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Fall 2009 fashion economics
By Ed Biado
You know that the economy is really ailing when even formidable industries like fashion are showing signs of it. Proof: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2009 in New York.

Are you ready for summer?

Spotted at the tents

Carlo J. Caparas is king of primetime TV

Kjwan goes digital

  

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SGV confirms mutiny led by vice chairman
By Victor C. Agustin
SGV has confirmed that vice chairman Roman Felipe Reyes and 13 other partners have decided to withdraw from the auditing partnership, placing the 14 on ?pre-departure leave? effective last Friday.

Madrigal caves in to church pressure
By Fel V. Maragay
SENATOR Jamby Madrigal has caved in to pressure from what she once called ?right-wing Catholic forces? and agreed to change birth-control provisions in the proposed Magna Carta for Women that is now pending in a congressional conference committee.

POEA syndicate selling fake travel documents?Libanan

Coke reopens washing facility to cut costs

Gold shoots past $1,000 amid jitters

Agency bans cattle from China

10 gobs detained in Africa

Diesel cut by P1 a liter

Hope springs eternal. Ticket buyers line up in a Lotto outlet yesterday after the pot for last night?s draw reached P330 million. SONNY ESPIRITU


Petron takeover within ?09
By Jenniffer B. Austria
San Miguel Corp. plans to exercise its option to take over oil refiner Petron Corp. within the year, president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang told reporters over the weekend.

Finance set to trim Customs, BIR goals
By Lawrence Agcaoili
The Finance Department is set to significantly slash the collection targets of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs this year due to weak economic conditions.

Housing agency floats P1.86-b bonds
National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. will issue P1.86 billion worth of five-year bonds backed by super prime accounts, with Standard Chartered Bank as its underwriter.

Govt posted lower budget deficit of P67b last year ? Pascua
By Eileen A. Mencias
The national government posted a smaller-than-programmed budget deficit of P65 billion to P67 billion in 2008, a source from the Development Budget Coordinating Committee said.

$1b worth of loans from WB sought
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
The Philippines is asking the World Bank to finance more than $1 billion worth of programs and projects this year, despite a controversy over a national road project.

?Frankahan o lokohan?
THE Inquirer staff members were pleasantly surprised when Franklin Drilon, in a break from his busy past, attended the newspaper?s anniversary celebrations in December; the former Senate President even made beso beso with editor-in-chief Leticia Jimenez-Magsanoc like a long-lost colleague.


Pacman: Hatton is my toughest foe
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
MANNY Pacquiao admitted that Britain?s Ricky Hatton is a tougher opponent than either David Diaz, whom he demolished in nine rounds, or Oscar de la Hoya, who quit at the end of Round 8 last Dec. 6 after taking a bad beating.

Creation of foundation thrills scribes
THE members of the Philippine Sportswriters Association are ecstatic over the proposal of guest of honor and speaker Manuel V. Pangilinan, who was hailed as Sports Patron of the Year at the PSA Annual Awards Friday night.

Guiao can?t afford to lose Kerby
By Rey Joble
WITH some of his mainstays having difficulty fitting into the proposed twice or thrice a week practice in the RP men?s basketball team, coach Yeng Guiao is working out a solution that would be suitable to every member of the squad.

FEU bets crowned beach volley queens
FAR Eastern University bets Anna Abanto and Marigail Tolentino got back at their University of the East rivals Jimberly Dizon and April Soriano, 21-12, 21-13, to clinch the first leg crown of the 2009 Petron Ladies? Beach Volleyball Tournament at the sand courts of the UE-Caloocan campus.

Braveheart boxers steal show
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTERS from the Braveheart boxing gym of North Cotabato Vice Gov. Manny Pi?ol stole the show from World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa, who headlined the ?Battle of the Bantamweights? before a big crowd at the Cebu Coliseum Saturday night.

Another fearless forecast


A pitch for native fabrics
It?s always a delight to see fellow Filipinos wearing exquisitely designed barong Tagalog or terno whether during historic events or on ordinary days. The impressive array of traditional attire or costumes woven from homegrown textiles and unique to the various ethnic or tribal groups in the archipelago, showcases the wealth and uniqueness of our artistry and culture which we are proud to project to the world as part of our identity as a nation.


Not all gloom and doom


Tall order

The faces of the moral force
By Rita Linda V. Jimeno

The fact-finding committee
By Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino

Ombudsman dares critics: Show proof
By Macon Ramos Araneta
Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has challenged her critics and detractors to come up with proof that she was protective of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, who recently figured in controversies.

Euro cop takes over Cordillera
By Romie Evangelista
A senior police officer has assumed his post as chief of the national police?s Cordillera Autonomous Region, more than four months after he was implicated in the allegedly irregular release of P6.9 million in funds for use by the ?euro generals? who attended the Interpol summit in Russia last October.

X-ray fiasco costs Customs P500m
By Joel Zurbano
A simmering feud between two Customs officials stationed in Subic Bay Free Port has caused the loss of an estimated P500 million in foregone revenues during the last four months.

Take it to the UN, Enrile tells baselines opponents
By Fel V. Maragay
SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile has challenged China and Vietnam to lodge their complaints before the United Nations if they really believe that Congress erred in drafting the Archipelagic Baselines bill which treats the Kalayaan Islands Group and the Scarborough Shoal as ?a regime of islands under the Republic of the Philippines.?

 

Manotok or Barque, appellate court to determine ownership
By Rey E. Requejo
The Supreme Court has upheld its decision ordering the Court of Appeals to determine who between the Manotok clan and the heirs of Homer Barque owns Lot 823 of the Piedad Estate in what used to be the town of Caloocan, Rizal.

No-nuke protest rocks Diliman
By Christine F. Herrera
At least 800 activists formed on Sunday a human banner at the University of Philippines Sunken Garden to block the revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

Endriga goes after Pagcor?s tax dues
THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. owes Quezon City hundreds of millions of pesos in unpaid franchise taxes, a city executive said yesterday.

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