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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Philippine Times.com http://www.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3e5bbccc730d258c/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:55:29 -0400 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:55:29 -0400 30 Led by the Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP), the Christian youth have declared this week, July 21-26, as a Week of Prayer and Action, with prayer rallies to be held in various scho... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391889/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:46 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391889/ The wife of Manny Pacquiao has expressed apprehension over the proposed mega buck fight pitting his husband against American gladiator Oscar De La Hoya. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391887/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:23 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391887/ Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Esperanza I. Cabral yesterday aired support for the reproductive health bill, saying that the people should have an informed choice on fam... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391884/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:15 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391884/ resident Gloria Arroyo will deliver her 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) amid her very low and negative satisfaction rating and a public perception that her administration is the most corrupt in... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16392537/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:09 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16392537/ President Arroyo yesterday allowed Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI), owner of the illfated MV Princess of the Stars, to resume cargo operations once its ships pass an audit by the Maritime Industry Authority... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391885/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:17 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391885/ Oscar De La Hoya said a fight with Manny Pacquiao remains a possibility, although he believes a third fight between the Filipino and Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico is necessary. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391886/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:21 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391886/ HERE in Manila, France celebrated its Bastille Day with a well-attended reception at the Sofitel Tent, on July 14th, the date that the French celebrate when the Bastille fortress, which symbolized roy... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391888/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:44 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391888/ fter six years of non-use, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (Naia 3) would not have opened partially if the two local airlines did not take some risks. Cebu Pacific Air commenced... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16392536/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:07 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16392536/ Close this The rampant smuggling of secondhand vehicles and other items at Port Irene in Cagayan province has allegedly been going on for sometime now right under the very nose of Sen. Juan Ponce Enri... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16393729/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:38:11 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16393729/ Lawyer Federico J. Mandapat, Cordillera DoTC director, issued an order allowing vans to pass through the 34kilometer road as a way to help them cope with the increase in fuel cost. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391883/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:13 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391883/ BAGUIO CITY – Baguio residents have to endure the stench a few more days as the city government is still looking for short-term and long-term solutions to the nearly two-week-old garbage-disposal pr... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391882/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:11 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16391882/ MANILA — A Japanese woman has died while scuba diving in the central Philippines over the weekend, a police report said Wednesday. Police identified the diver as 58-year-old Michiyo Higaki, a t... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390661/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:30 -0400 Japan Today http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390661/ (AFP)--Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has sent elders to negotiate with pirates who seized a Japanese vessel at the weekend, an official said Wednesday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390789/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:22:46 -0400 Morning Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390789/ Manila: The Philippine central bank on Wednesday signalled that it would keep raising borrowing costs in its most forthright comments to date on combating soaring annual inflation. Governor Amando Tet... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390788/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:11:45 -0400 Gulf News http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16390788/ UNITED States Ambassador Kristie Kenney said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should focus more on the government's economic achievements and the progress of the peace process in Mindanao in her Stat... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386135/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:02 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386135/ Confident of hitting $ 4.35 billion revenues this year to sustain a 30 percent annual growth and accounting for two-thirds of the total projected 2008 business process outsourcing (BPO) revenues of $ ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385659/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:42 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385659/ President Arroyo yesterday appointed former Senator Ralph Recto as new Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), becoming the third defeated administration senatorial... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385658/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:41 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385658/ Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III, himself a former agriculture secretary, said the variety is now being tried in several sites in Sorsogon, among them Sorsogon City, Irosin and Castilla. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385654/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:35 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385654/ The migration of service offerings from both companies will create a full complement of voice and non-voice delivery service capabilities such as inbound services (customer service, technical support ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385651/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:29 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385651/ Recently, Manila added one more entry to its long list of secrets when LG Electronics Philippines and its mobile division, LG Mobile unveiled the KF750, also known as the Secret mobile phone. