Oil price hike for 3 major players
Major oil players Pilipinas Shell, Petron Corp., and Chevron (formerly Caltex) announced Tuesday that they would increase prices of gasoline by 50 centavos per liter, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Chevron's price increase will take effect 6 a.m. Wednesday and they will also implement the same price increase to its E10 gasoline.
P6 nga rollback sa pasahe hearingon karon
Gitin-aw karon sa mga opisyales sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) nga mahinayon ang public hearing sa gisugyot nga roll-back sa plitehan ngadto sa P6 karong adlawa didto sa ilang ulohang buhatan sa Manila.
Rehires: Not a better labor situation
REHIRING CLAIMS notwithstanding, economists and labor remain pessimistic in their outlooks for the labor sector this year.
DTI to hire job seekers as price monitors
Workers who lost their jobs as a result of the worldwide financial crunch will have an opportunity to work for the government as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced they will be hiring displaced workers to monitor prices in the metropolis.
Permanent Plans disallowed from selling
Permanent Plans Inc. is no longer authorized to sell new preneed products after it changed the way it paid planholders without securing government approval.
Ax falls on Permanent Plans this time
The pre-need industry's most vocal advocate admitted Tuesday that the once lucrative industry is no longer viable. Pre-need federation president Juan Miguel Vazquez said his company, Permanent Plans, no longer believes in the viability of the Pre-Need Pension industry.
Sabotage charges eyed vs. Province
Acting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he and the other city officials are already entertaining the thought of filing a case of "economic sabotage" against Capitol officials.
City officials clarify expenses for JV project
Cebu City will not be spending for the road network, drainage system and provisions for the water and electricity for the 40-hectare area in the South Road Properties covered in a joint venture agreement with Filinvest land Inc.
Capitol officials to snub public hearing
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and other provincial officials have decided to snub the invitation of the Cebu City Council to attend this afternoon's public hearing that will tackle the proposed ordinance prohibiting owners of all government lots within the Banilad-Talamban corridor to develop them for commercial purposes.
Rama orders relocation site for Talamban
Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama ordered the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor to find a relocation site and come up with other ways to help the 60 families affected by the demolition in sitio Kalubihan, barangay Talamban the other day despite the resistance of the affected families to offers of help.
City 'violates' laws
INITIAL reports from the Environmental Management Bureau's (EMB) 7 inspections showed the Inayawan landfill in Cebu City has violated some conditions, including a ban on scavengers.
Only 5 LGUs comply with Solid Waste Act
Of 132 local government units in Central Visayas mandated to construct their own landfills, only five of them are complying with Republic Act 9003 or the "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act".
EMB-7: Water sampling around landfill
The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-7 will conduct water sampling in the surrounding areas of Inayawan Landfill for suspected water contamination.
EMB tightens watch on Lapu beaches
THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 is strictly monitoring the beaches of Lapu-Lapu City after noting the presence of coliform bacteria in its seawaters in a recent survey.
Sotero Cabahug to be honored today
Politicians in Mandaue City set aside their political rivalry for the celebration of the 118th birth anniversary of the "Greatest Man" of Mandaue City. Former chief justice Sotero Barte Cabahug will be honored today not only by the Cabahug clan of the city but also Mandaue City officials and officials from the provincial government.
Cabahug served the three branches of our government having served the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branch.
As a tribute to his statesmanship, city officials including the opposition-dominated council and officers of the fiesta committee led by Mayor Jonas Cortes, Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna and 6th District Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz will perform a dance number called "Rigodon de Honor".
Louella Cabanero, chief of staff of the mayor, said those who will dance are Mayor Cortes and his wife Sarah, Vice Mayor Fortuna and Rep. Ruiz, councilor Diosdado Suico and Lita Seno, councilor Noleen Borbajo and assistant administrator Eustiquio Sanchez, councilor Jefferson Ceniza and Ma. Socorro Lalaine Cabahug, councilor Editha Cabahug and her husband Raul, Mandaue City College officer-in-charge Dr. Susana Cabahug and Alejandro Ceniza, Special Projects consultant Edmund Sanchez and his wife Elma, city administrator Briccio Boholst and his wife Judy and city engineer Antonio Sanchez, and SK Federation President Gian Gobalani, among others.
Comendador to stay; Valmoria ready to go
Cebu City Police Office director Sr. Supt. Patrocinio Comendador received a six-month extension of his term after city officials said they still do not have any prospective replacements for him.
