Manila Bulletin back issues from July 2008:
Peso weakens further to near P45/$ 1 due to inflation fears.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "The speculative pressures on the price of oil in the international market is creating similar speculation on the peso-dollar rate with high networth individuals taking a long dollar position," explained Roland Avante, executive vice president of Chinatrust Philippines. Bets ...
MECO sees local food companies booking $ 10-M sales from Taiwan fair.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MECO managing director and resident representative Antonio Basilio cited the strong participation by the country's biggest food companies at the Taipei International Food Show last June 18-21. "Philippine food companies would be more than doubling their sales this year over last ...
Specs for higher biofuel blends eyed.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... After the 2009 mandate for increase in biodiesel blend to 2.0-percent and the kick-off for the 5.0-percent ethanol blend to gasoline (E5), industry players noted they are now setting sights on eventual higher utilization of biofuels. "We are now working with the DoE on the ...
Japanese agency helps transfer tech to RP firms on cutting energy costs.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... In a program called the Green Framework of Innovative Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production (GFIS), the ICETT has been availing of the expertise of advanced companies both in Japan and the Philippines in cutting energy and operational cost of companies in specific industries ...
External debt stands at $ 54.6 B in Q1.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Compared to the external debt position as of the end of 2007, the amount is lower, from $ 54.9 billion. The current external debt is 35.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), lower when compared to 2007's 38.1 percent ratio to GDP and 44.2 percent in March 2007. "The ...
P/$ rate closes at P44.90/$ 1.(News In Brief)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NPC sets new coal cargo tender National Power Corp. said yesterday it would tender for three 65,000 ton thermal coal cargoes for its Sual plant for delivery from August to December. The tender, to be opened on July 23, was for coal with a gross calorific value of 5,960-6,750 ...
DoE cautions motorists on switch to LPG.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes disclosed that tests undertaken by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) on fuel conversion from diesel to LPG are still "inconclusive" at this point. "LPG and diesel combination are not proven to be safe," Reyes stressed, thus, he is ...
Tourism rides on halal food promo.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Tourism Secretary Ace Durano cited the local efforts to increase the production and availability of halal food at the recently concluded 3rd World Halal Forum (WHF) in Kuala Lumpur which was also participated in by the DTI. The Philippine National Standards on Halal Food was ...
Phoenix Petroleum to pay cash and stock dividends.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... In addition to the cash dividend, by a unanimous vote of those present during the Annual Stockholder's Meeting held at the Marco Polo Hotel Davao on June 16, 2008, the stockholders ratified the decision of the Board of Directors declaring 30 percent stock dividends of the company's issued ...
Leo Burnett Manila's chief creative officer Irvine tapped for Japan post.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Irvine is one of the most accomplished creative leaders Leo Burnett has ever had, and has served the network with his creative brilliance in London, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. Until recently, he was overseeing the total creative output of Leo Burnett's three operations in Manila -Black ...
MPIC raising funds to buy control of Maynilad Water.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... During the firm's annual stockholders' meeting yesterday, MPIC president Jose Ma. Lim said shareholders have approved the increase in MPIC's capital stock of P7.4 billion divided into 7.35 billion common shares at one peso par and 5 billion preferred shares at P0.01 par. "This ...
BDO taps UBS to sell $ 150-M worth of bonds.(Business News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "The board authorized management as appropriate to raise dollar funding from international capital markets to address balance sheet position including refinancing of maturing senior notes issued," a BDO disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange said. However, in a statement ...
Tobacco ads ban starts today.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Section 22 of this law states: "Beginning 1 July 2008, all forms of tobacco advertising in mass media shall be prohibited, except tobacco advertisements placed inside the premises of point-of- sale establishments." In January, 2007, the law mandated a total ban on tobacco ...
Pacquiao is best fighter in the world today.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Even Diaz's trainer Jim Strickland had no doubts as to who should be given the mythical tag as the world's best puncher regardless of weight. "He impressed me a lot," said Strickland the day after Pacquiao blew away the pride of Chicago and snatched his World Boxing Council ...
GMA visits Iloilo today, proceeds to Romblon tomorrow.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said Mrs. Arroyo will hold the regular Cabinet meeting in Iloilo which was severely hit by flood waters last week due to heavy rains brought by the typhoon. "She is scheduled to drop in Romblon by tomorrow at around 5 p.m. coming from the visit in ...
NFA ensures ample rice supply on Panay Island.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), the total NFA inventory on the island is 683,690 bags or 34,185 metric tons (MT), but Secretary Arthur Yap said part of the incoming imports from Vietnam totalling 600,000 MT may be used to shore up the diminishing stocks on Panay, ...