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385650/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:27 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385650/ DETROIT (Reuters) - Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are still 15 years away from becoming a viable business for automakers even if they overcome remaining technical hurdles and the U.S. government provide... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385648/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:10 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385648/ When he retired as PNP chief several years back, Gen. Recaredo Sarmiento was offered a high-paying job in a first class hotel in Manila. Despite the big offer, he opted to become a full-time farmer, i... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385653/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:32 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385653/ Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. said Wednesday that the Nacionalista Party (NP), which he heads, is prepared for a possible alliance with Lakas. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16388653/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:18 -0400 Manila Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16388653/ PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday ordered the hastening of auditing of the Sulpicio Line, Inc. (SLI) vessels after 14 of their ships have been grounded including those that serve as roll ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386137/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:04 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386137/ TWENTY Filipino seafarers including their captain are being held hostage inside a Japanese-owned bulk carrier hijacked by suspected Somalian pirates off the Gulf of Aden in Somalia last Sunday, a fore... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386138/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:04 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386138/ Kawaen, a karate instructor based in Dubai, won the championship in the Kobe Osaka International Karate World Cup held in Latina, Italy, from June 29 to July 6, 2008. He represented the United A... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16388650/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:07 -0400 Manila Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16388650/ Filipino exporters should look more to new export markets such as the East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East instead of concentrating on traditional markets by using its neighboring countries as it... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385656/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:38 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385656/ "The Comelec will abide with the decision of Congress, but in the meantime we continue the preparations to be sure we will not be caught with our pants down," Chairman Jose A. R. Melo said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385660/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:44 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385660/ This demand was echoed yesterday by the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE), which stressed that the government should also raise the purchasing powe... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385657/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:39 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385657/ MANILA, Philippines -- To postpone or to push through, that is the question. Catholic bishops in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have expressed differing views on whether to postpone t... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386231/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:29 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386231/ One of the high points of the celebration, however, happened right at the start of the week-long festivities when Pres. Arroyo honored a physicist from the University of the Philippines, Dr. Cesar Sal... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385652/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:30 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16385652/ Oil prices fell further on Wednesday as the market expected Hurricane Dolly to avoid energy installations in the Gulf of Mexico, traders said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16384707/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:01:13 -0400 Manila Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16384707/ MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has made clear her policy on population management and members of her Cabinet should toe the line, a senior Palace official said Wednesday. At ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386234/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:17 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386234/ MANILA, Philippines -- Two days after it opened to limited traffic, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will have a ground tour of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Thursday. Straight... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386235/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:15 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16386235/ Somali pirates seized a Japanese freighter cargo ship boarding 20 Philippines off Somalia coast sailing to Gulf of Aden, Philippines officials said today. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16378600/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:56 -0400 afrol News http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16378600/ MANILA, Philippines -- Global warming may have contributed to a 43 percent rise in the number of dengue cases in the Philippines for the first half of the year, the health secretary said Wednesday. Th... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16377916/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:45:23 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16377916/ Manila - Philippine share prices rose 2.19 per cent on Wednesday as investors snapped up bargain stocks on positive news that crude oil prices were easing. The 30-share composite index of the Philippi... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373363/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:55:40 -0400 Earth Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373363/ Left-wing rebels are deploying their hit squads in the Philippines' capital region of Metro Manila, a military official said on Wednesday. Sparrow Units, the urban hit squads of the New People's Army,... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373362/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:22:39 -0400 People's Daily http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373362/ (1 hr 5 mins ago) A cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine official said. Pirates climbed on board the bulk carrier Stella Maris on Sunday an... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373365/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:26:34 -0400 The Standard http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373365/ MANILA, Philippines--A man who ran amok and attacked three people, including a baby boy, in Manila Wednesday morning, was shot dead by a policeman, an official said. Superintendent Nelson Yabut, chief... