The Italian kitchen principle
by Diana A. Uy
In true Italian fashion, SMEG creates kitchen appliances that spell tradition, design aesthetics and functionality. It does not pretend to be avant garde but would rather be known for products that speak for themselves.

Staying awake during graveyard shifts

Color schemes for interiors

Weddings ? la mode

Geoff?s awaited homecoming

Get ready for True Blood

Home Spa treatment for Nu Skin
By Carla Mortel
Nu Skin Enterprises, one of the largest and most successful companies in the direct selling business, continues to introduce innovations that make healthier lifestyles accessible for today?s consumers.

Board Exam Results
Nurse Licensure Examination Results (November 2008)

RP plays down dispatching of Chinese ship
CHINA yesterday defended its move to send a patrol ship to the disputed Spratly Islands, saying it was not a violation of an agreement to maintain peace in the area.

Philippines? tallest. The proposed One Galleon Place in Ortigas

Ortigas to build 75-story building, country?s tallest
By Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Ortigas group is building what would be the country?s tallest structure, the 75-story One Galleon Place in front of the Asian Development Bank in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City.

Censors to sue GMA-7 over spoof

Joyride caused near-mishap at Bicol airport

Court returns Buendia lot to RJ Jacinto

Kidnapper wounded in firefight

Australia to reduce its intake of migrants

85 govt units investigated for collecting truck fees

January remittances flat
Growth in remittances sent home by migrant Filipino workers slowed to a five-year low in January as the global recession reduced demand for Filipino nurses, engineers and housekeepers overseas.

BoP surplus jumped to $2.2b in the 1st two months
By Eileen A. Mencias
The Bangko Sentral yesterday reported a $469-million surplus in the country?s balance of payments in February, mainly boosted by proceeds of foreign loans and investment income.

San Miguel negotiating acquisition of Extelcom
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
San Miguel Corp. confirmed yesterday its plan to buy into Express Telecommunications Co., which is seeking a re-entry into the mobile phone business.

eTelecare board approves merger, increases par value
Business process outsourcing firm eTelecare Global Solutions said its board of directors has approved the merger between the company and EGS Acqusition Corp. with eTelecare as the surviving entity.

Official says GSIS? incursion into non-life insurance businesses legal
State-run pension fund manager Government Service Insurance System yesterday said it is allowed by law to engage in the business and operation of all kinds of insurance and reinsurance catering to both the public and private sectors.

New cartographers
RALLY de Leon, 38, likes to map out uncharted territory.
In the early days, he used paper and pencil. Nowadays, he goes around the city with a global positioning system or GPS device?sometimes mounted on his helmet?as he rides a bicycle around the city, recording tracks that he will later upload onto a mapping program.

Four in shortlist of nominees to SC
By Rey E. Requejo
The Judicial and Bar Council will submit to President Arroyo a shortlist of four nominees aspiring for a seat in the Supreme Court vacated by Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna who reached his compulsory retirement last Feb. 16.

Poll machines up for scrutiny
The Filipino public, including computer hackers, will get a chance to test if the voting machines for use in the 2010 elections are foolproof, according to the Commission on Elections.

Compromise sought on Smith?s detention
By Joyce Pangco Pa?ares
MALACA?ANG is open to a compromise agreement on the custody of convicted rapist Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, saying that the Supreme Court ruling ordering his immediate transfer to a Philippine facility must be implemented without violating the provisions of the Visiting Forces Agreement.

Soldiers get P125-m housing support
President Arroyo has ordered the release of P125 million from her social fund to finance housing projects for disabled soldiers and families of military officers who were killed in combat.

Moratorium on fund payments proposed

Senators vow prompt action on new agrarian law

Contractor wants Muntinlupa mayor, councilors suspended
The contractor of the stalled P280-million pedestrian skywalk in Muntinlupa City wants Mayor Aldrin San Pedro and city councilors suspended for ignoring a Build-Operate-Transfer contract approved in 2006.

Maguans dismayed over living-out Go
By Gigi Mu?oz-David
The family and the counsel of murder victim Eldon Maguan chided yesterday prison officials for granting live-out privileges to convicted murderer Rolito Go, who bolted jail before the promulgation of his sentence in 1993.

Councilors oppose plan to keep Pandacan depot

Tardy rookies ordered to do 50 push-ups