PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE hype and hoopla now over, work begins for Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya as the two head out for their respective training camps in California….
Palace slams Hultmans over Teehankee release
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG yesterday slammed the Hultmans in connection with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyos’ grant of clemency to Claudio Teehankee Jr. last Oct. 2. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that Teehankee’s…
PAGCOR, LGUs not remitting withholding taxes
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ADMINISTRATION and opposition lawmakers have crossed party lines in condemning the illegal practice of government offices of not remitting to the Bureau of Internal Revenue the withholding taxes…
Joint voting on Cha-cha pressed
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A NEOPHYTE lawmaker has elevated the Charter change issue to the Supreme Court by filing a petition for certiorari. In his petition, Bohol Rep. Adam Relson Jala questioned…
Have a heart telcos — Gordon
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — INDEPENDENT Senator Richard Gordon yesterday called on telecommunication companies to “consider the national interest” as he reiterated his appeal for them not to hold back on a portion…
No bread price hike — GMA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday reassured the public that there will be no increases in the price of bread until the end of the year. The President made the…
Nonscientists run Philippine science academy
by Flor Lacanilao There is no scientist or social scientist in the 7-member Executive Council of the country’s National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Not one. The EC is composed of…
Philippine science: Time for a fresh start
by Flor Lacanilao Fifty years after putting up an S&T agency (Department of Science and Technology) and 30 years after a national science academy (NAST), the Philippines has yet to find a…
Grasshopper Manufacture Licenses Unreal Engine 3
TOKYO, Oct. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Iconic Japanese developer Grasshopper Manufacture has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 for a new multiplatform action horror game to be published by Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:…
Teodorico Haresco
Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr., in his recent Chaikofi branch inauguration, was the man of the hour. Popular social, business and political personalities, nay celebrities, thronged to the new, more pleasant watering hole…
Low pay of teachers
Low pay of teachers If push turns to shove, teachers throughout the country will be receiving P9,000 pay increase in their average monthly salary of P10,000 – at least on three equal…
P.S. to HB 5043 – reproductive health bill?
P.S. to HB 5043 – reproductive health bill? It challenges reflection that a lawyer, instead of a doctor, is the chief architect and single strong advocate of House Bill 5043 which actually…
Ulan
ULAN … (niAgus2) Namimitak ang bukid, sa init ng araw Nasasabik sa ulan, hamog ang kaulayaw; Wari’y nalimot ng langit,ulap ay tinatanaw Dalanging inuusal; ang mapawi ang uhaw. Nang pumatak ang ulan,…
Asian football New Era — ‘Football World Series Asia’ Football Tournament
HONG KONG, Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — The organisers of the internationally acclaimed Football World Series tournaments in Europe and the Middle-East are changing the face of football in Asia with the signing…
Congressional insertion, anyone?
Congressional insertion, anyone? To Congress is reposed the exclusive constitutional “power of the purse”. The bicameral legislature of both Senate and House of Representatives has the power to appropriate funds, a prerogative…