National prison for drug offenders
Dangerous Drug Board chairman Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez is suggesting the establishment of a new national penitentiary which will be for those with drug cases only to help eradicate drug problems.
Opposition fails to stop Nograles' Cha-cha
Anti-Charter change solons on Tuesday tried but failed to delay plenary deliberations on the Charter change (Cha-cha) resolution filed by House Speaker Prospero Nograles.
Palace, Senate: No time for Charter change
THE HOUSE of Representatives' proposal to amend the Constitution drew mixed reactions from both the Executive and the Senate save for a common observation: lack of time to pursue the proposal before next year's general elections.
32 pang Partylist reps uupo sa Kongreso
Ibinasura kahapon ng Korte Suprema ang 2% na threshold sa partylist system at bilang resulta ay pinayagan nito na madagdagan pa ng 32 party-list representatives na uupo sa Kongreso. Mula sa dating 22 ay magiging 55 na ang kina tawan ng partylist groups sa Kongreso. Dahil sa desisyon ng SC ay apat na partylist group na kapwa may dalawa lamang seat sa Kongreso ang madaragdagan pa ng isang seat kabilang dito ang Bayan Muna, Cibac, Gabriela at Apec.
Palparan welcomes SC rule on party-list
Jovito Palparan Jr., the man branded as "butcher" by activists, is "very happy" with the latest ruling of the Supreme Court, which entitles him and 31 more party-list representatives to sit in Congress for the full implementation of the constitutional provision on the party-list system.
Nograles: I can't stop right to reply bill
House Speaker Prospero Nograles advised the media to lobby with other congressmen if they want the pending right to reply bill junked.
JDV cleared for saying congressmen 4 sale
In a unanimous decision, the House committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the ethics complaint filed against former Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. for his controversial statement last year that "congressmen are for sale.
No automated cheating: Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has assured lawmakers that the automation of the 2010 elections would not pave the way for cheating, a Comelec official said Tuesday.
NBN-ZTE witness Jun Lozada faces arrest
NBN-ZTE star witness Rodolfo Noel Jun Lozada Jr., is facing arrest over a perjury charged filed against him by former Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor.
Lozada wont resist arrest for perjury
Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada, key witness in the Senate investigation into the controversy surrounding the scuttled $329-M National Broadband Network project with Chinese firm ZTE, faces arrest for perjury for his Senate testimony but will not resist as a sign of protest.
Failon calls obstruction of justice baseless
The camp of Teodoro "Ted" Failon on Tuesday branded as "baseless" a complaint filed by Quezon City policemen who claimed that the broadcaster "obstructed justice" when he failed to report the shooting of his wife.
Failon: No crime, no obstruction of justice
Broadcaster Ted Failon and company on Tuesday submitted their counter-affidavit to the obstruction of justice case filed by the Quezon City Police District in connection with the shooting of his wife Trinidad Trina Arteche-Etong on Wednesday.
2nd Failon-tapped expert floats suicide
The camp of Ted Failon has been floating the angle that the news anchor"s wife, Trinidad Arteche Etong, committed suicide. But as far as the Department of Justice (DOJ) is concerned, statements from Failon's camp are mere anticipations.
Gonzalez: Failon probe in 2 weeks
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Tuesday he expected the National Bureau of Investigation to wrap up in two weeks its investigation into the death of the wife ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon.
NBI wants own autopsy exam on Trina
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is planning to conduct its own autopsy on Ted Failon's (Mario Teodoro Failon Etong) wife to finally resolve the real reason behind her death.
More senators support censure of QC cops
The draft resolution seeking to censure "abusive elements" of the Quezon City Police District has gained the support of eight senators.
Cop suspended over Failon probe 'hurting'
Suspended Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, who led the investigation into the death of broadcaster Ted Failon's wife, revealed on Tuesday that his family has been hurting from a vilification campaign being waged against him.
Palace: Failon family should be left alone
Malacañang on Tuesday joined the call of television news anchor Ted Failon's daughter to leave their family alone as they grieve over the death of her mother, and expressed hope the case would be solved soon.
Blast rocks S. Kudarat town
A powerful improvised explosive device exploded at a public market in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat Tuesday night, the military here said.
Notter leaves for HK enroute to home
Former Abu Sayyaf captive Andreas Notter left at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for Hong Kong where he will take a connecting flight to Switzerland.
