Southern Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly
cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms becoming frequent rains over the
western sections of Visayas and Mindanao. The
rest of the country will have partly cloudy to
cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or
thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or
evening.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: “We are firm
with our demands for self-determination. We cannot compromise our
independence and our freedom,” Eid Kabalu, a spokesman for the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), told The Manila Times
Saturday.
MANILA: Senior Philippine officials on Saturday expressed concern
about the plan for a Southeast Asian rice cartel, saying it would
cause greater problems than it would solve amid a global food
crisis.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The Utah Jazz eliminated the
Houston Rockets from the National Basketball Association playoffs on
Friday, closing out their Western Conference first-round series with
a 113-91 victory.
BEIJING: A young boy has died in southern China from what was
probably hand, foot and mouth disease, health authorities there said
Saturday, raising fears the virus had spread from its epicenter
further north. The 18-month-old died Friday in Foshan City,
Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong, the provincial health
department said in a statement posted on its website.
A trip to the golf course for any player is more than
just for sport.
The golfer also seeks recreation and relaxation, as a way of
de-stressing from the rigors of urban life and to get rejuvenated
before going back to the real world. This is why golf courses are
situated in suburban areas, so they can play their favorite sport
amidst the backdrop of nature and the slow pace of life.
SENATE President Manny Villar is pushing for the establishment of a
P1-billion fund to provide for the early repatriation and adequate
assistance to Filipinos in distress overseas.
FEDERALISM will redistribute power and equalize growth in the
country; it will make for a stronger Philippines, says Sen. Aquilino
Pimentel, principal author of Senate Resolution No. 10. A federal
form of government will divide the country and create 11 fiefdoms,
warns Sen. Joker Arroyo. So begins the debate on federalism, a
system popular in many continents but a question mark in these 7,000
islands.
Patricia Gallardo, CSR officer of Ayala Land, is one
of 23 new fellows identified by Asia Society as the most promising
trendsetters and emerging leaders in the Asia Pacific region.
The arrival of Rechilda Extremadura was greeted
by smiles from a dozen elderly women seated on monobloc chairs.
Extremadura is the executive director of Lila Pilipina, a
non-government organization seeking justice for Filipino women
victims of rape and military sex slavery during the Second World
War. The lolas [grandmothers], converging at the Lila Pilipina
headquarters every 30th of the month, are all former comfort women
or jugun ianfu in Japanese.
