The Manila Times back issues from June 2006:
'PALACE MUST LET COURTS DECIDE ON MISUARI CASE'
Jun 01, 2006; ... Malacañang on Wednesday politely turned down a request of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to allow the transfer to Mindanao and subsequent travel to Saudi Arabia of former ARMM governor Nur Misuari, chairman emeritus of the Moro National Liberation Front. Misuari is in ...
ASUNCIONS IN FOR ROUGH RIDE IN JVC OPEN BADMINTON TILT
Jun 01, 2006 ... SIBLINGS Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion, fresh from their remarkable stint in the Philippine Open, set out again as the favorites when they lead a banner cast of players clashing for top honors and the princely purse staked in the P1-million JVC Open Badminton Championships slated July 3 to 10 at ...
BATAAN GOVT STARTS REVAMP
Jun 01, 2006; ... BALANGA City, Bataan: The provincial government of Bataan on Tuesday began releasing paychecks totaling P50 million to 130 workers who voluntarily resigned under its reorganization program. Tony Samaniego, human resources and management officer, said the voluntary retirees will receive ...
CLASSROOM SHORTAGE PLAGUES COUNTRY-ACT
Jun 01, 2006; ... CONTRARY to President Arroyo's belief-on which she based her scolding of acting Education Secretary Fe Hidalgo-a severe classroom shortage does exist, the militant Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) asserts. Once more, President Arroyo reveals her "penchant for doctoring numbers and ...
ANOTHER THING WHY ARE SCHOOLS STILL TAX-EXEMPT?
Jun 01, 2006; ... TIME was when private schools were simply educational institutions established solely for the education and training of the youth to make them peaceful law-abiding citizens. Today, schools have become multi-million-peso business enterprises, which is why shrewd tycoons, like Lucio Tan, Emilio ...
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL FAILS LIFESTYLE CHECK
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday placed under a six-month preventive suspension a ranking official of the Bureau of Customs for failing in the lifestyle check. The Department of Finance requires officials and employees of the Customs and Internal Revenue bureaus to go through a ...
BACNOTAN AIMS FOR LISTING OF ALL UNITS
Jun 01, 2006; ... BACNOTAN Consolidated Industries, Inc., the flagship company of the Phinma group, is aiming to list all its subsidiaries at the Philippine Stock Exchange in three years' time. Ramon del Rosario Jr., Bacnotan president, told reporters that the "ultimate goal" is to have all its ...
ERAP 5 CAPTORS REMAIN UNNAMED
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Armed Forces on Wednesday refused to name the intelligence agents who are facing a possible court-martial for allegedly torturing a detained supporter of deposed President Joseph Estrada.The AFP spokesman, Col. Tristan Kison, said divulging the agents' identities could put their ...
CBCP BATS FOR CONCON
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday reminded Malacañang, lawmakers and the citizenry in general of its wish that amendments to the 1987 Constitution should be introduced through a constitutional convention and not through a questionable people's initiative or a ...
CONSUMER PRICES SEEN UP IN MAY
Jun 01, 2006; ... CONSUMER prices are likely to have risen at a faster clip last month, according to the government. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the National Economic and Development Authority separately said that prices of goods and services may have risen anywhere from 6.7 percent to 7.5 ...
FROM THE SIDELINES WHO WILL BE THE NEXT DOLE CHIEF?
Jun 01, 2006; ... One day last week, I got a tip from my nephew, Bulletin Congress reporter Ben Rosario, that Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas had resigned. I called some people at DOLE but no one could confirm the news.Two or three days later, I was jolted by the announcement of Presidential Chief ...
EAST AND WEST DE LA PAZ, SY, GOTIANUN AND DEE
Jun 01, 2006; ... WHEN you're at the helm of the country's third largest bank-Equitable PCI-you are expected to possess sound managerial skill. Which, in essence, means being able to get things done and deliver results. These are precisely what Social Security System (SSS) president and chief executive ...
FOUR COPS ROB TEENAGE COUPLE
Jun 01, 2006; ... FOUR Quezon City policemen are in hot water for allegedly robbing a student and his girl friend of a laptop worth P90,000; a Tag Heuer watch worth P30,000; and a cell phone worth P7,000.In his complaint, Micah Justin Palisoc, 19, said he was driving his girlfriend, Madenny Anne ...
