PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –THEY’RE coming in droves. The Bureau of Immigration yesterday said tourist arrival is at an all-time high, with over four million aliens having entered the country for the first…
Month: October 2007
Methane caused blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –METHANE gas is very likely the cause of the explosion at Glorietta 2, National Capital Region Police Office 2 chief Director Geary L. Barias said yesterday. “The effect of…
Glorietta Shut Down
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –ALL four malls at the Glorietta have been shut down by the Makati City government as officials await the result of a thorough inspection conducted by a team of…
Cuban wants Manny
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Include Cuban defector Juan Casamayor to the list of fighters who want the head of our beloved Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. In an interview with Fightfan.com, Casamayor, the reigning…
New Palanca Hall of Famer Nicolas Pichay
Compelling literary works, for some artists, are produced out of vivid imagination, while others are inspired by merely observing the everyday rustics. But for Nicolas Pichay, the latest Hall of Fame awardee…
Pagpupuhunan sa bulkan, posible pa rin?
by Carvelo L. Malubagwww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS — PANGANGALAGA sa likas-yaman at kaligtasan sa isang banda, at posibleng oportunidad para sa turismo at kabuhayan. Lilitaw uli ang debateng ito patungkol sa posibleng…
HEARTS ang programa ni Ate Vi
by Marlon Alexander S. Luistrowww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS- UMAGA’T gabing namamalimos ang 69-anyos na si Trinidad Perez sa Plaza Mabini rito upang makabili ng kaunting pamatid-gutom. “Minsan natutumba na ako sa gutom,”…
8 dead, 100 more wounded in Glorietta mall blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AN explosion rocked the busy Makati Central Business District yesterday afternoon killing at least eight persons and injuring more than 100. Authorities fear the number of fatalities could…
Metro Manila on red alert after blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — “I’M advising the public not to panic. I have placed the whole NCRPO under full alert.” Thus said NCRPO chief Director Geary L. Barias as a bomb ripped…
Convenience and more with E-Visa Lanes
With the new e-Visa lanes, travelers to Cambodia will be able to procure and use their visas efficiently and conveniently. With the internet, travelers no longer need to pay a visit to…
‘I’m not sure if I can save GMA’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SPEAKER Jose de Venecia, Jr. Tuesday night said in a television interview he could no longer be sure if he could shield President Macapagal-Arroyo against new ouster moves….
GMA orders probe on bribery
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — NO sacred cows. Thus assured President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as she ordered yesterday the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) for a thorough probe on the reported bribery of solons and…
LGUs, gov’t agencies to help BIR in tax info drive
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) yesterday said that local government units (LGUs) and government agencies will help the BIR ascertain effective use of information declared from tax…
Nene to NDF: Reconsider gov’t ‘ceasefire’ proposal
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE National Democratic Front should reconsider its objection to the government’s proposal for a “mutual ceasefire” between the Armed Forces and the New People’s Army as a precondition…
Marquez must fight Pacquiao — WBC boss
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — If he wins his next fight, Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez must meet Filipino hero Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao and nobody else. That’s what World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman…