8th Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde Boxing Awards Night The Banquet of Champions was held at the Centennial Hall of the historic landmark Manila Hotel on March 25, 2008. Photo shows, seated at the presidential table are President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2nd from right), Mrs. Laura Elorde, wife of Gabriel “Flash” Elorde (right), boxing champion Manny Pacquiao (center), former Senator Ramon Revilla Sr. (2nd from left), and Manila Bulletin Chairman Dr. Emilio T. Yap (left). Also present is Senator Ramon B. Revilla, Jr. (Sherwin R. Pineda)
127 PNPA graduates inducted into police force
One hundred twenty-seven new graduates of the country’s premier police training school were formally inducted into the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday.
The cost of subsidizing cheap rice sold by the National Food Authority (NFA) could reach P21.7 billion this year, senators said yesterday as Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. filed a bill that seeks to initiate reforms in the system of rice importation being implemented by the NFA.
Villar said that in filing Senate Bill 1897, he wants the "exclusivity clause" that authorizes only the NFA to import rice to be repealed.
"Attended by allegations of corruption, the system no longer works and has to be reformed to include other sectors of society," Villar said.
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Monster putt gives Que a ticket to British Open
SENTOSA, Singapore — Angelo Que holed a monster 40-foot birdie putt at the fourth extra hole Wednesday to earn a spot to the British Open, the first Filipino to achieve the feat since Frankie Miñoza in 1998.
Mindanao will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
