Pinay in Action marks Women’s Month Sen. Pilar Juliana Pia S. Cayetano (No. 1) leads Filipina marathon runners in Pinay in Action, a fun run held in celebration of Women’s Month at the Fort Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City Sunday morning. Filipinas from various parts of Metro Manila joined the run aimed at projecting their commitment to empower Filipino women and protect their basic rights. (Linus G. Escandor)
Malaysian opposition; Ibrahim victorious
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim hailed "a new dawn for Malaysia" Sunday after stunning election results that cemented his political comeback after being sacked and jailed a decade ago.
Leaders of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) who comprise the party’s national directorate will meet today new officers in a bid to finally resolve leadership issues and create a special committee that will meet and negotiate with the leaders of Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) to discuss the planned merger of the two parties.
In a meeting to be held at the historic landmark Manila Hotel, the nearly 300 members of the expanded Lakas-CMD National Directorate will also decide the party’s preparations for the 2010 national elections.
The National Directorate is expected to declare all positions vacant at the meeting...
SN Power, partner to bid as IPP administrator for PPAs
SINGAPORE — SN Power and its joint venture partner Aboitiz Power Corporation have been positioning to bid as IPP Administrator (IPPA) for the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of National Power Corporation (NPC) with the independent power producers (IPPs) due for privatization this year.
Pacquiao to shed 3 lbs in one week
LOS ANGELES — Moments after seeing Manny Pacquiao tip the scales at 133 lbs on Saturday afternoon, trainer Freddie Roach flashed a big smile and then rattled off the reason why the Filipino southpaw is going to emerge victorious against Juan Manuel Marquez this weekend in Las Vegas.
The Hi-Phone’s many lows as the perfect clone
The effort to challenge the iPhone as the ultimate mobile device is, it seems, going to be an unfinished business.
Southern Luzon and eastern Visayas will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered light rains and isolated thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over eastern Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers.
Temp. range: 19.8°C – 32.0°C
Tides: High: 11:52 a.m. 0.72 m.
Low: 5:58 a.m., 0.21 m.
