Hong Kong, November 13, 2007 – IDT Asia, the regional operating arm of IDT Telecom, today announced that it has launched VersaLoad, a mobile top-up services for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in…
JI eyed in Batasan blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — POLICE are eyeing Jemaah Islamiyah militants as suspects in the deadly Batasan blast Tuesday as it reported that nails were used as shrapnel of the bomb that killed…
No martial law — DILG
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — INTERIOR Secretary Ronaldo Puno assured this amid jitters of an impending military rule and the suspension of civil rights following the blast Tuesday night at the Batasang Pambansa…
Living dangerously as a lawmaker in RP
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippines is perhaps one of the few countries in the world where lawmakers could live dangerously. Some of them perish in accidents and the more unlucky ones…
Rep. Akbar dies in Batasan bomb attack
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BASILAN Rep. Wahab Akbar and a driver of a lady solon died while at least nine people were injured, including Reps. Henry Teves and Luzviminda Ilagan, following a…
Court wants 100 cars registered to Erap
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE anti-graft court has started to move on personal assets of pardoned President Joseph Estrada and set its sights on 100 cars registered under his name with the…
GMA wants Congress to stop wrangling and start legislating
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AFTER addressing the country’s economic woes, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday focused her attention on political reforms, saying that preoccupation with politics hinders development. The President made the…
Security camera to help unmask Dalaig gunman
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Manila Police District yesterday obtained a copy of security videos from the closed circuit television of Hyatt Hotel, where former Commission on Elections chief lawyer, Alioden Dalaig, stayed…
San Juan okays anti-noise pollution ordinance
San Juan okays anti-noise pollution ordinance THE Sangguniang Panglungsod of the new city of San Juan, Metro Manila, recently approved City Ordinance No, 9-2007 that will “regulate noise and its sources as…
JdV plot vs GMA denounced
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BELYING their reported reconciliation, Speaker Jose de Venecia is moving behind the scenes to oust President Macapagal-Arroyo, a ranking official of the President’s political party alleged yesterday. Camarines…
Forex Trading Made Easier with MoneyForex
Foreign exchange trading (Forex) like any other forms of business has its own set of challenges and hurdles; perhaps even more so than others. With it being acknowledged by far as the…
Rene Saguisag wife killed in road accident
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Dulce Saguisag, wife of former senator Rene Saguisag, was declared dead on arrival after they figured in a vehicular accident at the boundary of Manila and Makati City…
Saguisag stable, wife dies in car accident
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Former senator Rene Saguisag is in stable condition following a road accident early Thursday, according to a 4 p.m. medical bulletin released by the Makati Medical Center where…
SMC sells Aussie businesses
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — San Miguel Corp., Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage conglomerate, said Thursday it will use proceeds from the sale of its stake in boutique Australian brewing group J….
RP reserves up to $32.4B
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — GOLD and dollar reserves held by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas rose 4.9 percent from a month earlier to $32.4 billion as of October 31 amid strong foreign…