Recently added articles from The Manila Times:
Fernando goes out to recruit Gordon, comes back recruited as VP
Dec 02, 2009; SENIOR, EFREN L DANAO ... Former Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) went to Olongapo City in Zambales province last week to convince Sen. Richard Gordon to be his vice president. But on Tuesday, Fernando went to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to file his ...
Adviser recounts negotiations with Ampatuans
Dec 02, 2009; JACINTO, AL ... Jesus"Jess" Dureza, presidential adviser on Mindanao affairs, traced how he convinced a powerful Maguindanao clan to surrender, Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. to the authorities. Dureza's office sent The Manila Times a personal account. He refers to Mayor Ampatuan as Datu Unsay. DAY ...
More candidates beat deadline for filing their COC
Dec 02, 2009; Rayos, Joenald Medina ... The last day for the filing of the certificate of candidacy (COC) saw prominent personalities and their supporters flooding the provincial election offices all over the country. In Batangas, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita accompanied his children in filing their respective COC. His ...
Exporters face forex squeeze amid weak recovery
Dec 02, 2009; DE VERA, BEN ARNOLD O ... A STRONG peso risks undermining the recovery of the Philippine export sector, which has yet to bounce back from a global slump, according to pundits. Last week, the government announced that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) hardly grew at 0.8 percent in the third quarter ....
DMCI taps BDO to finance purchase of Calaca power plant
Dec 02, 2009; AÑONUEVO, EUAN PAULO C ... DMCI Holdings Inc. will tap Banco De Oro to partially finance its acquisition of the Calaca coal-fired power plant. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, DMCI said that its board of directors has approved the final application of the company's loan and credit facilities ...
Nothing sinful about pleasure:Health benefits that are downright delicious
Dec 02, 2009; CONTRIBUTOR, DANLEN C MASANGYA ... Whenever we experience stress, the levels of the hormone cortisol rise in our blood. Cortisol, also called the "stress hormone," is activated as part of our natural "fight or flight" response-levels of cortisol in our blood increase whenever we perceive that we are under threat. ...
Grieving Pinay weds massacred journalist
Dec 02, 2009; JACINTO, AL ... ZAMBOANGA CITY: A Filipino woman married her long-time fiancé during a funeral-a rare ceremony in the largely Catholic nation of 90 million people. Argie Gulipato said that she and her boyfriend John Caniban had planned the wedding a long time ago, but their dream was shattered after ...
Appointed officials need not resign - SC
Dec 02, 2009; DEPASUPIL, WILLIAM B ... Voting 8-6, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as "unconstitutional" provisions in the law that consider an appointed official as automatically resigned right after that official files his candidacy for the 2010 elections. In a 30-page resolution written by Associate Justice Eduardo ...
Bayani elects to run with Bagumbayan
Dec 02, 2009; BAUZON, BERNICE CAMILLE V ... Branding themselves as "transformational leaders," Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon and former Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday sealed their bid for the top two posts in the country by filing their candidacy. Fernando, who earlier ...
Bishops and political statements
Dec 02, 2009; ... We do not disagree with any of the statements the Catholic bishops interviewed by CBCP News writer Melo M. Acuña made about President Gloria Arroyo and her candidacy for congresswoman. But it made us uncomfortable reading ventilations that a more judicious shepherd of the flock would ...
Comelec names Pagdanganan 2007 poll winner
Dec 02, 2009; Pastolero, Immanuel; Times, to The Manila ... The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed former Tourism Secretary Roberto "Obet" Pagdanganan as the duly elected governor of Bulacan and ordered Joselito "Jon-Jon" Mendoza to vacate his office in the provincial capitol. "This is a historical vindication ...
Govt, NGO warn public on food contamination
Dec 02, 2009; SENIOR, IRA KAREN APANAY ... THE Department of Agriculture has temporarily banned the entry of birds and poultry, including their products, from the Czech Republic after receiving an official report from the World Animal Health Organization of an outbreak of the dreaded Avian Influenza in the area. Ariculture ...
RP secures seat at int'l council
Dec 02, 2009; PANTI, LLANESCA T ... The Philippines has been reelected to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council under Category "C" during the 26th Session of the IMO Assembly on November 27, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday. Citing reports from Philippine Ambassador to London Antonio ...
Mindanao's young leaders attend Muslim internship program
Dec 02, 2009; ... Among the groups of young Filipinos who attended the student forum with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the University of Santo Tomas recently were 25 Muslims from Mindanao, who are participating in the Congressional Internship Program for Young Muslim Leaders (CIPYML). This program is ...
Infra, climate change top ADB priorities
Dec 02, 2009; SENIOR, DARWIN G AMOJELAR ... THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its new three-year multibillion-dollar loan assistance to the Philippines will focus on infrastructure and climate change mitigation and adaptation. In its Country Operations Business Plan for 2010 to 2012, the Manila-based lender said $2.8 billion ...
GSIS warns of earnings shortfall
Dec 02, 2009; GOMEZ, LAILANY P ... The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) expects to end the year with a net income shortfall because of the low interest rate regime. According to its President and General Manager Winston Garcia, the state pension fund's profit would be 21 percent to 17 percent less than the P51 ...
PSALM debt swap saves govt on interest
Dec 02, 2009; BURGONIO, MARICEL E; AÑONUEVO, EUAN PAULO C ... The national government has generated millions of dollars in interest rate savings from the recent debt swap done by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management's (PSALM), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. A BSP official said the government has generated $30 million in ...
ExxonMobil finds oil traces off Sulu
Dec 02, 2009; AÑONUEVO, EUAN PAULO C ... ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Philippines B.V. found traces of hydrocarbons in its South Sulu Sea exploration block, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). "We just got word from ExxonMobil that we have found hydrocarbon in the area. And you know, oil and gas are ...
Bourse tosses resolution of Meralco tender-offer issue to SEC
Dec 02, 2009; LEYCO, CHINO S ... THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has deferred to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with regard to the issue of requiring the group of Manuel Pangilinan to make a tender offer to other shareholders of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). In a statement, the local bourse said it ...
Benguet offers debt settlement amid trading halt
Dec 02, 2009; LEYCO, CHINO S ... Benguet Corp. announced Tuesday that it has offered to settle its debt with creditors. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the Romualdez-led mining company said it has made specific and firm proposals for the settlement of its P1.5-billion debt to the creditors ...