HOUSE GOES ON BILL-APPROVAL SPREE
Jun 01, 2006; ... Overcoming quorum problems, the House of Representatives has stepped up legislation, mindful of a few days to go before it adjourns. With truant congressmen threatened with sanctions, House attendance has improved dramatically since Monday, resulting in 27 bills approved on second ...
GLOWING ECONOMIC DATA FAILS TO LIFT SHARES
Jun 01, 2006 ... PHILIPPINE share prices closed down Wednesday but were off sharp early lows sparked by the downturn on Wall Street overnight which hit many Asian markets hard, dealers said. They said positive first-quarter growth figures provided support, helping to offset the negative offshore ...
ISM COMMUNICATIONS EXPECTS TO TURN AROUND
Jun 01, 2006; ... ISM Communications Corp., a listed company controlled by former trade minister Roberto V. Ongpin, said it expects to turn around this year. "We want to turn ISM around. We already began that. I think by the end of this year we should at least be close to break-even from a net loss in ...
GOVT SETS HIGHER INFRA SPENDING
Jun 01, 2006; ... TO further increase infrastructure spending, the government aims to double expenditures as a percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. GDP represents the amount of goods and services produced locally for a certain ...
MANILA FETES FIRST EVEREST CLIMBERS
Jun 01, 2006 ... MAYOR Lito Atienza of Manila on Thursday led Manileños in giving a big heroes' welcome to Heracleo "Leo" Oración, Erwin "Pastor" Emata and other members of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE) team at city hall. Oración and Emata, the first two Filipinos to reach the ...
HIGH ON E(TIQUETTE) BE BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR FIFTIES-AND BEYOND
Jun 01, 2006; ... BEAUTY and skin care always go hand in hand and they are a must for all women at any age. Age, however, is a reality that all women need to face at some point in their lives. Whether or not you took fabulous care of your skin in your early years, several factors like genetics will determine what ...
NBI ASSETS IN REGION 2 DISMISSED
Jun 01, 2006; ... BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The new regional director of the National Bureau of Investigation here said on Monday that he has confiscated the identification cards of the 207 civilian "confidential agents" assigned in Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao and Quirino provinces. Director Paul Gino Rivera ...
CHA-CHA 'NOT MEANT FOR JDV ALONE'
Jun 01, 2006; ... Charter change was not tailor-made for Speaker Jose de Venecia. The House majority leader, Prospero Nograles, said Wednesday that de Venecia is not a shoo-in for prime minister in the proposed parliament. Nograles's view jibes with that of Rep. Jacinto Paras of Negros Oriental, ...
PACMAN TO GET 'BIGGEST PAYDAY EVER'
Jun 01, 2006; ... MANNY PACQUIAO can expect his "highest payday ever" in his third match against Mexican nemesis Erik Morales on October 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to one of his American handlers on Wednesday. "Shelly [Finkel, Pacquiao's manager] and I are still going back and forth with Bob Arum ...
LEARNING & INNOVATION THE JOY OF SACRIFICE
Jun 01, 2006 ... "In your topic 'Leading the Generations,' you have dismissed those belonging to the Patriarchal Generations as gone and vanished from the business scene. I was born in 1931 and spent my childhood during WWII, but at my age of 75 I am still active in business. I am in the midst of writing a study ...
PNOC GEOTHERMAL UNIT EYES INCOME HIKE
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE geothermal unit of the Philippine National Oil Co. expects its operating income to rise by nearly a fifth this year on the back of additional revenues from its scheduled acquisition of the Upper Mahiao plant in Leyte province. Eduardo V. Manalac, PNOC president and chief executive ...
NANCY REYNANCIA AND AVEL BACUDIO: THE NEWEST PLAYERS OF PRÊT-À-PORTER
Jun 01, 2006 ... IT'S time to follow suit is the attitude of a growing number of fashion designers nowadays when it comes to going ready-to-wear. Following the most recent crossover of flamboyant Kate Torralba from couture to RTW for Maldita are young designers Nancy Reynancia and Avel Bacudio. ...
RP NOW CHAIRS ASEAN PARIS COMMITTEE
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday the country's assumption of the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) Paris Committee (APC) until August this year. Philippine Ambassador to France Jose Abeto Zaide said that the Philippines has assumed ...
SMART RAISES 3G VIDEO CHARGES
Jun 01, 2006; ... SMART Communications Inc., the Philippines' leading mobile-phone service provider, said it would start charging video calls through its 3G (third-generation) service starting June 16. The wireless unit of the PLDT group said video-call rates would be based on the existing airtime rates ...
