|
|
 |
|
Comelec starts recall move against Panlilio
By Arlie Calalo
THE Commission on Elections has started recall proceedings against six elected local officials, including Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio, but the petitioners will have to race against each other because the poll agency does not have enough funds to finance the process in all six local government units.
 |
Reputation in ruins. Author and civic leader Erlinda Panlilio and the former Luneta Hotel |
Govt sues Luneta owners over ?fake? sale
By Rey E. Requejo
GOVERNMENT lawyers have found cause to file fraud charges against former hotelier and book author Erlinda Panlilio and four other people, and allegedly for the illegal sale of a property on Kalaw Street in Manila where the former Luneta Hotel is located.
Palace pins growth lead on Palawan, Cebu roads
Investors need ox?s patience, astrologers advise
French firm pulls out of Calaca power venture
Pre-need firms need protection
|
|
BoI shifts incentives tack
By Elaine Ramos Alanguilan
The Board of Investments is drawing the framework for the 2009 Investment Priorities Plan that will focus in generating new investments and saving jobs amid the harsh business environment.
Bangko Sentral sees slight rise in bad loans this year
By Eileen A. Mencias
The Bangko Sentral warned of a slight rise in bad loans this year but they will not be near the levels hit after the Asian financial crisis of 1997.
AgriNurture seeks listing in 1st quarter
By Jenniffer B. Austria
AgriNuRture Inc., a leading exporter of fresh, frozen and processed fruits, plans to list its shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange by the first quarter of the year.
Moody?s officials arrive to review economy
By Lawrence Agcaoili
Representatives from New York-based Moody?s Investors Service are in the country to take a close look at how the Philippines is coping with the global financial crisis.
6 projects worth $935m reviewed by Millennium
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
Six major projects in the Philippines with a total cost of $935.4 million are most likely to be financed under the Millennium Challenge Account foreign assistance program of the United States, but its final approval now depends on the new Obama administration.
Chavit wins airport row
 FORMER Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis ?Chavit? Singson has just won another battle, this time over at the Supreme Court.
The high tribunal?s Third Division last week threw out a petition for certiorari filed by a losing bidder seeking to stop Poro Point Management Corp. from awarding a P565-million project to extend the runway of the San Fernando, La Union airport to Satrap Construction, a company controlled by the colorful Ilocos politician.
|
|
Murakami wins by 13 shots
By Adrian Flores
STA. Rosa City?The ?old? Artemio Murakami came to play.
Murakami displayed the fine form he was known for at The Country Club Invitational, posting a closing two-under-par 68 and winning the wind-raked International Container Terminal Services Inc. event by a whopping record of 13 strokes.
Pacman-Hatton fight announced today
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE eagerly awaited showdown between the world?s no. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao and Britain?s Ricky Hatton is expected to be formally announced today.
Chot fulfills vow as TNT makes finals
By Rey Joble
SAN Miguel Beer was hoping for a Sunday miracle to survive in the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup.
Mariners, Lady Pats near crown
THE Philippine Merchant Marine School Mariners and the La Salle-Dasmari?as Lady Patriots repulsed Rizal Technological University on two fronts to zero in on the men?s and women?s titles, respectively, of the 16th National Capital Region Athletic Association volleyball tournament.
Mosley captures world title
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
SUGAR Shane Mosley scored perhaps the sweetest victory of his career?a ninth-round TKO win to capture the World Boxing Association welterweight title from 4-1 favorite Antonio Margarito of Mexico before nearly 29,000 fans at the famed Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Sunday morning (Manila time).
Don?t look past Hatton
|
|
|
|
Refurbishing one?s image
It strikes me as entirely out of character. This man has come to be known as the nemesis of sidewalk vendors. But now he is appealing to market administrators to allocate space in public and private markets for illegal vendors and hawkers displaced by the continuing drive of the Metro Manila Development Authority to eliminate them from the streets and sidewalks of the metropolis.
Sweet men
The ?sure? in insurance
Pre-need industry in distress
By Rita Linda V. Jimeno
Ex abundanti cautela
By Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino |
|
|
|
|
|
Action sought on 8 contractors
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
The World Bank yesterday said it followed the procedures in blacklisting four Chinese companies, three Filipino firms and a businessman, which it accused of collusion over a road project. It said it is leaving to the governments of the Philippines and China to pursue the filing of criminal cases against the accused.
The Washington-based lender said the debarred firms were afforded due process and given ample time to contest the findings about their ?collusive practices.?
Education officials? conviction affirmed
THE Sandiganbayan has upheld the graft conviction of six former officials of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now Education Department) and a trader for the irregular purchase of building materials used for a school building in Davao City in 1991.
The anti-graft court?s fifth division dismissed the separate motions for reconsideration filed by former regional director Venancio R. Nava, assistant regional director Susana B. Cabahug, administrative officers Aquilina B. Granada and Edilberto P. Madria, finance officer Carlos B. Bautista, supply officer Felipe Pancho and private defendant Jesusa de la Cruz, president of Giomiche Inc., the private supplier of the construction materials.
High court rejects bid to stop used-car imports
SAYING he had no legal standing to file the taxpayer?s suit, the Supreme Court threw out the petition filed by former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez seeking to stop the importation of second-hand vehicles at Port Irene in Cagayan Valley.
Cebu firm pursues land claim
By Rey E. Requejo
An aquaculture company has prodded the Supreme Court to uphold its ownership of 1.7 hectares of prime land in Lapu-Lapu City, which it bought in 1988 as a fourth transferee of the property since 1970 from a homestead patent issued in 1936.
|
|
Four villages tangle over Trinoma taxes
Four villages in Quezon City are squabbling over Ayala-owned Trinoma to rake in multi-million pesos of realty taxes in a bid to outdo Makati?s central business district.
Locking horns over prime property are Bagong Pag-asa, Sto. Cristo, Pinyahan and Philamlife.
|
|
