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Month: May 2007
Of Birds and the Bees: Celebrating Life, the Feline Way
By Ellen Taleon In Japan, I am now living life as a foreigner with my three increasingly Japanized children, my husband, two cats and two hamsters as part of our household ensemble….
Peso’s gain is OFW’s bane
By LEO J. SANTIAGO, JR. and JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOSwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA – IN A remittance slip, there was an additional US$50 that Cesar Dimasupil’s daughter Arlene sent from London. But he remained stoic. “That…
BPI joins fray to capture remittance from Pinoys in Eur
by WILLIAM ALZONAwww.ofwjournalism.net MAKATI CITY–BEFORE sliding to third position in the Philippine banking industry, Ayala family-led Bank of the Philippine Islands set its eyes on the profitable remittance market that Philippine National…
Remittances help foil Asia Crisis repeat -WB study says
by ISAGANI DE LA PAZwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA – ACROSS the East Asia region sweeps the wind of prosperity and cash remittances as well as knowledge capital by migrant workers has helped economies become…
GMA brokers Chavit, Defensor patchup
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Two Team Unity senatorial candidates patched up their differences yesterday during a reconciliation talk in Malacañang that was brokered by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis…
GSIS to invest in property
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — After cashing in on its equity investments over the past few weeks, state-run pension fund manager Government Service Insurance System said yesterday it is venturing aggressively into the…
Peso surges to 47.365:$1; reserves hit $25b in April
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The peso yesterday surged to a new six-and-a-half-year high against the US dollar supported by a string of positive news on the domestic front and prospects of a…
ADB and Japan dishonor Kyoto — Greenpeace
7 May 2007, Kyoto, Japan — Greenpeace expressed shock at the statement delivered by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board Chair, Japan’s Finance Minister Koji Omi, on the penultimate day of the…
DILG chief to face probe over Binay case
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — JUSTICE Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez said Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno could face sanctions for failing to enforce the order of the Ombudsman to suspend Mayor…
Ping linked to ‘bugs’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE wiretapping equipment seized by police near the home of former President Corazon Aquino last week was very similar to the bugging devices used by agents of the…
Mike withdraws libel suits vs journalists
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FIRST Gentleman Atty. Jose Miguel Arroyo yesterday smoked a peace pipe and offered an olive leaf to his fiercest and harshest critics as he withdrew all 42 libel…
BIR runs after accounts of Makati City
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday froze the financial assets of the Makati city government to recover P1.1 billion in taxes withheld from at least 8,000 city hall…
Overseas voters way off target
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — WITH only 11 days to go before overseas absentee voting ends on May 14, the Department of Foreign Affairs lamented that only a little more than 5 percent,…
Erap supporters mark ‘EDSA 3’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — LOYAL supporters of former President Estrada yesterday marked their failed siege of Malacañang Palace six years ago, which they have dubbed “Edsa 3,” by trooping to the historic…