Palace to bets: Ratings matter

By Joyce P. Pañares, Rio N. Araja and Jaime Pilapil
As far as Bayani Fernando is concerned, he is the man to beat in the 2010 elections even as he hardly rates in recent surveys of potential presidential candidates.

UP professor banned from Bundestag

By Michael Caber
A University of the Philippines professor has been banned by the German parliament from participating in a hearing on the global financial crisis.