3 generals, 3 commodores promoted by GMA.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said the President approved the ad interim appointments of three brigadier generals from the Philippine Air Force and three commodores from the Philippine Navy to the next higher ranks. The President also promoted 68 first lieutenants to ...
SC programs on access to justice bared.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Addressing the opening of the two-day forum on increasing access to justice at the auditorium of the Court of Appeals, Puno said the maxim of equity that 'where there is right, there must be remedy' remains a mere promise that is far from the reality of the everyday lives" of poor ...
PAO to victims: Accept Sulpicio's settlement offer.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "If Sulpicio Lines offers a good settlement, then they have to accept it for practical purposes," noted Acosta in an interview. However, Acosta stressed the victims' relatives in this case can no longer file a case against Sulpicio Lines, owner of the ill-fated vessel, if they ...
GMA stresses rehabilitation; Baler radar to be upgraded.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The President, who was the keynote speaker during the Sixth Philippine- Spanish Friendship Day celebration held yesterday at the Baler Museum here, also said she will be convening today the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council meeting in Clarkfield, Pampanga which will immediately be ...
Divers unable to retrieve pesticide.(Main News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The expert divers from the United Kingdom and the Philippines were on a tugboat with two tons of diving, cutting and monitoring equipment that attempted to get near the sunken vessel some 42 meters from the shoreline of San Fernando town on Sibuyan island. The team from Subsea ...
Julia Campbell's killer convicted.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Judge Esther Pisoco Flor of the Banaue, Ifugao Regional Trial Court Branch 34, in her 36-page decision, found Juan Donald B. Duntugan "guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder with the penalty of reclusion perpetua." According to the Philippine Revised Penal Code, reclusion ...
Witness in Ces Drilon kidnap case presented.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Senior State Prosecutor Emily de los Santos led Biyaw, who served as driver and guide of Drilon and two TV news cameramen -- Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama -- before they were abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group members in Maiumbung, Sulu last June 8, when he took his oath after ...
DENR seeks investments in RP water supply projects.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The summit aimed to provide solutions to issues on water, especially in urban areas. Ministers, top policy makers, and industry leaders, led by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsieh Loong, discussed measures to address the supply and quality of water. Atienza issued the ...
Estrada doesn't mind meeting GMA in Iloilo City today.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "In all my life as a public servant, I cross political lines when our country is faced with tragedy and more so, in the aftermath of any natural calamity like typhoon "Frank" that left so many of our people not only homeless and hungry, but lost their loved ones and to be there to help ...
Divers remain free from endosulfan poisoning.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A separate blood analysis on the divers will be conducted in Malaysia this week to determine if they are really safe from the fatal pesticide. Local experts have yet to release the results of the blood test of the divers, National Epidemiology Center (NEC) chief Dr. Eric Tayag ...
Around The Nation.(Metro and National News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Phivolcs records 105 quakes in 6 months The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology-Seismological Observation and Earthquake Prediction Division (Phivolcs-SOEPD) said yesterday that 105 earthquakes were felt in the country during the first half of the year. ...
Philippines-Japan Friendship Month.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... On the economic front, Japan continues to be a major trading partner of the Philippines, with Philippine exports to that country running to around P300 billion a year, and imports reaching close to P400 billion a year. Japanese investments in the Philippines have reached more than P15 ...
Cost & test of 'competence'.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Imperfection The reason is obvious, probable human or machine imperfection. Human competence, like opinion polls, is also covered by the same margin of error in making decisions great and small. Failure of judgment and human competence probably caused the ...
The dynamism of America.(Chaff from the Grain)
Jul 01, 2008 ... First, it is now generally accepted that the US economy is in recession brought about, among others, by the crashing of the subprime real estate credit bubble, the slowing down of investments mainly brought about by the very high fuel prices reaching $150 per barrel, and counting; creeping ...
Filipino character in Manny's manner.(At Issue)
Jul 01, 2008 ... But more than that what he exhibited for the world to see during his famously heralded challenge to David Diaz's World Boxing Council lightweight title was not only his prowess as a prized fighter but the rooted and instinctive Filipino character of concern and humanity. This, ...
A gracious endorsement.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... It was a thrilling performance, addressed not just to Obama but to the Democrats. "We must say with our votes we need change!" "After eight years of neglect and failure, we need change!" He didn't dwell on environmental issues, despite his Nobel Peace prize for leading the fight against ...
