I began writing this column with an intention of introducing Japan to readers out there. I had already written about 700 words, mostly about the cold weather, what types of heaters are…
Month: November 2006
VP Noli lowers Pag-IBIG housing loan interest rates
OVP/ PNS — For the second time this year the Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees, chaired by Vice President Noli “Kabayan” de Castro, lowered the interest rates on the government-run institution’s housing…
21 Cops probed in ‘shabu tiangge’ case
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A POLICE colonel and 20 officers and men of the Pasig City Police Station are being investigated for their involvement in the operations of the shabu ‘‘tiangge’’ discovered…
JDV dares critics of Cha Cha
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HOUSE Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. yesterday dared Charter change critics to come forward and argue in favor of the existing presidential, bicameral system of government against the…
Manny celebrates in Manila
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) intercontinental super-featherweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao yesterday celebrated his latest triumph in the company of thousands of adoring fans who patiently lined up the…
Local job placements breach .5-M mark
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported that a total of 526,274 job seekers were placed in jobs through the assistance of the government’s nationwide Public…
Pinoys bare heroic life as former modern-day heroes
by KRISTY ANNE TOPACIO-MANALAYSAY (intern)www.ofwjournalism.net IMUS, Cavite–FORMER seafarer Rolando Sarno is riding on a new wave: that of the daily realities of managing a business. Using a scoop from galvanized iron, Sarno…
New course for seafarers seen costly
by LEO J. SANTIAGOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA—SO many training courses yet so little to gain. This is what some seafarers are saying, four months before a few of them would be required to go…
Teacher culls bar-girl work to flay US anti-trafficking
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA—WHEN it comes to issues of trafficking in women, University of California-Davis professor Rhacel Parreñas should be taken seriously: she has been in the eddy…
Study to link remittance, Filipino spirituality
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net SAN JOSE, California, USA–CRISANTA Allas’s arm shot forward to stop the roll of an empty softdrink can –one of several garbage the 78-year-old Filipino picks up so she…
UN body sings ‘diaspora investment’ tune
by WILLIAM ALZONAwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA—LATE as they are, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is singing a familiar tune: that remittances could be a development tool. Calling it “diaspora investment,” the…
Issues spook overseas voting sign-up in US
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net SAN FRANCISCO, USA (October 31) — A HALLOWEEN chill hovered on the lobby of the Philippine consulate here as the last registrant for voting in the Philippines stepped…
Who is Ernie Macahiya?
by Philip Nemenzo Ernesto Macahiya wears many hats. Retired Development Bank of the Philippines executive. National Spokesman and Vice-Chairman of the Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc. (PGBI). Prominent rightist yet former founder of…
BIR offers amnesty plan for taxpayers
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday launched another program allowing delinquent individual and corporate taxpayers to settle or pay all their tax obligations for 2005 as part of…
Alcano gets wish
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — NOW Ronnie Alcano gets to realize his dream of owning a billiards center. San Miguel Corporation yesterday showered the newly-crowned World Pool champion with various incentives, including a…