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373361/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:07:42 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373361/ MANILA, Philippines -- Street protests are no longer a threat to the stability of government and are more likely to decline rather than intensify as fuel prices continue to escalate, the military comm... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374752/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:37 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374752/ MANILA, Philippines -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday that its programs aimed at lifting millions of Filipinos out of poverty have had limited success. "ADB assistance program over th... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373359/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:07:52 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373359/ MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday released revised guidelines for media coverage of cases involving children that it said are intended to keep up with rapid advances in... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374753/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:40 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374753/ MANILA, Jul 23 (IPS) - As World Population Day was being marked on Jul. 11, Tess and Andy were attending a family planning seminar as a requirement for their forthcoming wedding. It turned out to be w... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16372734/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:53:18 -0400 IPS http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16372734/ MANILA, Philippines -- The Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) report on its investigation into the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars is being reviewed prior to submission to Transportation Secretary ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374751/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:30 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374751/ postponement of the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Midnanao, a spokesman for the Muslim rebel group told INQUIRER.net Wednesday. Eid Kabalu made the statement as he also disclosed that t... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374748/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:20 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16374748/ , who has been named acting NEDA director-general after former Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri was moved to the higher education post, will return to his post of deputy director-general. Rec... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373364/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:46:20 -0400 Morning Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16373364/ (1 hr 55 mins ago) The Philippine government closed its retail Treasury bond offer, six days ahead of schedule, after raising 70 billion pesos (HK12.29 billion), the national treasurer, Roberto Tan,... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367962/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:55:52 -0400 The Standard http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367962/ (2 hrs 13 mins ago) Muslim separatists killed a woman farmer and the military disarmed a motorcycle bomb as President Gloria Arroyo toured the troubled southern Philippines, officials said. The w... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16368242/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:55:39 -0400 The Standard http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16368242/ MANILA : Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been ordered to reinstate 1,500 crew members who lost their jobs during the Asian financial crisis 10 years ago, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. The court foun... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367380/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58:02 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367380/ (2 hrs 18 mins ago) Philippine nickel ore exports to China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, plunged 80 percent in June as lower prices of refined nickel and energy shortages cut productio... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367808/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:55:35 -0400 The Standard http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16367808/ Close this MANILA, Philippines -- A new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was filed at the House of Representatives this Wednesday. In a five-page complaint, Elly Velez P... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369677/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:33:50 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369677/ MANILA, Philippines --The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to practice "maximum tolerance" in dealing with protesters go are expected to gather in Congre... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369676/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:33:44 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369676/ MANILA, Philippines -- Party-list groups on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to resolve before July 28 their pending petition against the First Party Rule or the Veterans Formula being used by the Comm... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369675/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:33:35 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16369675/ Chief executive officer Crown Rowen Craigie said global credit crunch has made it hard to develop casino-entertainment projects which need significant capital. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16362811/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:14:36 -0400 West Australian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16362811/ t every step of the way in the supply chain, there is room for CSR or corporate social responsibility. So it goes, according to Tristan Macapanpan, professor at the De la Salle University R.V. Del Ros... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16364891/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:54:03 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16364891/ t is like hitting two birds in one shot. Faced with a shrinking talent pool, business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are using their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs not just t... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16364890/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:54:00 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16364890/ Close this MANILA, Philippines--Canadian mining firm TVI Pacific said Tuesday its Philippine unit had tapped BNP Paribas to raise on a best-effort basis up to $40 million, which it said it would use t... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16362205/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:36 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16362205/ In the hope of inspiring Olympic-bound Filipino athletes, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is offering a cash reward of P1 million for the athlete won wins a gold medal in the Beijing Games next month. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358828/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:30 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358828/ Proponents of anti-life bills in Congress who are Catholics "should behave like Catholics," according to Pampanga Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358827/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:29 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358827/ Overwhelmed by the phenomenal World Youth Day event in his own country, Geoff Hinds through e-mail reflections writes, "I am personally challenged by the impact of WYD and the way Pope Benedict has sh... