Do you believe that our new senators will make a difference while in public office?
Amidst all the buzz and fuss on the new twelve (12) senators who were proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the question in the minds of most Filipinos remain, if they can make better legislations for the upliftment of many, expecially among the poor. Observers, however, have mixed feelings about it.
G.M.A. ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is welcomed by Minister of State Lim Hwee Hua of Singapore’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport on her arrival Saturday, June 23, 2007, at the Singapore Changi airport. The President is in Singapore for a state visit and to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2007.
Catholics mark feast of St. John the Baptist today
Catholics and residents of several towns, and cities all over the country celebrate today the feast of the birth of St. John the Baptist (San Juan de Bautista) with masses, novenas, processions, festivities, and other traditional rites such as the dousing of water, reminiscent of St. John’s baptism of thousands of believers, including his cousin, Jesus Christ, at the Jordan River.
SINGAPORE (DPA) — Political and business leaders from Asia started arriving in Singapore yesterday for the 16th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia to examine the region’s growth and effect on the global power equation.
The meeting brings together 300 delegates from 25 countries today, Sunday, and tomorrow, Monday.
According to Lee Howell, head of Asia for the WEF, the meeting is about setting an agenda 10 years after the 1997 financial crisis in Southeast Asia.
‘’It has been 10 years since the financial...
P5-B micro-finance seen to spur rural enterprises
A national program to boost economic growth is pouring in P5 billion over five years for microfinancing, harnessing international and local funding for rural enterprises and poverty reduction.
Alaska shoots for 3-0 lead
ALASKA MILK tries to inch closer to its first finals appearance in four years as it guns for a 3-0 lead over San Miguel Beer in Game 3 of the Talk ’N Text-PBA Fiesta Cup best-of-seven semifinals today at the Araneta Coliseum.
Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
