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Palace unveils blueprint for stimulus jobs, projects
By Joyce Pangco Pa?ares
THE government will allocate P25.12 billion to create 1.3 million new jobs and to send nurses to 1,000 of the poorest municipalities and ?green-collar? workers to work in environment-related projects.
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Losers. Bangko Sentral Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla traces the rise and fall of the Legacy Group. MIKE DE JUAN |
Legacy was a scam from Day One, says official
By Roy Pelovello
LEGACY Group owner Celso de los Angeles is not yet off the hook even though he was left out of the first criminal charges filed against officials of four affiliated rural banks, an official said yesterday.
Citibank to hire 1,000 more staff
World Bank reforms already in place?Public Works
SGV, globalization and their discontents
Pressure to export more workers
Watchdog wants new regulator
Passenger car sales rise 14.2%
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SMC eyes water business
By Jenniffer B. Austria
San Miguel Corp., the country?s largest food and beverage conglomerate, has offered to build the proposed P47.9-billion Laiban dam project in Tanay, Rizal, as part of the company?s diversification strategy.
11 Japanese mining firms, traders plan return to RP
By Christine F. Herrera
Seven of 11 Japanese mining and trading companies, which used to have investments in the Philippines, have expressed interest to return after a study showed promising ore deposits in the country.
Number of troubled banks down to 200, says BSP
By Eileen A. Mencias
The number of banks placed under the prompt corrective action of the Bangko Sentral has dropped to around 200 from over 250 in 2007, deputy governor Nestor Espenilla said yesterday.
Alliance Global earmarks P20b this year
Alliance Global Group Inc., the holding company of business tycoon Andrew Tan, has earmarked P20 billion for capital expenditures this year to build several real estate projects.
All bids on T-bills rejected
The Bureau of Treasury yesterday rejected all bids on Treasury bills after banks offered higher rates.
Job application
 With so many technology jobs being axed, it?s refreshing to see that Microsoft is still hiring. Here?s a position that was recently posted on the Web:
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Manual voting against the law
By Arlie Calalo
THE chairman of the Commission on Elections yesterday shot down calls for a return to manual voting in the 2010 elections, saying it is against the law on election automation.
Senate, House unify baselines proposals
By Fel V. Maragay
The long-overdue bill delineating the country?s archipelagic baselines was approved by the bicameral conference committee, with the panel from the House of Representatives accepting the Senate?s version to treat the Kalayaan Islands and Scarborough Shoal as a ?regime of islands? instead of being enclosed within the baselines.
More lapses uncovered in Alabang Boys? case
By Rey E. Requejo
An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency yesterday admitted that it took several hours after the sting operations on the ?Alabang Boys? before they could do a full inventory of all the evidence they recovered.
Rivals in high school vie for no. 2 police position
By Romie A. Evangelista
Two police generals who have locked horns over academic honors in high school are renewing their rivalry, this time over the second highest post in the National Police.
Port owner draws flak over empty promises
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P435-m payment barred over lot expropriated for Common-
wealth
By Rey E. Requejo
The Court of Appeals has stopped a Quezon City regional trial court from compelling the government to pay P435 million to the owners of the 29-hectare lot that was expropriated for the construction of the 12.4-km Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
Child abuse case dropped
By Gigi Mu?oz David
The Pasig City prosecutor?s office has dismissed the child abuse suit against Princess Revilla filed by her maid, claiming physical injuries inflicted since October 2007.
Career linkup in Las Pi?as
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