Thai PM: ASEAN Summit in June
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today said the government hopes to reschedule the ASEAN Summit and Related Summits to June, Thai media reported.
Obama to prosecute interrogations
President Barack Obama left the door open yesterday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for gruesome terror-suspect interrogations, saying the United States lost "our moral bearings" with use of the tactics.
Kidnappers seize father of Afghan minister
Taliban militants kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's education minister in a central province, while a Predator drone crashed in the country's east, officials said Tuesday.
CV strong in PRISAA National Games
PRISAA VII opened its campaign in the 2009 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games with two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes in Naga City yesterday.
Hassle-free Palaro seen in Tacloban
Organizers of the 2009 Palarong Pambansa slated April 26-May 3 at the Leyte Sports Development Center in Tacloban City hope that the perennial problem of age-cheating wouldn't beset this year's meet due to stringent eligibility measures.
Palarong opening moved to April 28
Tacloban City sports director Niel Baronda confirmed yesterday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be the guest of honor and speaker during the 2009 Palarong Pambansa opening.
Peñalosa ready to rumble with Lopez
Filipino veteran Gerry Peñalosa is in high spirits as he arrives in Puerto Rico, ready to rumble with the young, unbeaten WBO super bantamweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez right at the latter's hometown.
Lim hands P1-million to Donaire, Viloria
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim yesterday awarded P1 million to Nonito Donaire and Brian Viloria for their amazing victories in last Sunday's twin title fights at the Araneta Coliseum.
'Cobra' says Manny too strong for Hatton
Even Raul "Cobra" Martinez, who lost in his bid to dethrone Filipino champion Nonito Donaire Jr. last Sunday in Manila, thinks that Manny Pacquiao is just too strong for Ricky Hatton.
Roach: Hitman to get hit a lot by Pacquiao
Trainer Freddie Roach took special notice of Ricky Hatton"s "Hitman" ring tag and how it perfectly foretells Hatton"s fate against his prized pupil Manny Pacquiao. "Hatton is going to get hit, man, and a lot!" he says.
FLASH: Juday-Ryan wedding on May 2
Pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy. And finally, after the "hide and seek" with the media and the not-so-clever attempts at cover-ups, Judy Ann "Juday" Santos and Ryan Agoncillo are marching down the aisle on May 2, a Saturday, at an expected fairy-tale wedding to be solemnized at approximately 3,000-plus-feet above sea level not on a plane as some highly-imaginative showbiz-watchers might be suspecting but in Tagaytay. Because of the wedding, the premiere of Juday and Ryan's new ABS-CBN sitcom, George and Cecil, has been moved from first week of May to end of the month. Juday plays Georgina and Ryan plays Cecilio, thus the title.
'Task Force Eva' to protect women
The Cebu Provincial Police Office created "Task Force Eva" to see to it that only decent programs will be conducted publicly in the entire province, this after a bikini open pushed through in Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island during the observance of Black Saturday until early Easter Sunday, defying an executive order issued by Governor Gwendolyn Garcia banning such shows that "commodify women".
Lacson vs Villar: Miriam wants rumble
True to form, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago provided some comic relief yesterday at the Senate, a day after minority senators clashed with Sen. Panfilo Lacson on his alleged "unethical" decision to circulate an order against Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. over the C-5 road project controversy. Santiago told Senators Lacson and Villar to resolve their differences through boxing or wrestling.
Film about Pinoy soldiers in Korean War
A film about Filipino soldiers who took part in the Korean War from 1950 to 1955 premiered in Seoul Monday as the Philippines and South Korea celebrate 60 years of friendship.
Dolphy brings delight to OFWs in HK
Pansamantalang nakalimutan ng mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa Hong Kong ang kanilang mga problema sa ginawang pag-aliw sa kanila ng comedy king ng Pilipinas na si Dolphy.
I love working with Pokwang: Angelica
Young actress Angelica Panganiban is ecstatic to be working with one of her closest friends in show business, ace comedienne Pokwang.
Elizabeth II to celebrate 83rd birthday
Queen Elizabeth II will mark her 83rd birthday on Tuesday with a low-key day at Windsor Castle, but she won't have the day off work, Buckingham Palace said.
Breastfeeding cuts moms' heart attack risk
Breastfeeding could protect mothers from heart attacks and strokes, according to a new study published today.
Pagasa: SLPA may bring floods, slides
A shallow low-pressure area (SLPA) off southern Luzon will bring rains over Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan, state weather forecasters said Tuesday.
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