A celebration of life, love and Nature
By Gianna G. Maniego
The Swiss had no idea what hit them.
When they invited the Philippines to become the featured guest country in the 2009 Muba fair in Basel, the Swiss probably expected a tame exhibit with a few colorful posters, a display of some local products, and a smattering of literature on our 7,100 islands.

Asia?s top adventure resorts

Not everyone likes Proserfina

Four failed voices trying to make it in the business

Introducing Nikki J.

All about adobo
Salmer Espinosa and Carlo Sampan work as MIS personnel while Paolo Paras is a geodetic engineer while managing his businesses. Paras and Sampan, varsity swimmers in their college days, also teach swimming during the weekends. The latter is also finishing his master?s degree in marketing communications at De La Salle University.

Board Exam Results
Nurse Licensure Examination Results (November 2008)

Manufacturing output falls 15% as imports drop 34%
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
THE combined output of 20 manufacturing industries fell by more than 15 percent in December from a year ago, and it followed a 7.2-percent contraction in November and a 1.2-percent increase in October of the same year, the government said yesterday.

Ratings boosters. Talk show host Boy Abunda with Vicki Belo

Networks ride on Belo?s swipe at Boy Abunda
By Isah V. Red
THE fierce rivalry between cosmetic dermatology queen Vicki Belo and doctors Manny and Pie Calayan is spilling into the network war between GMA-7 and ABS-CBN.

2 senators pull support from right-to-reply bill

Ex-Bukidnon lawmaker faces graft raps

Philippines drives surge in Del Monte sales, profit

Warning against tariff walls

Arroyo slams critics

Seaoil cuts P3 per liter of diesel

?09 remittances to stay flat
By Lawrence Agcaoili
The Bangko Sentral expects remittances of migrant Filipino workers to stay flat at $16.4 billion this year due to global recession after expanding nearly 14 percent last year.

Part of San Lazaro racetrack now an ecozone
By Jenniffer B. Austria
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority has declared a portion of the former San Lazaro racetrack in Sta. Cruz, Manila, owned by Manila Jockey Club Inc., special economic zone.

Revenue goals cut; budget gap increased
The Finance Department has trimmed the combined collection goals of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Customs by P85 billion in light of the full impact of the global economic meltdown this year.

Private sector to import 300,000 MT of rice?Yap
By Othel V. Campos
The government will allow the private sector to import 300,000 metric tons of rice this year, the Agriculture Department said yesterday.

PNOC Exploration sale set not later than Q3
By Alena Mae S. Flores
The government plans to sell 40 percent of state-owned PNOC Exploration Corp. not later than the third quarter, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said yesterday.

Wincorp executive ends life; SMC?s controversial investor
The banking community knew almost everything about investment banker Antonio Ong, from his stint as executive vice president of First Metro Investment Corp. to his ascendancy as president of controversial Westmont Investment Corp., or Wincorp.

Aguilar, Hanopol sue agent over royalties
By Joel M. Sy Egco
Local folk and rock music icons Freddie Aguilar and Mike Hanopol are suing Bayanihan Music Publishing Inc. (Bami) for unpaid royalties since 1998.

Advocates press for landfill?s closure
The Coalition for a Garbage-Free San Mateo is calling for the closure of the San Mateo Sanitary Landfill.

Van pins Ateneo pupil to death
A fourth-grade pupil at the Ateneo de Manila Grade School Loyola Heights died while his nanny and younger sister were hurt in a traffic accident inside campus late Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Pasay vets seize 300 kilos of rotten meat