In Mogpog, Marinduque, a team of experts from UPLB headed by College of Arts and Sciences Dean and micro-biologist Dr. Asuncion K. Raymundo has been examining both the soil and bodies of…
Month: June 2009
Mancao fears for life
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — GOVERNMENT investigators will utilize former police officers Cesar Mancao and Glenn Dumlao in solving, besides the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, the Kuratong Baleleng rubout and the mysterious disappearance…
Female general is new EPD chief
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A FEMALE police general makes history today as she takes over as the new director of the Eastern Police District. Chief Supt. Lina C. Sarmiento was the first…
Bro. Eddie vows mass actions vs. Con-ass
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BROTHER Eddie Villanueva yesterday vowed to muster “multitudes” of Filipinos to protest the passage of a resolution to convert Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution….
Teodoro, wife set to join Lakas-Kampi-CMD
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro and his lawmaker-wife are set to join the newly merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD with seeming promise that some members of the largely pro-administration Nationalist People’s…
Await SC ruling on Con-Ass, opposition solons told
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — TWO ranking House leaders yesterday appealed for sobriety while awaiting the Supreme Court (SC) ruling on a petition questioning the Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) resolution adopted by the House…
Japan gives P14.2M to Metro TB drive
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Japanese government has provided some P14.2 million ($303,226) in grant contract that would provide assistance to patients living in underprivileged urban areas in Metro Manila who are…
H1N1 hits La Salle stude, ADB staffer among 7 new patients
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ANOTHER De La Salle University student and a staff member of the Asian Development Bank were among seven more people who raised the number of confirmed A (H1N1)…
MYSTICA – HOSTING THE 2009 1ST ANNUAL FIESTA FILIPINO IN LAS VEGAS
Philippines Rock Diva Mystica will be hosting the 2009 Las Vegas 1st Annual Fiesta Filipino, a Community of One in celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 6, 2009, Saturday. The event…
Filipino domestic workers assert that health is a basic human right
New York City—This Sunday, June 7, at the Philippine Independence Day Celebration and street fair, Filipino domestic workers will assert that health is a basic human right, and in collaboration with medical…
Come 2010 – why not Bayani Fernando?
At this point, the more popular polling circuits SWS and Pulse Asia must have already conditioned the public mind to choose the next president for 2010 from a pack of only 5…
Doing research for development
by Prof. Flor Lacanilao Perhaps you are wondering why I should be speaking of R&D at a meeting of systematic biologists. One reason is that knowing R&D is as important to biological…
TNT invests in providing clients ‘great customer service experience’
TNT Express Philippines, the leading provider of integrated freight and express services, announces its new investments for its customer service contact centre in its bid to modernize the way of doing business…
Kapamilya Konek Upclose and Personal With a TFC Star
Join Kapamilya Konek this June with Philippines’ Big Band Crooner Richard Poon. June 20, 2009/1:00 – 5:00 pm Kawasaki Kyouiku Bunka Kaikan Kanagawa Ken, Kawasaki Shi, Kawasaki ku, Fujimi June 20, 2009/7:00…
Philippines’ quest for diesel from microalgae starts at UPLB
With this boost, Professor Emeritus Milagros R. Martinez-Goss of the University of the Philippines Los Baños has got the approval of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippine Council for…