Recently added articles from Manila Bulletin:
Abdulmari Asia Imao: a sculptor's story of success.(Arts & Living)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Before 2006 National Artist for Sculpture Abdulmari Asia Imao reaped numerous recognitions in and reached the pinnacle of his artistic and scholastic career, he was once an ordinary Muslim boy of Tausug descent, wistfully dreaming of acquiring formal education to satiate his thirst for ...
A heritage of shortness.(Arts & Living)
Jun 28, 2009 ... We felt we shortchanged ourselves when we fell short of beating the deadline for a short conference. Organized by the Tate Modern Public Programmes, The London Consortium and the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, it is open to ...
MADE 2009.(Arts & Living)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Sometimes, life can be cruel for a struggling artist who wants to penetrate the art industry. More than just talents and skills, artists need a little enhancement and a breakthrough to make it really big.Good thing there are organizations and companies which celebrate the creativity of ...
School phobia.(Education)
Jun 28, 2009 ... School phobia. Much more than normal first-day jitters, roughly five percent of youngsters experience the condition at some point in their academic careers, struggling for at least two weeks to attend or remain at school.Also called “school refusal” or “school ...
Purpose driven viision: an autism enabling community.(Education)
Jun 28, 2009 ... As a mother of a 15-year old boy with autism who still needs full-time supervision with his daily routines, I was distraught reading an article about “Growing Old with Autism.”The article was written for Time Magazine in May 25, 2009 by Karl Taro Greenfeld, brother of Noah ...
Environmentalists welcome US climate change bill.(Environment)
Jun 28, 2009 ... WASHINGTON, June 26, 2009 (AFP) - US environmentalists welcomed passage Friday by the House of Representatives of historic legislation to cut pollution blamed for global warming while business groups warned of skyrocketing energy costs. After hours of bitter ...
Obama campaign inspired new online 'Plaza Miranda'.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The election fever has officially started, at least in Philippine cyberspace, with the launch last June 18, of what is reputedly the country’s first socio-political networking site dubbed politicalarena.com.The Web-based platform, a project initiated by the Commission on Elections ...
Gov't readies 10-year roadmap for nanotech.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Though no longer a new concept, the explosion of nanotechnology across different fields has prompted the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) to draft a 10-year development of nanotechnology in the Philippines.Nanotechnology basically refers to the exploitation of new phenomena ...
70 pass PhilNits certification exams.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PhilNits) announces the results of the Fundamentals of IT Engineers’ (FE) Certification exams conducted nationwide last April 26, 2009.PhilNits President Maricor M. Akol said 70 IT Professionals passed the certification exams out of ...
Smart, NSN focus on service efficiency.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Smart Communications and Nokia Siemens Networks are working together to deploy a Service Quality Management Platform to optimize the end-to-end service environment of Smart’s cellular network. The two parties are also cooperating to implement capacity improvements in Smart’s ...
SMART helps public schools build websites.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Going to Paaralang Sekondarya ng Heneral Nakar in General Nakar, Quezon is not easy. To get there, one has to travel three to four hours, through zigzag roads that go deeper into the countryside.The school is located in the same municipality that was hard hit by successive typhoons in ...
Genyo Online sports a new look.(Infotech)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Online learning sensation, Genyo takes learning again to a whole new level with the introduction of its new and improved site,www.genyo.com.ph.E-learning newbies and skeptics have this site to explore to see this innovation in education that has been leading schools in Singapore and some ...
RP seeks delay in EU fish certification system.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The Philippines has requested the European Commission to postpone the January 1, 2010 effectivity of a new fish catch certification system that could result in the rejection of fish exports to the European Union by next year.Under the regulation, any fish importing country can refuse the ...
Firm invests P250-million in satellite TV project.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The First United Broadcasting Corporation (FUBC) invested P250 million in GSAT, which claims to be the newest and widest satellite television in Asia, and targets some 50,000 subscribers in the country for its first year of operations.“There’s much room for growth and enough ...
BSP reports P9-B net income for 2008.(Main Business)(Financial report)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported an unaudited income of P8.927 billion for 2008, a reversal from the Commission on Audit (CoA)-validated P62.46-billion loss in 2007.BSP also realized foreign exchange (FX) gains of P527.3 million last year, again a huge turnaround from the ...
PNOC-EC plans to go into retail gas venture.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... It appears that the league of existing industry oil players will be on head-on collision with state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) which is planning to venture into retail gasoline stations to exercise pricing control in the industry.PNOC-EC chairman ...
Union Bank nets P1.4 billion in 1st half.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Union Bank of the Philippines posted a net income of P1.4 billion in the first semester of 2009, 44 percent higher than the P967 million posted in the comparable period last year as a result of an impressive growth in interest earnings.The bank disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange ...
Steel industry seeks zero-duty import under JPEPA.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... The downstream steel industry long been penalized by higher steel tariffs has urged government to implement the zero-duty privilege on their raw material importation from Japan as agreed under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).The Filipino Galvanizers Institute ...
Stock market sentiment remains positive.(Main Business)
Jun 28, 2009 ... Market sentiment remains positive as the local bourse would likely test its recent highs.BPI Securities noted that the market had opened the trading week on a downturn, extending the correction which started last week.The decline reached its depth by midweek as the market tested initial ...
GMA Network forecasts 22% income rise in H1.(Main Business)(Financial report)
Jun 28, 2009 ... GMA Network Inc. expects to post at least a 22 percent income growth in the first half of the year to a minimum of P1.4 billion from P1.14 billion in the same period in 2008.In an interview, GMA chief financial officer Felipe Yalong said this optimism is anchored on higher advertising ...