23 March, Hong Kong – Leigh & Orange is pleased to announce that they have become a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Fully committed to sustainable design, the…
Spreading Wealth
There is a trend towards a socialized Capitalism, qualifying Milton Friedman’s simplistic definition that corporate social responsibility (CSR) meant corporations maximizing value for their stockholders. Today profit-minded business is converging with social…
Travel Independent With TripDJ
Many will do all they can to avoid getting lost on their travels. For such people, getting lost is an unfortunate occurrence. There are others however, who do not see it like…
2009 New York Media Summit Blasts Off
By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS NEW YORK — The 2009 Media Summit has officially started at The McGraw-Hill Building on the 49th Street and 6th Avenue 1221 Avenue of the Americas, here,…
It’s getting to be messy for Pacquiao
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — GMA-7 has thrown itself into the war between Manny Pacquiao and Solar Sports, saying that the Filipino boxing hero has an existing contract with its network that prohibits…
ICRC workers — Mary Jean Lacaba
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is now at par with world-class airports in terms of quality service being extended to the traveling public. Yesterday, the Manila International…
ASG to release one hostage — Gordon
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Abu Sayyaf Group has agreed to release one of three kidnapped aid workers following deadly clashes with advancing troops, a Red Cross official said yesterday. Senator Richard…
From rape to un-rape?
From rape to un-rape? As a departure from norm, let us (re)introduce the rape case that is said to have put a strain on the Visiting Forces Agreement on the one hand…
Politics in a vacuum
In its latest survey, Pulse Asia shows on the statistical chart just who the top 4 will be in the presidential race. Correctly interpreted, the data simply mean that an administration candidate…
BF runs for president!
BF If the next Pulse Asia or Social Weather Station surveys would mind including in the list BF as a now rabid presidential wannabe, couldn’t the results be dramatically changed? I hazard…
What Pulse Asia failed to say
Suppose we grant as highly probable the results of the latest Pulse Asia Survey that place the following candidates in the presidential race – Noli de Castro, Francis Escudero, Joseph Estrada, and…
GMA’s Teodoro endorsement could spoil Danding’s plan
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE decision of Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro to seek the endorsement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for him to be the administration’s standard-bearer could spoil the support of business…
Teodoro sees defeat of NPA in 2010
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Armed Forces is winning in the campaign against communist insurgency but the challenge is how to sustain the momentum and eventually defeat the country’s oldest problem by…
More witnesses in Dacer slay surface
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MORE witnesses in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case are coming out, prompting the Department of Justice to reconvene its panel of prosecutors that handled the case nine years…
PDIC files estafa vs Legacy owner
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) filed a syndicated estafa case against Celso delos Angeles, his son Martin Nicolo delos Angeles and 19 others for conspiring to siphon…