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358821/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:19 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358821/ With a healthy import in Adam Parada and the return of reinforcement Steve Thomas, Red Bull and Air21 gun for the equalizer against Ginebra and Magnolia Beverage, respectively, in Game Two of their re... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358816/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:07:52 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358816/ The PRC also announced that 3 out of 5 examinees passed the Special Certification Examination in Ocular Pharmacology for Optometrist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Optometry in Manila thi... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358826/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:28 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358826/ The government will spend P500 million to improve the facilities and equipment of government hospitals to meet the urgent medical needs of the people, President Arroyo announced yesterday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358815/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:07:48 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358815/ A MAJOR transport group said they would likely stage strike this weekend to dramatize their opposition to the continued increase in the prices of diesel and other oil products."We might as well not go... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359170/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:18:01 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359170/ Taiwanese food importers are negotiating orders worth $ 8 million from the 13 Philippine export champions and boost the country's exports target of doubling last year's export performance. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358823/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:22 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358823/ The joint House of Representatives committee looking into the MV Princess of the Stars sea tragedy last month yesterday asked Del Monte Philippines to help retrieve the endosulfan from the sunken vess... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358814/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:07:47 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358814/ COTABATO CITY — Ongoing efforts to clean and declog a major tributary of the country's second largest river system to prevent massive floods that threaten lives and property in low-lying areas here ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358825/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:26 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358825/ If the government spends $ 1,200 or P45,900 per metric ton of rice, they said, the amount saved could be used instead to increase the buying price of palay from P17 to P20 per kilo. The increase in pr... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358832/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:07:45 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358832/ BALER, Aurora – A satellite campus of the University of the Philippines' School of Health Sciences (UPSHS) was inaugurated here the other day. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358831/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:07:44 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358831/ THE Eighth International Conference on Philippine Studies (Icophil) opens today at the Philippine Social Science Center in Quezon City with the theme "Philippine Studies for the 21st Century, New Mean... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358822/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:20 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358822/ Ranada asked the President to include this stand in her upcoming State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday. "Although we know that the President is against abortion, we still doubt the President's ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359169/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:18:00 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359169/ Local groups have strongly pushed that the Philippines and all other developing countries must be allowed to designate at least 20 percent of their agricultural tariff lines as special products (SPs) ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358829/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16358829/ MANILA, Philippines -- To ensure that Sulpicio Lines Inc does not escape fro0m its responsibilities, the task force investigating the June 21 sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars has directed the D... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359271/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00:20 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16359271/ Hundreds of troops have been sent to the southern Philippines to tackle a rapid rise in communist guerrilla attacks on civilian targets, the military said yesterday.A battalion of mechanized infantry ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16357811/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:56:58 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16357811/ MANILA: Philippine refiner Petron Corp. said on Tuesday that Britain-based Ashmore Group had acquired majority control of the firm. The 50.57 percent stake makes Ashmore the largest shareholder in pub... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16346704/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:18:46 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16346704/ MANILA, Philippines -- Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday said the August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao should push through because this is mandated by law... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347845/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:42:55 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347845/ Manila - The Philippines on Tuesday finally opened a new terminal at its main international airport after almost six years of delay due to a dispute with its builders, a German-led consortium. A pre-d... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16346705/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:46 -0400 Earth Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16346705/ MANILA, Philippines -- Palace deputy spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo on Tuesday claimed her statement, for which administration Senator Joker Arroyo called her http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347847/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:42:27 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347847/ MANILA, Philippines -- The mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos believes the Court of Appeals' denial of her petition for habeas corpus bolstered hopes that her son is alive, even if it set back ef... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347849/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:42:22 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347849/ MANILA, Philippines -- Eleven officials of the Government Service Insurance System, including its president Winston Garcia, are facing graft charges at the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged questio... