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  • Binay Seeks OFW Contingency Plan
    Jc Bello Ruiz
    03/06/2013 - 21:08
    Main News
    Vice President Jejomar C. Binay yesterday asked Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to draft a contingency plan for the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Malaysia who may be affected by the conflict in Sabah.
  • 14TH CABLE CONGRESS AND EXHIBIT OF FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AT HISTORIC LANDMARK MANILA HOTEL
    03/06/2013 - 20:46
    Opinion
    THE Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines (FICTAP) is holding its 14th Cable Congress and Exhibit on March 7-8, 2013, at the Historic Landmark Manila Hotel.
  • UPSETS CAN MAKE SURVEYS FAIL
    Atty. Romeo V. Pefianco, Plain View
    03/06/2013 - 20:45
    Opinion
    SOME candidates for senators don’t feel comfortable with the results of election surveys if they find themselves short of luck for the top 12.
  • OFFER EACH DAY TO HIM (part I)
    Dr. Jesus P. Estanislao
    03/06/2013 - 20:44
    Opinion
    OUR continuing spiritual formation should lead us to have personal contact and relationship with our Father God such that we put him at the very center of our life and work.
  • DOMESTIC HELPERS BENEFIT FROM PHILHEALTH
    03/06/2013 - 20:43
    Opinion
    WITH the recent approval and signing into law of Republic Act No. 1036, “An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers,” by H.E. President Benigno S. Aquino III on January 18, 2013, the country’s estimated 2.5 million domestic helpers can now avail of hospitalization benefits from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
  • JESUS’ INVITATION
    LUKE 11:14-23
    03/06/2013 - 20:43
    Opinion
    JESUS was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute person spoke and the crowds were amazed
  • MANY LIVING ALONE BY CHOICE
    Dr. Beth Day Romulo, Global View
    03/06/2013 - 20:42
    Opinion
    IN America today, over 50 percent of the adult population are single and live alone.
  • IN THE SERVICE OF PENSIONERS
    Jullie Yap Daza
    03/06/2013 - 20:41
    Opinion
    BY GSIS President and General Manager Roberto “Bernie” Vergara’s count, there are 7,000 government agencies, and of this number 280 did not remit employees’ contributions to the state pension fund as of 2010.
  • OFF THE GRID WITH LIM
    GEMMA CRUZ ARANETA
    03/06/2013 - 20:40
    Opinion
    SHE told Mayor Alfredo Lim that there are less mosquitoes, cockroaches, and rats in her humble abode because now that she can see the vermin, these are exterminated on sight.
  • KENYA ELECTIONS
    PETER MARTELL, Agence France Presse
    03/06/2013 - 20:27
    Opinion
    KENYANS nervously eyed results trickling in a day after they turned out peacefully en masse for critical presidential elections, the first since disputed polls five years ago triggered a wave of bloodletting. 
  • LIFE TRENDS
    MIKE STOBBE
    03/06/2013 - 20:26
    Opinion
    A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some US women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain.
  • ITALY STALEMATE
    STEVE SCHERER and ROBERTO LANDUCCI
    03/06/2013 - 20:26
    Opinion
    President Giorgio Napolitano is considering appointing a new technocrat government led by a non-politician as one way out of Italy’s political stalemate, sources said on Tuesday.
  • Global Air Cargo Freight Demand Stabilizes In Jan., IATA Reports
    Emmie V. Abadilla
    03/06/2013 - 20:12
    Shipping
    Global air freight demand is stabilizing, posting a 5 percent growth for the first month of 2013 although “it’s too early to be overly optimistic,” International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General and CEO Tony Tyler announced.
  • Asiana Recognized ‘Best Overall Airline’
    03/06/2013 - 20:10
    Shipping
    Asiana Airlines (OZ) continues its industry winning streak by being named 2012 Best Overall Airline in the World by Business Traveler. 
  • Queues Growing At US Airports
    03/06/2013 - 20:09
    Shipping
    Travelers at US airports are already being greeted with longer lines and delays due to government spending cuts launched last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
  • Boeing Awaits FAA 787 Approval
    03/06/2013 - 20:07
    Shipping
    Boeing’s commercial aircraft chief said the company would move “really fast’’ to get its grounded 787s flying again after it wins approval from the FAA for its proposed battery fix.
  • Carnival Destiny Turns Into Sunshine
    03/06/2013 - 20:05
    Shipping
    The cruise ship Carnival Destiny will be modified and renamed the Carnival Sunshine when the ship undergoes 155 million dollars of renovations including an extra deck at the Fincantieri shipyards in Italy until April.
  • Dow Closes At Record 14,253.77
    Bernard Condon
    03/06/2013 - 19:46
    Main Business
    Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average has regained all the losses suffered during the Great Recession and reached a new high.
  • Stocks Rally On Dow’s Performance; PSEI Breaches The 6,800 Level
    James A. Loyola
    03/06/2013 - 19:10
    Main Business
    Local share prices surged yesterday on the back of positive developments here and abroad, pushing the Philippine Stock Exchange to close above the 6,800-level for the first time in history, notching its record high for the 23rd time this year.
  • BSP Lowers Foreign Loans Sub-Ceiling
    Lee C. Chipongian
    03/06/2013 - 19:09
    Main Business
    The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has lowered the sub-ceiling for the foreign borrowing this year of the public and private sectors as they see more local currency loans to take advantage of low rates and the liquid domestic financial market.