PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AFTER resolving the issue of committee chairmanships, Senate President Manuel Villar faces another contentious issue: the representation to the bicameral Commission on Appointments. This developed after senators from…
Month: August 2007
RP forex reserves hit $27.9b
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The gross international reserves rose to an all-time high of $27.9 billion at the end of July, exceeding the target for the end of the year, the Bangko…
Inflation rate is 2.6% in July
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The year-on-year headline inflation, or the rate at which consumer prices have risen over a 12-month period, picked up to 2.6 percent in July from 2.3 percent in…
World Bank doubles loans to RP
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The World Bank has committed to more than double the financial assistance to the Philippines to as much as $1.7 billion over the next two years from $805…
STAC-J invites sponsors for its URG project
The Science and Technology Advisory Council – Japan (STAC-J) is calling for corporate sponsors and individual donors to support its 7-year-running Undergraduate Research Grant (URG) project. Established in 2001, the URG has…
Vhong mum on his love life
PNS — Tikom ang bibig ng comedian-host- actor na si Vhong Navarro, kahit na ilang ulit siyang tinanong ng staff ng The Buzz ukol sa umano’y relasyon nila ng aktres na si…
Bea welcomes Angel’s ABS-CBN entry
PNS — Nang makumpirma ang paglipat ng dating prized star ng GMA-7 na si Angel Locsin sa bakuran ng ABS CBN, si Bea Alonzo ang isa sa mga artista ng Kapamilya Network…
Will Angel continue to fly high in ABS-CBN?
PNS — ALL questions about Angel Locsin’s looming transfer to ABS-CBN were waiting to be answered in last Friday night’s presscon attended by Angel’s manager, Becky Aguila, Angels’ father, Angel Colmenares and…
Bahay Kubo Research: An Initiative for Science
One sees the lack of scientific tradition in our country, and asks why. The reason is that we have not actively pursued the establishment of a network of Filipinos who are united…
Atienza assumes DENR
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza yesterday took his oath of office as secretary of environment and natural resources before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang. His induction belies…
Philippines to post 6% growth rate — IMF
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippines will likely post nearly 6-percent economic growth in 2007 and 2008, but it must not rely too much on privatization but collect taxes more efficiently to…
Asean, partners discuss trade bloc scheme
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SOUTHEAST Asian foreign ministers met yesterday with their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea to discuss the creation of an East Asian economic community and progress in…
Bulusan erupts blankets Sorsogon with ash
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BULUSAN Volcano spewed ash early yesterday, blanketing fields and villages as far as 5 kilometers away, but there was no immediate sign of a major eruption, scientists said….
Marcos family unite against Lucio Tan
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AFTER keeping silent for two decades, Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appears before the anti-graft court this afternoon to testify for the government in its ill-gotten-wealth case…
Defensor named to bank board
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Former presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor will get a corporate job as member of the board of directors of the United Coconut Planters Bank, an administration source…