3 oil firms announce oil price hike
Major oil players Pilipinas Shell and Petron Corp.; and Total announced increases in oil prices effective Tuesday, officials said on Monday. Effective 12:01 a.m., Shell will increase diesel and kerosene prices by P0.75 per liter and gasoline by P1 per liter to "reflect higher product costs," said vice president for communications Bobby Kanapi." Petron spokesperson Virginia Ruivivar and Total also announced similar increases effective 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
Oil falls below $50 on IEA demand forecast
Oil prices fell below $50 a barrel Monday after the International Energy Agency said it expects global crude demand to drop this year amid the worst worldwide recession in decades.
Energy tax lalansagin
Bubuwagin ng Sena do ang lahat ng buwis na lubhang pabigat sa taum bayan lalu na ang may kinalaman sa enerhiya. Ito ang tiniyak kaha pon ni Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile na nagsabing bibigyang pra yoridad ng Senado ang pagbaklas sa mga "pahi rap" na buwis at "anomal ya" sa industriya ng kur yente upang maib san ang pasanin ng taum bayan sa harap ng tumitin ding 'global financial crisis.'
VECO addresses shortage of power
In order to avert power outages, the Visayan Electric Company implemented the Interruptible Load Agreement, after the Cebu-Negros-Panay grid sustained a deficiency in its power supply. "We implemented our interruptible load agreemenrt with SM, Ayala, San Miguel, E-mall to avoid interrupting our other customers," VECO spokesperson Ethel Natera said.
Natera said that the deloading started at 1:30 pm yesterday and they have deloaded 11 megawatts out of the 15 megawatts share in load drop.
Carmela Castillo, corporate communications officer of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (formerly the National Transmission Corporation) said that the CNP grid is now on "red alert" due to a deficiency in power generation.
Castillo said that from 1p.m. until 2 p.m., the CNP grid had a power supply deficiency of 9 megawatts and incurred another power deficiency of 31megawatts from 6 p. m. until 7 p.m.
She however said that in spite of the deficiency in the power supply in the CNP grid, the Luzon grid has supplied power to cover the said deficiency.
DENR starts probe into fire at landfill
Cebu City officials may face possible charges if it is proven that operations of the Inayawan sanitary landfill fall short of standards provided for by law, said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
'A ticking bomb'
CEBU City officials started evacuating up to 180 families living near the Inayawan sanitary landfill last night, as it tapped fire substations in the city to help douse the fire that burned at the dump site for more than a week.
Landfill privatization
DELAYS in the privatization of the Inayawan sanitary landfill is starting to irk Cebu City and barangay officials.Officials said the fire at the landfill would have been managed better had the facility been under private management.
P700T lost in barangay Inayawan fire
A 20-minute fire gutted at least P700,000 worth of property along White Road in barangay Inayawan the other night.
Cigarette sparks fire near landfill
WHILE firefighters were kept busy at the Inayawan landfill for days, a blaze also struck Sitio Plas on White Road Sunday night, destroying five houses and displacing nine families.
Fire guts 180 houses in Iligan
Fire destroyed nearly 180 houses in Barangay Saray, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte last Friday, leaving hundreds of families homeless.
DoH binira sa sinunog na peanut butter
Nilabag umano ng Department of Health ang Clean Air Act at Ecological Waste Management Act nang ipasunog ng DOH sa Taguig noong Martes ng nakaraang linggo ang 3,000 bote ng Yummy Sweet and Creamy Peanut Butter at Ludy's Sweet and Creamy Peanut Butter na gawa ng Samuya Food Manufacturing Inc. at kontaminado ng nakaka lasong Salmonella.
Two victims of poisoning die
Two of six victims from Lapu-Lapu City who were brought to the Don Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center due to food poisoning after eating sea hare locally known as donsol died hours after they landed in the hospital.
City to provide legal aid to cops
The policemen who were accused of burning the fence of an illegal cockpit arena and several private stores in barangay Talamban on Maunday Thursday may avail of free legal service from the city's legal consultants.
Former policeman appeals conviction
More than two years after the court convicted him for killing then Bantay Dagat director Jojo Dela Victoria, former policeman Marcial Ocampo has asked the Court of Appeals to reverse the decision of the Regional Trial Court, saying he is innocent of the crime.
CHED bares scholarship program
One outstanding public high school graduate from each municipality in the entire country will be assured of a college education through the government's "One Town, One Scholar" scholarship program.
Officers of Anita's unions trade barbs
The Anita's Home Bakeshop Inc. Employees Association has insisted that the Collective Bargaining Agreement it entered into with the bakeshop management was duly ratified by the great majority of the employees, including those that have jump-shipped to the labor group affiliated with the Kilusang Mayo Uno.
