A true original
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
They are the hottest imports from Brazil and we?re not talking about that country?s models, who have taken Philippine runways by storm.

The bare truth about waxing

Class of ?09 gift guide

Lance Raymundo loses money in spa

Binibining Pilipinas 2009: Just another batch of recycled beauties?

Team Subaru gears up for Asia-Pacific rally ?09
With two consecutive years of wins at the Asia- Pacific Rally Championship, the Motor Image Rally Team is not resting on its laurels. Achieving the manufacturers? title and the driver?s championship in both 2007 and 2008, it is charging into this year?s APRC season with a new assembled-in-Singapore car and an exciting new driver.

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Nurse Licensure Examination Results (November 2008)

Boardroom jousting electrifies Meralco price to a historic high
SAN Miguel Corp. will not solicit proxies to get the upper hand in the coming election of the directors of Manila Electric Co. in May, its top official said yesterday.

Meralco on their minds. PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan (left) and San Miguel president Ramon Ang both dodged the issue of boardroom control within the Manila Electric Co. when asked by journalists. LINO SANTOS and SONNY ESPIRITU

It?s final: 2010 elections to be fully automated
By Arlie Calalo
TOP election officials said yesterday they were confident the 2010 polls would be fully automated following Congress? approval of an P11.3-billion supplemental budget for that purpose.

SEC commissioner implicated in Legacy scandal

7.3% inflation moderates rate cuts by central bank

CNN names Cavite worker among 32 heroes worldwide

Air Force to buy 18 new aircraft

Lower court judges assigned number 17

Call center firm denies mass layoff of workers

Pay local taxes, telcos told
By Rey E. Requejo
Telecommunications companies are not exempt from paying franchise and business taxes imposed by local governments, according to the Supreme Court.

SL Agritech dropping hybrid seed subsidy program
By Othel V. Campos
Leading hybrid seed producer SL Agritech said it will do away with the government subsidy program in the next planting season after figuring in a recent controversy over the supply of defective seeds, company president Henry Lim said yesterday.

Aboitiz Power gets nod on P3-b bonds
By Jenniffer B. Austria
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday approved the P3-billion fixed rate bond offering of Aboitiz Power Corp., the power generation arm of Cebu-based conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.

P340-m Medical City wellness center okayed
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
The Board of Investments yesterday said it granted fiscal incentives to a P340-million healthcare and wellness facility classified as a pioneer project.

Energy mulls over higher bio-diesel blend by end ?09
By Alena Mae S. Flores
The Energy Department may impose a higher bio-diesel blend of 3 percent by the end of the year from the current 2 percent.

Recession-proof salaries
IF you are planning a career in banking, the Zobels? Bank of the Philippine Islands seems to be a good choice in good times or bad.
Despite the bank?s net income for 2008 plunging by 35 percent, president Aurelio Montinola III and nine other top officers still expect this year to receive nearly 4.4 percent increase in their pay checks.

Panlilio escapes recall
By Arlie Calalo
For lack of budget and time, the Commission on Elections will forego with the holding of recall elections against Gov. Eduardo Panlilio of Pampanga and 27 other local government officials.

House OKs review of nuke facility
By Christine F. Herrera
THE House committee on appropriations has approved the P100-million budget for the validation of the safety of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

Lawmaker won?t touch case against Gutierrez
The impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez took an interesting twist with one congressman voluntarily inhibiting himself from the deliberations on the case at the House justice committee.

Mancao, Dacer families seek protection
By Rey E. Requejo
THE wife of former police officer Cesar Mancao and the family of murdered publicist Salvador ?Bubby? Dacer have sought a protection detail from the Department of Justice for fear their lives could be in danger.

Roxas says multinationals derailing cheap drugs law

Revilla makes a pitch for bill on mandatory use of helmets

For a change, Customs earns a presidential nod
By Joel E. Zurbano
Call it carrot and stick, the Customs bureau has earned brownie points when President Arroyo was visibly pleased over the fast processing of importation documents at the Port of Manila.

P2.8-m suit against actor dismissed
Following an amicable settlement with an entertainment columnist, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court has junked the P2.8-million damage suit against actor Gabby Concepcion.

Spray painting giving way to anti-drug team
Mayor Alfredo Lim, known for his unorthodox ways in tackling criminality, has created a special squad to weed out drug dealers and dens.