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.
Angelito Cadiente
eats a meal of rice with his youngest son in Manila on
Wednesday. Farmers warned of a worsening rice crisis,
saying rice prices were expected to soar. AFP Photo
Malacañang to support Melo’s initiatives to clean
up Comelec
Malacañang said it will back
reopening of the “Hello, Garci” controversy if such
support will help reform the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and
put an end to the killings of officials of the poll agency.
New poll body head lashes back at senators who think
his move was premature
NEW Commission on Elections (Comelec)
Chairman Jose Melo on Wednesday defended his decision
to take over the poll body’s leadership
even without the confirmation of Congress.
Seven-man team of prosecutors assures that a thorough
investigation will be carried out
SULU: The Department of Justice
on Wednesday sent a team of prosecutors
to investigate the killing of seven civilians and an off-duty
soldier during a military operation in the southern province of Sulu.
THE Philippines bought more than
it sold abroad, as imports surged in the first month of the year on purchases of costlier oil and dairy
products, the government reported Wednesday.
Asia's IT services market, led by India, is poised to expand at an
average annual pace of 10.5 percent to reach 55.9 billion dollars by
2011, an industry research firm said on Tuesday.
A DIVIDED Supreme Court is of two
minds about executive privilege but the majority has upheld the
accepted fundamentals. The ruling broke no new ground but it spelled
out in clearer terms the limits of congressional inquiry. It was a
reassurance to the President and the members of the Cabinet that
executive privilege, as defined by the Court, enjoys protection of
the law.
BEIJING: China said Wednesday at least 660 people had
surrendered
over deadly protests in and near Tibet as French President Nicolas
Sarkozy raised the prospect of boycotting the Beijing Olympics
opening ceremony.
People have their own
peculiarities. For Joel Cruz, the preference for cool weather is
one. “I like cold places. Whenever I travel, I never go during
summertime. It’s almost always usually during winter,” he
shares. It is then not surprising to learn that besides this
Tagaytay rest house, the other is in Baguio.