MEPZ employees protest illegal termination
A protest rally erupted inside the Mactan Export Processing Zone in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning when workers of a Finnish firm producing sauna and spa heaters held a demonstration to oppose to alleged illegal termination by the management.
100 Pinoy drivers stranded sa Dubai
Mahigit 100 driver na Pilipino ang naistranded at namumulot na lang ng basura para may makain sa Dubai, United Arab Emi rates dahil sa pagka bigo nilang makakuha ng trabaho makaraang legal na maipadala sila rito ng kanilang recruiting agen cy na CYM International Services Inc..
Medical fund set up for OFWs
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has created a funding program that will shoulder the medical costs of overseas Filipino workers who have sustained physical and psychological injuries in the line of duty.
Edipisyo butangan og agianan sa PWDs
Gilig-on sa konseho sa dakbayan sa Mandaue ang usa ka ordinansa nga nagmando sa tanang establisamento pagbutang og espesyal nga agianan alang sa mga senior citizen o mga tiguwang ug mga inutil sa mga edipisyo, terminal ug uban pang suroyanan sa tanang may apan sa panglawas.
Nobyembre 27-28 opisyal nang holiday
Nilagdaan ni Pangulong Gloria Maca pagal-Arroyo ang executive order na nagdedek lara na non-working holiday sa buong bansa ang November 27-28 kaug nay ng pagdiriwang ng Eid al-Adha.
Rallies against Cha-cha resume
Groups opposing the Charter Change yesterday resumed protest actions the same time Congress resumed session.
Senado handa sa Chacha showdown
Mismong si Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago na ang nagbabala kaha pon sa mga nagsusulong ng Charter Change na dadalhin ng Senado ang usapin sa Korte Sup rema sa sandaling ipasa ng House of Representatives ang resolusyon na nananawagan para sa pagbabago ng Konsti tusyon.
Most Pinoys still against charter change
MAJORITY OF VOTING AGE Filipinos still oppose amendments to the Constitution if the reason is to extend the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. Amid fresh moves at the House of Representatives to push charter change, a February 20-23 survey — the results of which were made exclusive to BusinessWorld — showed two-thirds (66%) rejecting such if it meant Mrs. Arroyo would remain the country's chief executive after June 30, 2010.
The outcome was almost unchanged from the 64% registered in similar poll done in October last year.
Miriam: Don't drag Mike into WB road mess
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Monday vowed to prevent the Senate from once again dragging First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo into the alleged irregularities in the bidding for World Bank-funded projects.
Ombudsman ready to face impeach rap
Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez said she was ready to face the "baseless" impeachment complaint filed against her, which the House of Representatives is expected to tackle this week.
Ombudsman told: Resign or be humiliated
The lead endorser of the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in the House of Representatives on Monday reiterated her call on the embattled official to quit her post to spare herself from the "humiliating" impeachment process.
Estrada bares list of senatorial bets
Former president Joseph Estrada named Monday his possible senatorial bets under the opposition in the upcoming 2010 elections but clarified that the list was not final. His choices included Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, his son Senate Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, former Senator Serge Osmena; and lawyer Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, who ran in the 2007 elections.
Others are United Opposition spokesman, lawyer Adel Tamano; broadcast journalist Ted Failon, Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of former Speaker Jose De Venecia; and Grace Poe, daughter of the late Fernando Poe Jr, Estrada's close friend and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's archrival in 2004.
Estrada is also considering Brigadier General Danilo Lim, Bayan Muna Reprsentative Teodoro Casino and Paranaque Representative Roilo Golez.
Puno not stepping down as moral leader
Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno would not step down from office even as a leader of a moral force movement that would actively seek out and endorse "transformational" candidates in the 2010 presidential and national elections, a court spokesman said on Monday.
Raid in Basilan displaces 4,000 residents
About 4,000 residents from a village in Isabela City, Basilan fled their homes after armed men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, attempted to abduct some of the civilians in the area during Good Friday.
Gordon gets hostages' 'proof of life'
Senator Richard Gordon made public on Monday the "proof of life" of the two remaining workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu. Gordon played for media a recording of a phone conversation he had with Swiss Andrea Notter and Italian Eugenio Vagni at 4:20 pm Sunday.
Notter told Gordon that Vagni, who is suffering from a hernia, needs immediate surgery.
No food, no bullets; Sayyaf forces weaken
They are getting weaker and their world is getting smaller. This was the assessment of the military and the local government of Sulu on the situation of the Abu Sayyaf bandits holding captive two remaining workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Sulu vice gov quits role in hostage crisis
Sulu vice-governor Lady Ann Sahidulla has officially resigned as member of the team negotiating for the release of the European Red Cross volunteers held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf.