OLYMPIAD TEAMS SETTLE FOR DRAWS IN 9TH ROUND
Jun 01, 2006 ... TURIN, Italy: The Philippine men's team settled for another draw, this time against an all-Grandmaster side from Romania, while the women forced a deadlock with Turkey on Tuesday night in the ninth round of the 37th World Chess Olympiad at the Olympic Village here. GMs Eugene Torre and ...
TAIWANESE RIP JAPAN SPIKERS, SETTLE FOR 2ND
Jun 01, 2006; ... DESPITE winding up second behind two-time champion Tianjin Bridgestone of China, head coach Lin Kuang Hung of Chung Shan Chinese-Taipei said he's still satisfied with his team's achievement in the 2006 Hitachi Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship. "There's nothing you can do if ...
PHILWEB TWITS PLDT OFFER
Jun 01, 2006; ... PHILWEB Corp. (Philweb) has turned down the offer of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to raise its stake in the publicly listed online gaming company controlled by the family of former trade minister Roberto V. Ongpin."PLDT wanted more, I said no. I will not give up ...
THE RETURN OF PARENTESI A BULGARI SEVENTIES' ICON FASHIONS A SLEEKER LOOK
Jun 01, 2006; ... A WHITE gold necklace fully encrusted with diamonds; a pair of long earrings reminiscent of Italian architecture; rings and bracelets that come in dazzling gold and diamond studs-they all appear as typical pieces from the nearby jewelry store. Except that the diamonds come in magnificent shapes ...
REAL-ESTATE SALES BOOSTS CROWNE'S NET
Jun 01, 2006; ... CROWNE Equities Inc. said it turned around in the first three months of the year owing to higher revenues and operating income. In a report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Crowne said its profits for the first quarter amounted to P18.6 million, a reversal of last year's ...
TRIAL OF MAGDALÓ MUTINEERS DRAGS ON
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE much-delayed trial of 59 junior military officers accused of involvement in the short-lived Oakwood military uprising against the Arroyo administration some three-years ago continues to drag on. Because the Special General Court-Martial hearing their case did not have a quorum, the ...
SERVICES, FARM SECTORS LIFT PHILIPPINE ECONOMY IN Q1
Jun 01, 2006; ... FUELED by a strong services sector and a recovery in farm output, the Philippine economy grew at the high end of the government goal in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical and Coordination Board (NSCB) reported Wednesday. At a briefing Romulo A. Virola, NSCB ...
YAP RELIEVED AS MACTAN AIRPORT GM
Jun 01, 2006; ... CEBU CITY: The Civil Service Commission Central Visayas office on Thursday warned all presidential appointees who are not career executive service eligibles to submit their reappointment papers or be forced to leave their posts. The commission issued the warning as it dismissed "with ...
SPRING IN BAHRAIN CAGEFEST
Jun 01, 2006 ... MULTITITLED basketball club Spring Cooking Oil has been invited to play in the 4th Bahrain-Philippines Goodwill Games on June 15 to 18. Organized by the Bahrain Basketball Association, the goodwill tournament will also feature Bahrain's national team, the US Navy team based in Bahrain ...
TAX-EVASION RAPS VS. CONTRACTOR PUSHED
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday recommended that the Department of Justice file tax-evasion charges against an industrial contractor and his company. Subject of the BIR's complaint is System Industrial Builders and Developers Corp. System Industrial is a ...
TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD IN STYLE
Jun 01, 2006; ... TOKYO, New York and Paris-surely, each one of us has dreamt of flying to any of these major tourist destinations. On May 25 a new credit card told Filipino consumers how this can be possible, and tasked three top designers to show us how we can all travel in style. Through the casual ...
US LAWYERS DISMAYED BY KILLINGS
Jun 01, 2006; ... Four American women lawyers on Wednesday warned that democracy is under siege in the country. Rachel Lederman, Vanessa Lucas, Merrilyn Onisko and Tina Monshipour Foster expressed dismay at the series of killings of political activists and journalists.Foster is a counsel for ...
5TH DR. JOSE P. RIZAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE LIM-AHONG'S SANCTUARY
Jun 01, 2006 ... LIM-AHONG carried out the first threat to Spanish rule in late 1574. Outlawed by the Chinese emperor for piracy, he sailed to the Philippines with 62 junks, bringing with him not just men but women, children and domestic animals as well. He loaded his ship with treasures like exotic furniture, ...