Analysis.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... That was the easy part. Past experience suggests North Korea will seek more rewards before it moves further to disarm. If Pyongyang actually hands over the nuclear bombs believed to be in its arsenal - the country's most valuable bargaining chips - the communist leadership would ...
Canadian National Day.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... There are over 400,000 Canadians of Philippine origin who make vital contributions to Canada. The Philippines is the third largest source of immigrants to Canada, with 10 to 15,000 people arriving each year. There are also approximately 7,500 Canadians residing in the Philippines. This has ...
Analysis.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... It is increasingly obvious that the days of this US offshore prison are numbered. The Bush administration's main rationale for holding terrorism suspects without trial vanished when the Supreme Court ruled on June 12 that they have certain legal rights. John McCain and Barack Obama have ...
Strait talk.(Medium Rare)
Jul 01, 2008 ... About 140 weekend flights from Taiwan to five points in China, on chartered airplanes. And starting the 18th, 3,000 mainlanders will be free to travel to Taiwan daily and land in six airports there. The air accords merely make official what has been going on for years. After ...
Anniversary of Hong Kong turnover.(Opinion and Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hong Kong is one of two special administrative regions of People's Republic of China, the other being Macau. The territory lies on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea in the east, west, and south. Beginning as ...
The calming of the storm at sea.(Reflections Today)
Jul 01, 2008 ... JESUS got into a boat and His disciples followed Him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but He was asleep. They came and woke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little ...
STL test-run in Baguio rejected.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... This developed after the city council committee on laws recommended that the proposal for the experimental operation of STL in the city be outrightly denied and rejected due to the overwhelming opposition to the jueteng-like game. At the same time, the committee recommended that ...
600-hectare freeport industrial park project in Zambales bared.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso said that property developer Imagine Realty Corp. had presented a plan to develop a vast, idle government property located in Redondo Peninsula, Barangay Cawag, Subic, as site for Freeport industrial park. "Zambales will soon have its own Freeport ...
Spanish city mayor cited for Urdaneta visit.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Urdaneta City Mayor Amadeo R. Perez Jr. said Mayor Eziza came to this city for the first time in November 2007 for the signing of a sisterhood agreement between Ordizia and Urdaneta. His second visit last week was in connection with a plan to honor Father Andres de Urdaneta, ...
Jeepney group seeks P1.25 fare increase.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... While welcoming the 50-centavo provisional fare increase for the first four kilometers nationwide, the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Associations in Baguio, Benguet, and La Union (FEJODABBLU) amended its petition for a fare increase in the Cordillera to ask for a P1.25 ...
Riprap collapses; 4 killed, 7 hurt.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The victims were buried in their houses under concrete slabs, boulders, and mud when the riprap, measuring 50 meters in height, collapsed due to the downpour at past 9 p.m. last Sunday, said SPO1 Dominador Ferolino, the town's acting police chief. Police identified the ...
Strike cripples transportation in Cebu City.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The striking jeepney drivers demanded a minimum P8 fare. Arnel Tancinco, executive director of the City Traffic Operations Management (Citom), said the strike, organized by the Nagkahiusang Drayber sa Sugbo (Nadsu), paralyzed the transport system to at least 70 percent, ...
MMDA personnel arrive in Aklan to help in rehab.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The contingent, composed of the agency's flood-control and sidewalkclearing personnel, formed part of President Arroyo's Mercy Mission on Panay Island. It brought along 27 trucks and heavy equipment such as payloaders, drainage-clearing vehicles, cranes, generators, water ...
Sulpicio Lines pledges fast payment of insurance claims.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A full-page ad published in a local daily in Cebu stated that SLI has decided to cast aside legal technicalities and waive the waiting period of one year for the insurance payment for the missing passengers. The announcement also included the names of the immediate family ...
19 killed, 2 hurt, 12 NPA rebels captured in Surigao gun battles.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "Based on villagers' account, some of the fatalities were buried in the nearby coastal area," said regional Army spokesman Maj. Michele B. Anayron. Anayron said field commanders only reported 12 killed communist insurgents while an undetermined number of other rebels were ...
P317-M projects for enhancement of education in Zambo City cited.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Records of the City Engineer's Office show that since 2005 until today, the city has constructed 48 school buildings equivalent to 305 classrooms with a total cost of R211.9 million, undertook 38 minor repair/rehabilitation and improvement of school buildings equivalent to 78 classrooms ...
P30-M fertilizer subsidy given to farmers in Central Mindanao.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Alid said the recipient areas are North Cotabato, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat, noted to be the rice granary of Region 12. The subsidy is seen to increase palay production in the region. Local governments of the three provinces would also provide a R20-million counterpart ...
