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Plan your perfect wedding
by Malu Fernandez
Planning to be a June bride? What better way than to let the best bridal magazine guide you in every step of the way, Martha Stewart Weddings Philippines, the first international edition of the leading magazine resource for every bride, will bring its pages to life as it puts together 70 of the country’s most respected vendors, designers, caterers, and wedding suppliers under one roof at the Martha Stewart Weddings Bridal Fair.

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Arroyo orders DoJ officials charged over Alabang case
By Joyce Pangco Pañares
PRESIDENT Arroyo has ordered administrative charges filed against chief state prosecutor Jovencito Zuño and prosecutor Philip Kimpo for negligence, and prosecutor John Resado for receiving a bribe, following an investigation of their role in the Alabang Boys drug case.

Corruption key factor in World Bank?s fresh lending
CORRUPTION will be a key factor as the World Bank considers a fresh three-year lending program for the Philippines worth up to $3 billion, the multilateral lender said Friday.

Govt loses P5.5 b in revenue in compromise deals

Nograles supports non-existent tax bill

Oil firms raise prices as crude rallies to $51

Aquino urged to speak up

Customs short of its target

Dengue kills 33 Malaysians

Pocket library. Google has made available over 500,000 books in the public domain to users of Sony Reader Digital Book, the two companies announced. BLOOMBERG


PSALM borrowing $1b in Q2
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp., the agency in charge of privatizing state power assets, plans to borrow as much as $1 billion as early as next quarter to bolster working capital and pay maturing debt, an official said.

Finance endorses bill regulating HMO firms
By Lawrence Agcaoili
The Finance Department is supporting a bill that seeks to regulate health maintenance organizations in the country, provide transparency and accountability in the healthcare system and prevent fraud.

Panasonic expects no further job cuts in RP
Japan’s Panasonic Corp., the world’s biggest maker of plasma television, yesterday said it will no longer cut jobs in the Philippines this year after shutting down its battery plant in Taytay, Rizal.

Japanese executives offer digital TV system
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
Executives from the Japanese broadcast industry are pushing for the adoption of Japan’s digital television system in the Philippines once Manila shifts from the analog mode.

Central bank okays Jica?s $80-m policy support loan
The Bangko Sentral has an $80-million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency for government’s development policy support program, a senior official of the central bank said yesterday.


Whopper tame Tigers, 127-109
By Reuel Vidal
What’s wrong with the Coca-Cola Tigers?
Even as their marketing people offered free Coke Zero at the gates of the Araneta Coliseum, the Coca-Cola Tigers offered the Burger King Whopper unguarded layups inside the playing court as Burger King trounced the listless Tigers, 127-109, in the Motolite-Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Cup last night.

Possible compromise on Pacquiao row looms
The possibility of a compromise loomed as third parties attempted to work out an agreement between Solar Sports and ABS-CBN over Filipino boxing hero and national treasure Manny Pacquiao’s decision to return to the giant broadcast network beginning with the telecast of his showdown with Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton in Las Vegas on May 3.

Sulaiman threatens suit against Pacman lawyer

Lascuna fires a 67; moves back to fifth

RP Team?s import joins scrimmages

Baseball on the rise


The man in white
Salvador “Bubby” Dacer had reached the zenith of his career as a public relations practitioner when he and his driver Emmanuel Corbito were abducted and murdered nearly a decade ago. He was the most influential PR man of his time.   He was also the wealthiest of the lot, not so much because he made a killing from his moneyed clients as because he inherited a fortune from his deceased second wife.

Papal mistakes and apologies
By Teodoro Bacani Jr.

House, Senate strike a deal on land reform
By Roy Pelovello
THE House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed to restore the land acquisition and distribution component in the proposed extension of the agrarian reform law.

Drug trade booming despite high prices
By Macon Ramos Araneta
TAGAYTAY CITY—The country’s pharmaceutical industry has grown by over 230 percent from P47 billion in 1999 to nearly P150 billion today but remains in the stranglehold of multinational companies which control at least 70 percent of the market.

Energy ex-official accused of perjury
A FORMER assistant secretary of the Department of Energy is facing arrest on four counts of perjury for allegedly misdeclaring his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth.

Australia, RP hold anti-terror exercises

All-claimants? talks on Spratlys pushed

Finalists in civic journalism awards bared

 

Brazilian national faces drug charges
By Gigi Muñoz David
Brazilian national Sandra Carvalho, 45, estranged wife of Chinese-Filipino businessman Henry Ocier, is facing charges for alleged possession of illegal drugs after yielding suspected marijuana at a police checkpoint Thursday late afternoon in Pasig City.

Piatco criminal case ordered to proceed
A Manila regional trial court has paved the way for the criminal prosecution of the officials of the Philippine International Airport Terminal Co. (Piatco) for monopolies and combinations in deals involving services at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.

Bemedalled cop found dead in garbage dump

P170m winner a no-show

Mandaluyong raps in youth concert

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