Tony Roma?s premium house brands
By Nana Nadal
Who says three?s a crowd? Definitely not anyone who has experienced the trio that Tony Roma?s has created with its suppliers for its All-American Steak & Wine promotion.

A toast to summer

Let them cater to you

Luzon is still Kapuso country

A nostalgic evening with Polistico and Soriano

Board Exam Results
Nurse Licensure Examination Results (November 2008)

AIG scraps Philam Life sale
By Lawrence Agcaoili
THE Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co. is no longer for sale?at least not for now?after its parent, American International Group Inc., decided to hand a preferred interest in American International Assurance Co., its large Asian business, to the US government.

It?s now safe to import Philippine bananas ? Australia
THE Australian government has decided that it is safe to import Cavendish bananas from the Philippines, opening up a market that Filipino growers have sought to enter since 1995.

Palace says it will stay away from case vs. Ombudsman

Be discreet, AFP tells gays in service

Wall St. drags Asian bourses

Court rejects De Venecia?s plea

Deal means more flights to Bahrain

Unioil cuts diesel by P3, gasoline by P1

Imelda still sells. This composite photograph of former First Lady Imelda Marcos is part of a set of five by Steve Tirona on exhibit in New York by the Manila-based Silverlens Gallery at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair from March 5 to 8. BLOOMBERG

BoC raising capital to P10b
Bank of Commerce, now majority owned by San Miguel Corp., will increase its authorized capital stock to P10 billion from P4 billion and has sought universal banking license from the Bangko Sentral.

PLDT profit fell 4% to P34.6b in ?08
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
Telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. yesterday announced a consolidated net income of P34.6 billion in 2008, down 4 percent from a year ago. The company?s revenues rose 5 percent, after recording nearly five million more wireless subscribers last year.

Lucio Tan?s beer firm seeks status quo on taxes
By Lawrence Agcaoili
Asia Brewery Inc., the beer and beverage unit of airline and tobacco magnate Lucio Tan, urged lawmakers to maintain a status quo on the excise tax rate slapped on cigarettes and liquor in light of the global economic meltdown that has spread to emerging economies, including the Philippines.

Meralco eyes P11.4b from ERC
By Alena Mae S. Flores
Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. has pending petitions with the Energy Regulatory Commission to recover various charges totaling P11.468 billion, the company said yesterday.

Bourse welcomes approval of property investment bill
The Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday welcomed the Senate?s approval of a bill that gives investors a wider participation in the ownership of real estate and related assets.

Ayala replaces younger man with older fellow
SIXTY is the retirement age in Ayala Group and in other large, professionally-run companies.
So it came as a surprise to market observers when the Zobels announced posthaste the other day that they were replacing the 46-year-old president of Ayala Land, Jaime Ayala, with Antonino Aquino, an old Ayala Land hand who is turning 61 this year, during the April 1 stockholders? meeting.

Dubious legacy
By Gerry Geronimo
It was the banking industry?s good fortune that the Supreme Court, in a very timely manner, on Nov. 24, 2008 restrained, until its further orders, the Court of Appeals from implementing and enforcing its decision dated Sept. 30, 2008 which affirmed the temporary restraining order issued by the Regional Trial Court of Manila (Branch 28) against the Bangko Sentral.

Ex-presidential guard cleared
By Fel V. Maragay
An Army general who is being eyed to become the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces hurdled the confirmation wringer yesterday after being intensely grilled by an opposition senator.
The committee on national defense of the Commission on Appointments endorsed the promotion of Maj. Gen. Delfin Bangit, now chief of the Southern Luzon Command, to the rank of lieutenant general, after Senator Panfilo Lacson waived his objection to it.

Consultants of bases agency lose benefits
By Rey E. Requejo
The Supreme Court has ruled that the board of directors and consultants of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority are not entitled to year-end benefits.

Right-to-reply up for House vote
By Christine F. Herrera
The House leadership has acknowledged the collective demand of the national media to scrap the right-to-reply bill during a dialog hosted by the lawmakers at Melo?s restaurant in Quezon City yesterday.

Poll automation budget hits a snag
The Senate?s plan to approve the Pl3.l-billion supplemental budget for the automation of the 2010 elections suffered a hitch yesterday due to the delay in the transmittal of the House version of the bill.

Accenture lays off 500 workers
US-based outsourcing firm Accenture is laying off almost half its workforce in the Philippine capital due to the effects of the global financial crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment said yesterday.

Court: Erap appointee in Optometry board guilty
THE Sandiganbayan has sustained the graft conviction of a Professional Regulation Commission Optometry Board executive appointed by then President Joseph Estrada for taking an examination over which she had some degree of control.

De la Paz?s euros to benefit police intelligence operations
Camp Crame yesterday said it would distribute to intelligence units the 105,000 euros or P6.9 million that former National Police comptroller Eliseo de la Paz returned on Monday.