Central and
Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will
experience cloudy skies with scattered
rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming
widespread rains over the western sections of
Southern Luzon and Visayas including Palawan.
The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to
cloudy with isolated rainshowers or
thunderstorms.
President Gloria
Arroyo rings the opening bell as San Miguel Corp.
Chairman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. (right) applauds at the
Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday, when the beer
company’s brewing unit made its debut to a warm
reception from investors looking for a long-term play. AFP Photo
Deals of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) with
its sister companies enabled the latter to almost double their
income even as Meralco was asking for another power rate increase,
Winston Garcia, president of the Government Service Insurance System
(GSIS), charged on Monday.
State-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) said
consumers in the franchise area of the Manila Electric Co. do not
feel its low power rates as Meralco is buying bulk of its
electricity supply from other expensive sources and at more
expensive hours at that.
THE Rizal Provincial Government on Monday asked
the Metro Manila Development Authority to start looking for
alternate dumps, as they appear lukewarm for requests of another
three-month extension.
SALT LAKE CITY: The Utah Jazz needed overtime while the San Antonio
Spurs rolled to a rout Sunday as they squared both Western
Conference series in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
Honda Cars’ event proves efficient driving is key
to fuel conservation
On April 25, Honda Cars Phils. Inc., in
partnership with Petron Corp. and the Department of Energy, held a
fuel economy driving event for select members of the media to
illustrate that people shouldn’t rush in searching for fuel
substitutes (even with the skyrocketing gas prices) as long as they
possess the discipline on the road and have the knowledge with
regards to fuel conservation and efficiency.
The drumbeat for war grows louder in the Southern Philippines where
the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is running out of
patience over delays in the peace talks between them and the
Philippine government.
WASHINGTON: A general election contest between Democrat Barack Obama
and Republican John McCain took shape Monday, even though Hillary
Clinton showed no inclination of abandoning the Democratic
presidential nomination race.
Slapshock rocks the world Filipino rockers share the stage with Velvet
Revolver, Korn, Machine Head and other top acts
Slapshock, the thrash metal group that has
earned raves locally with seven top-selling albums, is winning over
the world as well. And they are doing it their way and on their own
terms.
