Central and
Northern Luzon 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.
An Amnesty
International activist from Germany, Claudia Niemeyel,
holds a banner as she joins a protest in front of the
Chinese consulate in Manila. Other activists
participated in Wednesday’s Global Day of Action for
Human Rights in China to mark the 100-day countdown to
the Beijing Olympic Games. AFP Photo
Private sector employees not so lucky, as wage boards
ask for time
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental: President
Gloria Arroyo is expected to sign an executive order that will grant
a 10-percent increase in the salaries of the country’s more than
one million state workers, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita
announced Wednesday.
Warring parties were also warned not to file
additional pleadings before the Court
AFTER a long court battle, the Supreme Court
finally resolved the leadership row in a P14-billion soldiers’
fund association that almost jeopardized the investments of some
230,000 retired and active military and police personnel.
TWO Lucio Tan-owned banks, Philippine National
Bank (PNB) and Allied Banking Corporation, will combine muscles to
climb to top slots in the industry and focus on expanding their
corporate and consumer lending businesses.
SAN ANTONIO: Defending National Basketball Association champion San
Antonio ousted Phoenix and New Orleans dumped Dallas Tuesday to book
a second-round playoff showdown against each other.
India's information technology and IT-enabled
services industry will more than double in size by 2012, led by a
fast-expanding domestic market, according to a report released
Wednesday.
LABOR Day 2008 is unlike other workers’ day. Rice and energy
prices have spiraled up around the world, bringing bad news to a
country of rice eaters and gas guzzlers. No food shortage yet but
the government is encouraging alternatives to rice. Car owners are
reviewing their travel habits while public-transport operators are
itching for a fare increase.
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged at his fiery
former pastor, casting loose his friend of 20 years in a bid to mend
damage to his White House hopes at a pivotal point of the campaign.
The office in a way is a microcosm of humanity
where different characters thrive—the good and the bad, the kind
and the mean, the beautiful and the not so beautiful. Here’s a
humorous take on the various characters that makes life in the
cubicle jungle colorful, fun and at times intolerable.
