Southern Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly
cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be
partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated
rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the
afternoon or evening.
Burning sensation:Ten
unidentified men with heavy firearms allegedly burned on
Wednesday midnight five Victory Liner buses parked
inside the company terminal in Cubao, Quezon City.
Police investigators are still looking into the possible
motive behind the attack. Photo by Ruy Martinez
Napocor: Utility faces possible forgery case
The Energy Regulatory Commission admitted that
P10-billion worth of refund has not been returned by the Manila
Electric Co. (Meralco) to consumers, and this includes the money the
company held in trust from consumers who have not made their refund
claims.
The government on Thursday ordered the scrapping of all tariffs
imposed on oil after world prices of the commodity rose to $135 per
barrel. With this move, the government itself breached its target
price ceiling for imposing lower duties on petroleum products.
COMMISSION on Human Rights Chairperson Leila de
Lima opposed Thursday the call of some legislators to revive the
death penalty in the country, as she reaffirmed the commitment of
the commission to the right to life.“Reports of efforts to
resurrect the imposition of the death penalty in the country in the
light of the recent spate of killings...
BACOLOD CITY: Just a day before his 50th birthday, Ajuy Vice Mayor
Ramon Rojas was gunned down at about 5 a.m. Friday while
brisk-walking at Barangay Central, Ajuy, Iloilo province.
BUSINESSMEN turned more cautious in the second
quarter due to concerns over a possible recession in the US, and
higher prices of oil, food and other services, the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) said.
LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant scored 25 of his 27 points in the second
half Wednesday to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to an 89-85 victory
over the San Antonio Spurs in the opener of their
National Basketball Association playoff series.
Microsoft said Wednesday it will reward US Live Search shoppers with cash for purchases, essentially trying to buy market share it tried to win with its failed bid to take over Yahoo.
We hail the announcement by
Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza last
Thursday that the Philippines will sign in December an open skies
agreement with Asean member-countries.
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the
“endgame” is now in sight in Iraq but warned of the costly
consequences of withdrawing US forces too hastily.
Teen undead romance Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ promises to
beguile young readers
This isn’t your typical romance novel for
young adults. Think vampires, werewolves and teleportation. Twilight
is the current teen fiction phenomenon. Debut novelist Stephenie
Meyer proved skeptics wrong when, just a couple of weeks after its
release, her book sold out worldwide. A fan attests on the book’s
website, “Twilight is an extraordinary love story that will stay
with you long after you have turned the last page.”
