Thursday 11th March, 2010
Bangit Is New Afp Chief
Sun Star DailyARMY chief Lieutenant General Delfin Bangit was named as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced the appointment of Bangit in ...
Philippine Metrobank Net Profit In 2009 Surges By 36.8%
People's DailyMetropolitan Bank and Trust Co ( Metrobank), the Philippines second biggest commercial bank in terms of assets, recorded a net profit of 6 billion pesos (131.4 million U.S. dollars) in 2009, up by 36....
Myspace Upping Ante In Online Social Games
Manila BulletinSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – MySpace began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks. "We initially embraced gam...
'big Mike' Draws Tears, Cheers On 'american Idol'
Manila BulletinLOS ANGELES (AP) – Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's W...
Press Group: 8 Reporters Kidnapped In Mexican City
Manila BulletinMEXICO CITY (AP) – Eight journalists have been kidnapped in a Mexican border city in a two-week span in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Ass...
Gunmen Storm Us Charity In Pakistan Killing Six Aid Workers
Manila BulletinPakistani men stand next to an injured victim at a field hospital after a militant attack on the offices of a US-based charity near the town of Oghi in the Mansehra district of North West Frontier Pro...
Parents Still Have To Pay Grad Fees
Manilla BulletinDespite the order of the Department of Education (DepEd) that public schools are not allowed to collect any graduation fess or any kind of contribution for graduation rites, many parents will still pa...
Muntinlupa Touts Job Generation
Manila BulletinThe Muntinlupa City government provided employment in private companies to 43,502 residents from July 2007 to 2009. Myrna Dullavin, head of the city’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO), t...
Environment Expert Cites Destruction Of Country’s Ecosystem
Manila Bulletin“Let it be said that in our time and during our watch, we did our share,” said Atty. Antonio Oposa Jr., 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service, an authority in environmental law a...
Pope Denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria Bloodshed
Manila BulletinPolicemen stand guard at the police headquarters in Jos where suspects in the brutal religious killlings on March 5 in Dogo Nahawa village are being held. (AFP) JOS, Nigeria (AFP) – Pope Benedic...
Bin Laden Interviewer Cautions Journalists
Manila BulletinJAKARTA—The award-winning Pakistani journalist who met twice with the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, the founding leader of the al-Qaeda terror group blamed for the 9/11 attacks...
California Boy Who Called 911 Thanks Dispatcher
Manila BulletinCarlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sh...
Female Wwii Aviators Honored With Gold Medal
Manilla BulletinWomen Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) officer Elaine Danforth Harmon (right) greets guest during a Congressional gold medal ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. to honor the female pilots wh...
Pathways To Jobs In Ladderized Education
Manila BulletinOne of the regular jobs that I inherited from erstwhile TESDA Director General, Secretary Augusto Boboy Syjuco is writing this column every week. I will try my best to come up regularly with an intere...
Under-the-sea Claymation Is A Whale-of-a-tale!
Manila BulletinIndependent filmmaker Mia Buenaventura with deejay Chico Garcia who did the voice for Billie, the sea horse, in both the English and Tagalog versions. The claymation film opens with Billie the sea hor...
Philippine Embassy Denies Rumours Of Fatal Incident
The PeninsulaDOHA: The Philippine Embassy yesterday asked Filipinos here not to lend ears to rumours suggesting that eight community members died in factional feuding in the Industrial Area recently.
Ballot Boxes Arrive From Taiwan
Manila BulletinThe first batch of ballot boxes that will be used in the May 10 polls finally arrived. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal showed reporters the 5,000 ballot boxes that ...
Mexican Tycoon Named "world's Richest" Person
Manila BulletinMEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top th...
Ibrado Calls On Troops To Be Non-partisan
Manilla BulletinRetired Gen. Victor Ibrado, who relinquished his post Wednesday as Armed Forces Chief of Staff to Gen. Delfin Bangit, for the last time called on soldiers to consistently respect, promote, and protect...
Bangit Assumes Afp Top Post
Manila BulletinPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as Commander-in-Chief of the AFP, presides over the change of command of the AFP, from Gen. Victor Ibrado (left) to Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon ...
Philippine Exports Rise At Fastest Pace In 15years
The China PostMANILA -- The Philippines said Wednesday that exports rose at their fastest pace in nearly 15 years in January as the Southeast Asian nation reaped the benefits of an improving world economy. Exports ...
Kairiki Energy Limited Secures Farm-out Agreement With Tg World For Sc 54a, Philippines
MENAFN(MENAFN - The Peninsula) International ratings agency Moody's has rated Qatar Islamic Insurance Company (QIIC) as one of the best Islamic insurers in the world for the second consecutive year in 2009....
Global Agency Reconsiders ".xxx" For Porn Sites
Manila BulletinNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up sh...
Kairiki Energy Limited Secures Farm-out Agreement With Tg World For Sc 54a, Philippines
Yahoo!7 NewsKIK.AX ) (PINK:KAIRF) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Yilgarn Petroleum Philippines Pty Ltd has entered into an agreement with TG World (BVI) Corp. [a subsidiary of TG World En...
Philippines' Arroyo Vows Smooth Power Transition
Arab NewsPhilippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo salutes next to Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit (R), the new chief of staff of the Philippines' armed forces, and Bangit's predecessor Gen. Victor Ibrado during the...
Now, it’s Madrigal’s turn: Villar offered me P1B
InquirerBy Harvey S. Keh As the deadline for the filing of candidacies draw near, realignments are now happening left and right with the Liberal Party (LP) and the Nacionalista P ...More
Bangit: I never received illegal orders
Inquirer(This is a copy of what I live blogged. For a backgrounder see my entry Martial Law konfrontasi.) 4:08 PM Ricky Carandang reports quorums exist and joint session will beg ...More
PNP chief: I won’t support Bangit if ...
Inquirer(This is a copy of what I live blogged. For a backgrounder see my entry Martial Law konfrontasi.) 4:08 PM Ricky Carandang reports quorums exist and joint session will beg ...More
14 Filipinos, two Koreans killed in accidents in Philippines
Arab NewsMANILA: Sixteen people, including two South Korean tourists, were killed in two road accidents overnight in the Philippines, police reports said Wednesday.
Comelec needs to print 38 million more ballots
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5T ballot boxes for May polls arrive
Sun Star DailySMARTMATIC, the partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the 2010 automated polls, has delivered the first batch of ballot boxes. The first batch of 5,000 ballot boxes was delivered on Ma...
New military chief urged to be ‘independent’
Sun Star DailyNEWLY-installed Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Delfin Bangit was challenged by various camps to display independence from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. In a statement, Bayan said the “per...
Palace won’t give up anti-smuggling group
Sun Star DailyMALACAÑANG will not easily give up the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) following a Manila court ruling that declared it as unconstitutional and illegal. Chief Presidential spokesperson Rica...
Court junks plea of Morong 43
Sun Star DailyTHE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the validity of the arrest and detention of 43 health workers nabbed by law enforcers for illegal possession of firearms and explosives at a farmhouse in Morong,...
Jamby to visit NPO, PCOS warehouse
Sun Star DailyINDEPENDENT candidate Jamby Madrigal is the only presidential candidate who responded to the poll body’s invitation, as she will personally visit the ballot printing office and the warehouse of auto...
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