8 armed men killed in shootout with Quezon cops Inquirer | CANDELARIA, Quezon, Philippines—(UPDATE 2) At least eight suspected members of a criminal gang were killed early Monday in an alleged shootout with local policemen manning the Commission on Elections mobile checkpoint here. | Police said the shootout happened in front of the Philippine National Po...
8 armed men killed in shootout with Quezon cops Inquirer | CANDELARIA, Quezon, Philippines—(UPDATE 2) At least eight suspected members of a criminal gang were killed early Monday in an alleged shootout with local policemen manning the Commission on Elections mobile checkpoint here. | Police said the shooto...
The Pagcor party Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The block of Nacionalista Party president Manuel Villar tried to pull a fast one by proclaiming its boycott of Senate sessions as a move motivated by the desire to derail two administration proposals with dangerous implications....
The Word The Daily Tribune | 02/06/2010 | On a poetic ride with \'Tulaan sa Tren 2\' | For the jaded daily commuter, the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) have brought back the much-loved Tulaan sa Tren to give the general public so...
Petron expected to post income of P4.2B in '09 Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--Petron Corp., the country's largest oil refiner and retailer, could expect a net income of around P4.2 billion for 2009, according to a company official. | Petron CFO Emmanuel E. Eraña said during a briefing Friday that the com...
Comelec to turn over election software to BSP Tuesday Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections can turn over the software that will run the May 10 automated elections to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for safekeeping only next Tuesday and not Friday as originally planned, election officials to...
Hospital told to pay patient P15M for flawed surgery Malaya | JUSTICE came too late for medical malpractice victim Natividad Agana although the Supreme Court directed the Medical City Hospital in Pasig City to pay her heirs P15 million 26 years after a doctor left two pieces of gauze inside her body following...
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A bright future for the coffee industry The Daily Tribune | 02/04/2010 | At the recently held Second National Coffee Summit, coffee stakeholders from around the country compared notes and see self-sufficiency by 2015 to 2017. The country ...
Rediscovering North Luzon through 'adventure tourism' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- With good roads and accessible transportation, there are now more reasons to visit and rediscover Northern Luzon. | The week-long 'Lakbay Norte' (Travel No...
National Grid reports lull in attacks on power pylons Inquirer | CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is surprised -- and relieved -- to report a lull in the toppling of its tower pylons in the past eight weeks. | The lull, as reported by Gualberto Geonzon, ...
SM Prime sees '09 net up 8-10%, eyes REIT Malaya | SM Prime Holdings Corp. may have posted an 8-10 percent rise in 2009 net income, and expects double-digit revenue growth this year on new and bigger malls. | The company’s 2009 net profit estimate was slightly above its 7 percent net income growt...
'Go ask Arroyo, she knows SCTEx lobbyist' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Did former President Corazon Aquino personally lobby to build the Tarlac exit of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) across her family's sprawling Hacienda Luisita just before the 2004 elections? | Cavite Rep. Crispin Remu...
11-kg LPG price drops by P6 on Tuesday Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers are slashing prices by 50 centavos per kilogram effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday (February 9) due to the decline in the international contract price of LPG this month. | This means that the price of an 11-kg LPG cylinder which is used by most households is expected to drop by almost P6,...
Ping’s ‘asylum’ an option The Daily Tribune | By Michaela P. del Callar | 02/09/2010 | Lawyers for the senator on the run, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, in a TV interview yesterday, brought up the idea of the senator seeking political asylum in a foreign country to avoid being extradited to the Philippines to face double murder charges. | Lawyer Alex Poblador, in the same interview said one of Lacs...