Sayyaf denies asking $5M for RC workers
Albader Parad, the head of the Abu Sayyaf faction that abducted three Red Cross workers belied reports that his group demanded $5 million for the freedom of its captives.
Palace taps VFA to rescue Red Cross aides
MALACANANG YESTERDAY backed proposals to invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to intensify rescue operations for two European Red Cross workers still held captive by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in Sulu province.
Family massacred in Misamis Oriental
A family was reportedly killed by unidentified armed men at a village in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental on Thursday last week.
Plane makes safe landing at NAIA
An Air Macau flight carrying more than 100 passengers and four flight crew made an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday evening after one of its engine had to be shut down.
Peso seen dropping to 52:$1 by year-end
Slowing remittances from abroad as well as softening interest rates may bring the Philippine peso to the 52 per US dollar level by year-end, according to CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets.
Pagcor expects to make P30 billion
The Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) announced they will be making more than P30 billion this year and has even earned a quarter of this amount already during the first three months of this year.
Street battles in Thai capital leave 2 dead
Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters clashed with armed soldiers and Bangkok residents Monday, leaving two dead and 113 injured in street battles that raged across the capital.
Troops unleashed volleys of gunfire and hurled tear gas at the red-clad protesters, who sent buses hurtling towards lines of soldiers and torched a government ministry with petrol bombs.
The protesters, loyal to fugitive premier Thaksin Shinawatra, were forced to retreat to their camp around Government House, the office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva who has imposed a state of emergency in the capital.
By late evening Vejjajiva was declaring the protests were all but quelled.
Pinoys pinaiiwas sa Thailand
Pinapayuhan ng Department of Foreign Affairs ang mga biyaherong Pilipino na umiwas mu nang tumungo sa Thailand matapos ang pag dedeklara ng 'state of emergency' sa nasabing bansa.
US urges: Hire armed guards for boats
A US military commander urged the shipping companies yesterday to provide armed guards for their cargo boats in case of piracy in the Horn of Africa.
Jobs outweigh pirate worries
MORE FILIPINOS than any other nationality are held hostage by Somali pirates, but there was no dearth of seafarers looking for jobs yesterday in Manila despite the threat of more confrontations.
UN welcomes cease-fire in Sri Lanka
UN General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann welcomed the announcement of the cease-fire declared by the Sri Lanka government yesterday, calling for a permanent cease-fire.
Hostel blaze kills 21 in Poland
Poland's deadliest fire in nearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter Monday, claiming 21 lives and forcing parents to toss children from windows to rescuers.
Prisaa 7 ready for nat'l finals
THE Central Visayas Private School Athletic Association (Prisaa) athletes are ready to roll in their quest to make it back to the top three of the annual multi-event meet next Monday in Naga City.
Dodie Boy helps Donaire whip into shape
Former world champion Dodie Boy Peñalosa has been helping Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr. whip into shape in preparation for his title defense against Raul "Cobra" Martinez on April 19.
Team Pacquiao satisfied with Pacman
Manny Pacquiao"s camp is satisfied with the Pacman's conditioning as training camp enters its final three weeks before the ring idol battles Ricky Hatton on May 2.
Pacquiao kind of singer
Martin Nievera, who is set to make history by becoming the first male to sing the National Anthem before a Manny Pacquiao fight, said the other day his dream is to emulate the Filipino boxing icon as a concert performer.
Gwen to sue those behind "bikini show"
The organizers of a "bikini show" and the officials of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island have angered Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday threatened to file charges against the promoter, sponsors and business establishment for staging a bikini show at a resort in Bantayan Island, Cebu last Good Friday and Black Saturday.
Bikini open sa Bantayan ipasusi sa PNP
Ang direktor sa kapolisan sa lalawigan sa Sugbo Sr. Supt. Carmelo Valmoria mimando sa kapolisan pagsusi sa report labot sa gikatahong pagpahigayon og bikini open sa mga beach resort sa Isla sa Bantayan niadtong Biyernes Santo bisan adunay provincial ordinance nga nagdili niini.
Miss Gay pabiling gidili
Pabiling gidili sa siyudad sa Sugbu ang pagpahigayon og bisan unsang Miss Gay sa nagkadaiyang dapit dinhi sa dakbayan.
Turista lunod sa Kalanggaman Island
Sa ilalim ng tubig sinalu bong ni kamatayan ang isang turistang Tsino matapos itong malunod habang nag- snorkeling sa kontrober syal na Kalanggaman Island noong Linggo ng uma ga.
BI: No record of 'Brangelina' in RP
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday denied rumors that Hollywood celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were in the Philippines recently.
Hot in the city: 35ºC and rising
Hotter days are expected in Metro Manila for the rest of the week, with temperatures seen reaching 36 degrees Celsius, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or Pagasa.
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