AYALA SEMICONDUCTOR ARM, NASDAQ-LISTED FIRM TEAM UP
Jun 01, 2006; ... INTEGRATED Microelectronics Inc. (IMI), the electronics arm of the Ayala group of companies, has forged a partnership with Nasdaq-listed Psi Technologies Inc. in a bid to gain a wider share of the global market. Arthur Tan, IMI president and chief executive officer, and Arthur Young, ...
BIZZFIZZ SPREADING GLOBE'S EXCITING 3G MESSAGE
Jun 01, 2006; ... OVER lunch at the tiny Greenbelt eatery People's Palace, Globe Telecom's head of business planning Blums Pineda eulogizes on 3G with the earnest zeal of a Mormon missionary. For anyone who may have just returned to earth from outer space we should explain that 3G (as in "third generation") now ...
COJUANGCO BLOCKS PLDT'S LIKELY SATELLITE TV VENTURE
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE operator of Dream TV, the Philippines' first direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service, is blocking the possible entry of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to the nascent digital mobile television broadcast business. In a filing with the National ...
DOBOL A SA TIMES HIDALGO'S MISTAKE
Jun 01, 2006; ... Arnold: Ali:Listen to our jenjengan today ... Refrain: (to the tune of Maria Clara pinong-pino) Si Hidalgo nasermunan ni Gloria, Siya'y natalakan sa classroom, May kakulangan, sa hapon, nagka-ayusan ... Arnold: Ang sabi ni ...
EXPRESS SHOW REALTORS THE WAY OUT
Jun 01, 2006; ... Games Friday (Araneta Coliseum) 4:40 p.m.. Ginebra vs. Santa Lucia 7:30 p.m. Air 21 vs. Talk 'N Text NIÑO CAÑALETA and Yancy de Ocampo saved the day for Air21 Wednesday as the Express showed Santa Lucia Realty the way out, 110-107, in the 2 PBA Gran Matador Philippine ...
GAB CLOSES GYMS AND BARS HOSTING UNLICENSED FIGHTS
Jun 01, 2006; ... GAMES and Amusements Board Chairman Eric Buhain has ordered the closure of all gyms and venues hosting illegal sports activities operating without proper professional licenses, including boxing matches and other contact-sport matches. The GAB started the effort after unveiling many ...
GMA RECEIVES RP MOUNTAINEERS
Jun 01, 2006; ... PRESIDENT Arroyo on Wednesday morning welcomed to Malacañang and feted the three Filipino mountaineers who reached the summit of Mount Everest, "the rooftop of the world." Mrs. Arroyo lauded the feat of Heracleo "Leo" Oración, Erwin Emata and Romeo Garduce. Oración was the ...
GUN PERMITS OF ABRA POLS CANCELED
Jun 01, 2006; ... BAGUIO CITY: Director General Arturo Lomibao, Philippine National Police chief, has approved a recommendation to cancel all permits held by Abra politicians to carry guns outside their homes.Chief Supt. Raul Gonzales, Cordillera police director, told reporters Thursday that in Abra ...
HOUSE OK'S DIRECT REMITTANCE OF ENERGY FUNDS TO LGUS
Jun 01, 2006 ... THE House of Representatives has approved on final reading House Bill (HB) 2744 requiring all independent power producers (IPPs), generation companies and/or energy resource developers to remit directly to host communities the amount they are required to set aside as financial benefit for ...
LA MESA HOMES OPEN TO OUTSIDERS
Jun 01, 2006; ... Government officials, politicians and "famous people" own units in the housing project in La Mesa Dam supposedly exclusive to executives of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, Sen. Jamby Madrigal said Wednesday. Madrigal said a partial list of the homeowners shows that many ...
NABBED MALAYSIAN TERROR SUSPECT TRAINED RP TERRORISTS
Jun 01, 2006; ... ZAMBOANGA CITY: Malaysian authorities said one of 12 terror suspects arrested in Sabah had trained terrorists in the southern Philippines, where Filipino security forces are battling members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group.The suspects were believed to have links to the ...
NENE SAYS POLICE USING NONEXISTENT LAW
Jun 01, 2006; ... SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel on Wednesday told Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez and the police under him to implement the appropriate law on illegal gambling. He reminded Gonzalez that Presidential Decree 1602, the old antigambling law, has been repealed and superseded by ...
