Mindanao will
have 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 evening.
Pinoy champ:
Newly crowned World Boxing Council super featherweight
champion Manny Pacquiao shows his championship belt to
his fans during his victory motorcade. Pacquiao beat
Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez by split decision on
March 15 in Las Vegas. Photo by Sarah Encabo
Senators lose on ‘executive
privilege’
Voting 9-6, the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a
petition of Romulo Neri, the chairman of the Commission on Higher
Education, to invoke “executive privilege” on his conversation
with President Gloria Arroyo about the aborted $330-million national
broadband network project with China’s ZTE Corp.
President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday warned that the
government will clamp down on rice hoarders who manipulate the
commodity’s price amid a supposedly looming supply crunch. She
gave the warning during a meeting of the National Economic and
Development Authority-Cabinet Group with the National Price
Coordinating Council in Malacañang.
Closer coordination between police, prosecutors among
steps to be taken
The government and the national police have
arrived at a consensus to expedite the resolution of unexplained
killings involving political activists and journalists.
All municipal transactions, including processing of
permits, are suspended
RODRIGUEZ, RIZAL: Normal operations at the
municipal hall has been disrupted for the second day due to the
ongoing standoff between the supporters of suspended Mayor Pedro
Cuerpo and the local police.
THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
disclosed that four listed companies have realigned the proceeds of
their capital raising activities to purposes that were different
from what they had disclosed in their respective prospectus.
If Republic Act No. 8757, an act establishing
the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame, shall eventually be implemented,
newly-crowned three-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao should
be a strong candidate for elevation in the professional boxing
category.
Everyone should pay attention to the warnings made by UP Economics
Professor Ernesto Pernia, the former chief economist of the Asian
Development Bank and its expert in human-development economics, that
the looming US recession, which has begun to cause a slowdown
throughout the world, will hit the Philippines hard. Harder than the
1997 Asian crisis did.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new prime minister was sworn in by President
Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, a day after challenging the US-backed
leader’s authority by freeing judges he detained under emergency
rule.
Arnis, escrima and kali—by whatever name you
call it—are recognized the world over to possess the most
effective knife fighting techniques on earth. The special forces of
various countries train here to learn our deadly arts. But few
Filipinos know about Filipino martial arts (FMA).
