Claudine bares her inner cook By Marane Plaza
With a number of films and teleseryes that she?s made, it?s easy to say that we have seen all of her. She has practically grown right before our eyes, and it?s hard to deny that she?s always been part of our TV lives. From a teen sensation, to an award-winning actress, and now a wonderful mother and wife, Claudine Barretto?s graceful transformation is indeed amazing and moving.
Ayala replaces 3 presidents in surprise move By Jenniffer B. Austria
AYALA Corp., the country?s oldest conglomerate, yesterday announced a major shakeup among the top executives of Ayala Land, Manila Water and Globe Telecom.
Stumped. Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. looks at files strewn on the floor of his office. MANNY PALMERO
Weekend burglars rifle through Ebdane?s files By Joel E. Zurbano
POLICE are looking for the burglars who ransacked the offices of Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. and Undersecretary Bashir Rasuman in Port Area, Manila, over the weekend.
Deficit spending to persist By Lawrence Agcaoili
The Philippines expects to register another deficit in 2010, formally dropping its plan to balance the budget next year due to the global economic crisis.
BSP urged to scrap 2% loan-loss reserve of banks By Eileen A. Mencias
Banks have urged the Bangko Sentral to scrap the 2-percent loan loss reserve required of them to cover for losses in the event of loan defaults.
UnionBank declares P718-m cash dividend
The Aboitiz-controlled Union Bank of the Philippines declared a cash dividend totaling some P718 million, or equivalent to P1.12 per share, the bank said in a disclosure to the stock exchange yesterday.
Otto Energy postpones Calauit oil field project By Alena Mae S. Flores
Otto Energy Ltd. has put on hold further developments at the Calauit oil field in offshore northwest Palawan until a new investor comes in and oil prices rebound in the world market.
Tomato paste maker eyes processing plant By Othel V. Campos
Tomato paste producer Northern Food Corp. plans to go into finished products by putting up a processing plant that will add value to the company.
Much ado about Safari 4 WHEN Apple released a beta test version of Safari 4 last week, it claimed it was the world?s fastest browser. Some tests have supported that claim; others have not. These speed contests remind me of the gunslingers of the Old West?being the fastest draw was usually an ephemeral state.
Ardina, Puyat win in Florida
DOTTIE Ardina picked up her second win in the Future Collegians World
Tour this season, topping the storm-hit Plantation Inn Open, while
fellow International Container Terminal Services Inc. scholar Marcel
Puyat ruled the boys? side at the Plantation Inn and Golf Resort in Florida Monday.
RP quintet gets P10-m boost By Rey Joble
POWERADE, the newest energy drink under Coca-Cola Bottlers Inc., has approved a P10-million funding for the all-pro Philippine men?s basketball team handled by coach Yeng Guiao.
Ending the kalokohan
Here?s what some people in Congress are saying, in effect, by not acting on mounting requests for funds to automate the vote: If it?s broke, but broke to our benefit, why fix it?
Military, cops need 13,700 recruits By Jaime Pilapil and Romie Evangelista
THE Armed Forces and the police are in need of 13,700 new recruits this year as they augment their ranks to put an end to the communist insurgency and thwart terror plots.
Lawmakers pull out support of libel bill By Christine Herrera
Five lawmakers have withdrawn their support of a bill to decriminalize libel, saying the consolidated version ?even hardens? the proposed law being used by the Speaker as a ?companion measure and counter-balance? to the right-to-reply bill.
Extradition of Garcia?s two sons pushed By Rey E. Requejo
The Justice Department has asked the US government for the extradition of two sons of former Armed Forces comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia following their arrest for bulk cash smuggling in 2003.
Skills-job mismatch displaces thousands By Roy Pelovello
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday encouraged migrant workers to retrain and be competitive in the jobs market abroad.
Arroyo counsel: World Bank up to now has no evidence First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo welcomes the World Bank?s admission of having no evidence to link him directly to any alleged rigging of road projects, his counsel said yesterday.
Mom in Ateneo mishap out on bail By Joel M. Sy Egco
Ma. Theresa Torres, the driver of a van that ran over and killed 10-year-old Juan Carlo Miguel ?Amiel? Alcantara inside the Ateneo de Manila campus last week, was released Friday evening after posting bail.
WHEN Apple released a beta test version of Safari 4 last week, it claimed it was the world?s fastest browser. Some tests have supported that claim; others have not. These speed contests remind me of the gunslingers of the Old West?being the fastest draw was usually an ephemeral state.
