
Rafael Nadal.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians voted Saturday in general elections
expected to hand the ruling coalition another victory but with a
reduced majority, as ethnic Chinese and Indians shift to the
opposition.
From making sure that no three doors face one another to staircases
that should not directly face the main door of the house, design
anchored on the principles of the natural elements not only adds to
aesthetic value, but also may play a role in bringing good fortune
to people’s lives as well.
THE Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration
(OWWA) said it welcomes any congressional inquiry on it maintaining
it has not committed any irregularity in the management of the OWWA
Welfare Fund.
SEEING many of the senators try to uncover every dirt in town
reminds us of sniff dogs or the posse that relentlessly pursues
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Or of the righteous Inspector
Javert stalking every suspect in a vengeful pursuit of justice.
Some end up in surplus shops selling secondhand
units; others in junkshops where workers smash and pick apart
electronic waste to scavenge for gold, copper and other precious
metals. Worse, some electronic harvesters pull out wires and plastic
parts, burn them at night and foul the air with toxic smoke.
At 70, businessman Renato “Ato” Magadia is
still as dynamic and dependable as ever. Concurrently, Magadia
serves as chairman for four companies besides his duties as district
governor for the Rotary Club.