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347848/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:42:14 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16347848/ (42 mins ago) Hundreds of troops have been sent to the southern Philippines to tackle a rapid rise in communist guerrilla attacks on civilian targets, the military said. A battalion of mechanised... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16342778/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:36 -0400 The Standard http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16342778/ Close this MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE) It is up to Congress to look into the books of oil companies, but the firms should also explain these increases to console a public that is already burdened ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16343850/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:38:08 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16343850/ The Director-General of UNESCO, Koїchiro Matsuura, today condemned the killing of Robert Sison, Filipino radio host and newspaper correspondent, who was gunned down by unidentified assailants on... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16342677/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:22:26 -0400 UNESCO http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16342677/ Manila - The Philippine military has dispatched additional troops to the country's troubled south in the wake of increasing attacks by communist rebels on businesses, a military spokesman said Tuesday... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16338853/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:29:45 -0400 Earth Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16338853/ asbate Bishop Joel Baylon has been receiving death threats in connection with the campaign for land reform in the province. Considered one of the hot spots in the contentious implementation of th... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339952/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:39:29 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339952/ o matter how heated and emotional the debates are on proposed population management bills, the inevitable finale is that the Church will have the last say. Based on past experience in the Philipp... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339951/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:39:19 -0400 Newsbreak http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339951/ The complementing initiatives of government and the participation of local and international firms in the country's search for alternative fuel and energy sources show the commitment of government to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339586/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:55:19 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339586/ Mary Magdalene was known as "The Sinner" because of her extravagant lifestyle and love for worldly pleasures. Her sister Martha often admonished her for her wrongdoing. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339584/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:55:17 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16339584/ Close this The negative 38 points in the net satisfaction rating of President Gloria, the lowest among all presidents after Ferdinand Marcos, makes her the most reviled and hated leader after the dict... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16336715/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:49:41 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16336715/ NEW DELHI: BPO firms, which have so far been big job creators in India, are now shifting employees from here to emerging outsourcing destinations, including the Philippines. Not only are dome... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334017/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:35:09 -0400 Times of India http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334017/ A British tourist drowned after being swept away by a strong current at a popular tourist spot in the Philippines. Richard Kidd, from Gateshead, died on Saturday while swimming at Bataan's Dunsulan ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334019/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:46:07 -0400 Ananova http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334019/ Dubai: The UAE is exploring opportunities in the Philippines to ensure the availability of certain food stocks in the country, an official said. Agricultural attache for the Middle East Gil Herico sai... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16333719/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:53 -0400 Gulf News http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16333719/ Manila: The Philippine central bank, which raised its benchmark interest rate by the most in more than seven years last week, has room to tighten monetary policy, Governor Amando Tetangco said on Mond... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334018/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:48 -0400 Gulf News http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16334018/ A FORMER United States soldier and his daughter were kidnapped by still unidentified men in Tagaytay City on Sunday night, a police spokesman said. Inspector Pamela Helaga, spokesman for the Calabarzo... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330392/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:29:34 -0400 Sun Star http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330392/ Air21 import Steven Thomas returned to the country yesterday and vowed to bring the Express back into the winning track after absorbing a blowout loss to Magnolia Beverage in Game 1 of their semis ser... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330018/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:19:56 -0400 Manila Bulletin http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330018/ Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Senate President Manuel Villar, who also heads the Commission on Appointments, on Monday said his office will abide by the Supreme Court order to comment on the petit... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330460/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:13:42 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330460/ At the fast-paced recognition ceremony that capped off yet another fruitful year for the organizers of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, the awards were distributed to as many entries as... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16332326/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:19:39 -0400 Manila Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16332326/ Close this JOLO, Sulu, Philippines -- One of the arrested suspects in the June 8 kidnapping of broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and three others, including Mindanao State University Professor Octavio D... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330459/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:13:40 -0400 Inquirer http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16330459/ Commuters have taken to the water in their attempt to beat the high cost of moving around in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. They have turned to the Pasig River ferries that are visibly... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16329184/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:19:44 -0400 Manila Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/id/16329184/