PEOPLE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FAULTS
Jun 01, 2006; ... IF you talk to men and women who have failed in life, they all have one trait in common: they believe that life is always fair to everybody else except them! They complain about how badly they have been treated. They gripe about how unlucky they are. They criticize God for not having ...
RAPU-RAPU IS STILL VIABLE-LAFAYETTE
Jun 01, 2006 ... Lafayette Mining's Rapu-Rapu project remains viable despite hefty fines and rehabilitation costs from two 2005 spills that forced it to suspend operations, an official of the company's Philippine unit said Wednesday.Carmelita Pacis, environmental management chief of Rapu-Rapu Minerals ...
RP YOUTHS WIN BIG IN INDON MATH TILT
Jun 01, 2006; ... Filipino elementary pupils won gold, silver and bronze medals in the Indonesia Elementary Mathematics International Contest (Inaemic), held in Bali Wednesday.In the individual category, Amiel Sy of the Jubilee Christian Academy won a gold after getting a perfect score. ...
SPARKS LOOK TO SWEEP PAINTERS, ENTER FINALS
Jun 01, 2006 ... Games Today (Olivarez Sports Center) 2 p.m.-Harbour Centre vs. Montana Pawnshop 4 p.m.-Toyota Otis vs. Rain or Shine TOYOTA OTIS tries to erase the ignominy of its last-placed finish in the Heroes Cup just a few months back when the Sparks gun for a first finals stint ...
TASK FORCE TO ADD 87 RP BETS TO ASIAD
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Philippine Asian Games Task Force will recommend 87 more athletes to the 15th edition of the quadrennial sportsfest this December in Doha, Qatar, bringing the projected total on Team RP to 216. Task force head Go Teng Kok said Thursday that based on the P30-million budget allocated ...
TICKETS FOR DOHA ASIAD GO ON SALE
Jun 01, 2006; ... FANS who want to watch the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, now have that chance after the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (Dagoc) released more than a million tickets for those who want to witness live the region's most anticipated sports event of the year. The specially designed ...
TWO MORE: SALVAGING AND VIGILANTE KILLINGS
Jun 01, 2006 ... OUR Cebu-based columnist Marit Stinus-Remonde raised a valid point the other day when she wrote that although much has been reported in the newspapers about the unabated murders of journalists, the summary killings of criminal suspects in Cebu City are hardly mentioned. She said that ...
10 NABBED FOR ILLEGAL EXTRACTION OF CORALS
Jun 02, 2006; ...Punish them heavily, Gov. Miguel Dominguez of Sarangani said after one government official and nine of her workers were arrested by the members of the provincial mobile group for extracting corals in Maasim.The arrest was made at the height of the campaign launched by the Bureau of ...
A QUESTION OF SHORTAGE
Jun 02, 2006 ... IT is easy to understand why President Arroyo should wish to gloss over the problem of a classroom shortage. She did not say that there is no classroom shortage whatsoever. She merely said, but unfortunately in a manner that showed everyone her displeasure with Acting Education Secretary Fe ...
ARMED MEN ROB BANK OF P3.5M
Jun 02, 2006; ... THREE police teams were formed on Thursday to track down 10 heavily armed men who carted away more than P3.5 million in cash from a branch of the Philippine National Bank in Cainta, Rizal. Senior Supt. Freddie Panen, Rizal provincial police office director, said the teams will operate ...
BICOL POLICE SAY NPA PALS KILLED LLAMAS
Jun 02, 2006; ... Police in Bicol said Thursday that the New People's Army may be behind the killing of former rebel leader Sotero Llamas after a witness identified one of the two gunmen as a member of the communist movement. Supt. Eleazar Bron, Police Regional Office 5 public information officer, said a ...
COFFEE EXPORTS CONTINUE GROWTH
Jun 02, 2006; ... PHILIPPINE coffee exports continue to post an upward but modest growth in the first quarter of this year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. Coffee exports posted a total of $1.3 million, having overall volume of 218,847 metric tons of beans. This marks a 6.4-percent ...
CURE TO MEET DEADLINE ON 3G INFRA
Jun 02, 2006; ... CONNECTIVITY Unlimited Resources Inc., said it has signed a deal with a foreign partner and will roll out construction of 3G infrastructure in January next year to meet the deadline set by the regulator."We are going to meet the first year deadline set by the National ...