Riverbank businesses urged to have waste water treatment Sun Star | BUSINESS establishments along the riverbank of the 15-kilometer span Iloilo River are encouraged to put up their own waste water treatment facility as a major requirement in securing a business permit at the City Mayor’s Office. | Engr. Noel Hech...
Aquino vows to reclaim country's stature as best performer Gulf News | Manila Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino said he wants to be remembered as a leader who left behind as a legacy, a country that is developed and a revitalised economy that will uplift the living standards of the people. | In a speech he gave ...
What’s NATO Ever Done? Pakalert Press Share by JOHN LaFORGE Counter Punch | Wondering why anyone would confront NATO’s summit in Chicago this month? A look at some of its more well-known crimes might spark some indignation. | Desecration of corpses, indiscriminate attacks, bombing of a...
Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos Reuters | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to build a casino res...
Yahoo ushers out another CEO Sun Star | SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received. | The troubled Internet company's next challenge will be convincing i...
Jeepney fare back to P7.50 Sun Star | EFFECTIVE today, May 15, the jeepney fare in Cebu and the rest of the Visayas will be P7.50 for the first five kms., after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) recalled the provisional increase it ordered last March 20. ...
Mayor’s son gunned down Sun Star | CEBU (Updated) – The youngest son of Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura was shot dead by an unidentified assailant during a concert in Sitio Upper Tubod, Barangay Valladolid in Carcar City past 1 a.m. Sunday. | “The police must solve this,” sai...
Capili: Understanding property taxation better (IV) Sun Star | THE collection and payment of real property tax shall be based on these guidelines: | 1. The tax shall be payable starting on the first day of January and shall constitute a lien on the property superior to any other lien. | Have something to repor...
$100 Million NATO Mission to Invade Chicago Pakalert Press Share | Stephen Lendman | AP | A $100 million NATO invasion is coming. Low intensity conflict may follow. The “City of Broad Shoulders” may get more than it bargained for. | Nelson Algren once called Chicago the “City on the Make.&#...
Ringing in the changes: The Philippines' call center boom CNN April 30, 2012 -- Updated 0508 GMT (1308 HKT) Philippines abuzz with call centers | Editor's note: CNN International's Eye On series is visiting the Philippines. Read and watch in-depth reports from the country online and on TV until May 14. | (CNN) -- It is 1a.m. at the Manila offices of VXi and nearly everyone is on the phone. | Hundreds of emplo...
Rights of indigenous peoples 'will be upheld in peace negotiations with Moro rebels' Gulf News | Manila: The rights of indigenous peoples who will be affected by the ongoing peace negotiations between the government and Moro rebels, will be upheld, the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles assured. | Quintos-Deles, speaking before members of civil society organisations and groups representing Indigenous Peoples (IP...