130 homeless, 10 missing in C. de Oro flash floods.(Provincial News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The City Disaster Coordinating Council could not yet ascertain how much damage was brought by the floods as immediate evacuation and temporary shelters were being identified. Vice Mayor Vicente Y. Emano over a local radio station Sunday night immediately instructed members of ...
Philippine Stamps Book, an Heirloom to Keep.(Deedee Siytangco)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PhilatelistsThe Coconut Palace, designed by architect Bobby Manosa, glowed softly in the early evening as we approached the driveway last week. The last time we stepped inside this "edifice complex" of Ma'am Imelda was for the wedding of a niece way back. From the glory days of ...
Crown a perfect fit on Pacquiao.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... That invisible crown on his head seemed like a perfect fit as well. From the first too-quick combination to the decisive left cross to the jaw, Pacquiao's ninth-round TKO victory at the Mandalay Bay Events Center also seemed to be a coronation. Most observers left the fight ...
Barrera fight still the greatest, says Pacman.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "My best fight ever is when I faced Barrera for the first time," said Pacquiao, his eyes lighting up, told a handful of scribes on Sunday. "Nothing beats that performance." Before a highly-partisan crowd at the Alamodome, Pacquiao made a mockery of Barrera in a fight almost ...
WHAT THEY SAY.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Arum is obviously kidding, but his point is well taken. Pacquiao continued to defy boxing logic by once again moving up in weight and turning in another dominant, title-winning performance on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, this time claiming a lightweight ...
Diaz, wife chill out in pool.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "David is in high spirits and is doing good," said the boxer's publicist Bernie Bahrmasel, barely 24 hours after watching Manny Pacquiao sliced and diced Diaz in nine brutal rounds. Diaz's face looked like a Halloween mask after referee Vic Drakulich finally stopped the carnage ...
Valero in Pacquiao's radar.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Intrigued by the information, Pacquiao called up Top Rank chief Bob Arum at around noontime to know what the Hall of Fame promoter is cooking up as Wakee Salud, a close ally of Pacquiao, disclosed that Edwin Valero of Venezuela is not in the equation. Shortly after Pacquiao ...
National Open Volleyball Championships.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Mabbayad, who led the Tamaraws to three straight UAAP championships during his college days, played the role of tormentor for his former team this time as he exploded for 15 hits highlighted by two blocks. "It's hard for me at the start (to play against FEU), pero ganun talaga ....
Arum: 'perfect training, ideal weight did it'.(The Scene Around)
Jul 01, 2008 ... After the brutal disposal of the erstwhile champion, the new WBC lightweight champion and now 4-division titlist was immediately asked who he thought he was going to go up against next. Characteristically, Manny deferred to his promoter, the seemingly indefatigable 70-something ...
No clear favorite in UAAP.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Among the teams that the eight bench tacticians considered as the teams to watch are preseason champions University of the East and Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas, and Far Eastern University. Coaches Dindo Pumaren of UE and Pido Jarencio of UST, disagree ...
7 early birds in PBA Draft.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Expected to beat the July 8 deadline is Solomon Mercado of Harbour Centre who is likely to be picked in the early rounds. The stocky 6-foot guard is now only awaiting the clearance from the Department of Justice before formally making himself available for this year's draft set ...
SSC, JRU jrs score in opener.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Almond Vosotros led SSC with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting aside from grabbing six Rebounds. He also had three steals as the Staglets controlled the match that underscored their desire to retain their crown. Another reason why the Staglets dominated the match was the ...
RP chess team qualifying tilt kicks off today.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Ten berths - five each in the men's and women's divisions - are at stake in the round robin tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines. Leading the cast in the men's division are Dubai Open champion GM Wesley So (ELO 2540) , GM Mark Paragua (ELO ...
RP bowlers shine in final.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Layoso, who captured the 37th Philippines International Open a day earlier, defeated Chester King in an all-Filipinas final to win the men's title while Posadas beat Lovela Catalan in another all-RP final to capture her second women's tour crown. Philippine national squad and ...
Arroyo, sports execs eulogize late PSC head.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Arroyo, who arrived from the United States at dawn yesterday, arrived at 4:25 p.m. and left an hour later after meeting Tuason's family and having brief conversations with some top sports officials including PSC chairman William "Butch" Ramirez. First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, who ...
Tuason racers complete 1-2-3 finish.(Sports News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Stuart MacDonald lived up to his tag as one of the strong title contenders this season when he ruled the Group 3 division with Mike Tuason and Dominic Samson completing the top three podium spots for the Ford-TRS team. The modifications on the Ford Focus proved effective in ...