A.F.P. change of command. With President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo looking on, outgoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. (left) and incoming Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Alexander B. Yano (right) shake hands at the AFP change of command ceremony on Monday, May 12, 2008, at the AFP General Headquarters Grandstand in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City. (Sherwin R. Pineda)
MoA on new executive, judicial, legislative council signed today
President Arroyo, Senate President Manuel B. Villar, House of Representatives Speaker Prospero C. Nograles, and Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno are set to sign today in Malacañang a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) creating the Judiciary, Executive, and Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council (JELAC).
The Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) directed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) yesterday to dismiss the petition of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) seeking to pass on their "unpaid" mutual debts to consumers.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, chairwoman of the JCPC, directed her order to ERC Commissioner Alejandro Barin who during the hearing admitted that a petition of the Meralco and Napocor is pending before the commission.
"There’s a pending case at the ERC regarding the petition of Meralco...
SMC plans to list all operating units; food, packaging next
San Miguel Corporation is also planning to list its food division after the successful listing of San Miguel Brewery Inc. and the planned initial public offering of San Miguel Packaging Specialists Inc.
Harbour, Hapee near finals date
BAGUIO CITY — Defending champion Harbour Centre found its rhythm just in time to complete a come-from-behind 69-55 win over San Mig Coffee and moved to within a victory of claiming a fifth straight finals berth in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) at the University of Cordillera gym here.
Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over the western sections of Visayas and Mindanao including Palawan. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
