PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SENATOR Jamby Madrigal accused her relatives yesterday of making it appear that her late billionaire aunt was not true to her word by forging her will to make…
Month: May 2008
House exposed Meralco’s illegal charge
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– The Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. came under fire yesterday in Congress, with lawmakers asking the Energy Regulatory Commission to penalize Meralco for its illegal charges. Led by Speaker Prospero…
DOT shows RP movies in Paris to sway Europeans to visit islands
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– ABOUT 40 Filipino classic films will be shown at the Paris Film Festival by the last week of July this year to sway more European tourists to visit the…
Robbers lined up 9 and shots them dead in Laguna bank
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– AT LEAST eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head in Cabuyao, Laguna, yesterday, in one of the bloodiest bank robberies…
RP airlines offer no fares
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– DOMESTIC carriers are banking steeply for a new dogfight, offering ultra-low or “zero fares” to passengers to increase their share of the booming travel market. And that fight is…
Clavelina Aguado
Clavelina Aguado. That’s my mother. She brought me out into this world in the month of May. Yet it’s also in the month of May when she finally said goodbye to the…
Congress runs after Meralco
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONGRESS can revoke the franchise of the Manila Electric Co. for violating the “just and reasonable” or the “least cost” principles by passing its costs and bad debts…
Bello back in the Cabinet as its secretary
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Arroyo has appointed presidential adviser Silvestre Bello III as Cabinet Secretary in a continuing revamp of the official family that started last month. Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye…
Kiko wants 20% budgetary increase in Judiciary
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A TOP official yesterday recommended a 20-percent increase in the Judiciary’s budget for 2009—the highest in its history—following the creation of a council to boost cooperation among the…
Sale of RP lot in Japan put on hold
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippine government has suspended the planned sale of a prime property that houses the official residence of the ambassador to Japan. Sources in the Department of Finance…
Rice harvest up, but output slowsdown
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FARM production rose 4 percent in the first quarter, but the Philippines produced less rice than expected after cold weather damaged crops and farmers failed to use hybrid…
The Frame-ups: ‘We are proud of our parents’
By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS A fledgling band composed of young high school students from Niles, Illinois, has proven that strong parental support spiked with mutual trust and confidence can be their…
Pilita’s secret
PNS — WHAT can Pilita Corrales say now that the marriage of her son Ramon Christopher to Lotlot de Leon has been annulled on the ground that Lotlot was underaged at 17…
Karylle affected by Dingdong’s closeness to Marian
PNS — FORMER dancer-turned matinee idol Dingdong Dantes has done quite a number of TV series on GMA 7 like “Sana’y Ikaw Na Nga,” “Twin Hearts,” “Encantadia” and “Altantika” but his career…
Bringing back the ’80s
PNS — INSPIRED by the success of the Hitmakers (namely Rico J. Puno, Hajji Alejandro, Rey Valera and Marco Sison)who have taken the Filipino communities almost all over the world by storm,(the…