Bicol region,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly
cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be
partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated
rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the
afternoon or early evening.
President Gloria
Arroyo inspects Dagonoy Public Market in San Andres,
Manila, to see for herself how commodities move and are
priced in the market. Malacañang photo
Villar blames govt, P720-million fertilizer fund scam
for problem
Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. blamed Malacañang
for a supposedly looming food crisis, which, he said, could have
been averted had the government used a P720-million fertilizer fund
properly in 2004.
THE Cebu Archbishop, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, said Romulo Neri should
return to the Senate and testify once more in the national broadband
hearing for the sake of truth.
Undersecretary was apparently behind the
classification of Pall Mall cigarettes, which was overturned by BIR
MORE than a month after the government reversed
the controversial ruling of Finance Undersecretary Gaudencio Mendoza
Jr. on the brand classification of Pall Mall cigarettes, the
official resigned from his position.
THE government on Monday failed anew to secure
short-term borrowings from the auction of Treasury bills despite
last Thursday’s decision by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
to shut down some of the windows of its Special Deposit Account (SDA).
WE remember today the Ozone Disco
fire that killed 160 celebrators and injured 95 others on Timog
Avenue, Quezon City, on March 18, 1996. Most of the victims were
students celebrating the end of the school year. The fire that
struck after midnight raged four hours.
HIMEJI, Japan: Japan might boast universal health coverage and some
of the world’s best medical technology, but an acute shortage of
doctors is leaving some hospitals unable to treat even car crash
victims.
A Harry situation The original gentleman of croon swings by the country
for some genuine big-band action
I first knew Harry Connick Jr. as a cold-blooded
serial killer in the 1995 movie Copycat. Talk about first
impressions. In the years that followed, I found it difficult to
believe the cunning, methodical murderer was actually an
accomplished pianist and contemporary jazz musician in real life.
