The Manila Times back issues from June 2008:
'Bunkol' for the best 'dinorado' rice
Jun 01, 2008; ... LIGAO CITY, Albay: On top of Kawa-Kawa hill in this city, upland farmers use bunkol in planting seedlings of dinorado, a variety of palay (unhusked rice) that produces aromatic and expensive rice usually eaten by wealthy families in the Bicol Region. Bunkol, a long, perforated and ...
'Chayote' town chooses coffee as primary crop
Jun 01, 2008; ... KIBUNGAN, Benguet: This town, the biggest producer of chayote, or sayote, has opted for native Arabica coffee as its contribution to the government's "one town-one product" program. Town officials led by Mayor Benito Siadto on Thursday told reporters during the Kapihan sa Benguet ...
2008 Castrol Magnatec Series ends with world's first night hill climb
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE 2008 Castrol Magnatec Hill Climb Series wound up with a roaring finish-literally-on a two-kilometer course in Talisay, Batangas, where the world's first nighttime hill climb was organized by the Hill Climb Club of the Philippines on May 25 to 26.Defying the great chances of rain, ...
A nurtured passion for nature</headline>
Jun 01, 2008 ... Some people think volunteering is a "peace-man", altruistic, hippy thing. As for Carmela David, volunteering comes very naturally and finds that volunteering is about giving your time to partake in action-oriented environmental activities that could help raise awareness about the deteriorating ...
Angara: RP future lies in technology
Jun 01, 2008; ... "The creative technical men, not the meek, will inherit the earth," Sen. Edgardo J. Angara said ex-cathedra as he stressed the importance of science and technology in the modern world. "The global economy is being spearheaded not by the traditional movers and the old economy but by ...
Tech upgrade aid boosts 35,984 small enterprises
Jun 01, 2008; ... FEW Filipinos realize that, counting just from 2003, as many as 35,984 small enterprises have received aid-from the government's science and technology department-to become more efficient, productive, profitable and globally competitive through the use of scientific and technological ...
RP bets dominate Milo National Open
Jun 01, 2008; ... CHRISTOPHER ULBOC captured his third gold while reigning SEA Games champion Julius Nierras collected two golds at the close of the 2008 Milo National Open Track and Field Championships at the Rizal Memorial oval Saturday.Ulboc, representing Far Eastern University, displayed his ...
Zamboanga stuns Cebu
Jun 01, 2008; ... LIPA CITY: Zamboanga City upset defending men's champion Cebu City with an emphatic regulation five-inning, 17-1, victory that sent shock waves in the second day of action of the National Open Softball Championships Saturday at the Banay-Banay grounds in Barangay Banay-Banay.With ...
Young Filipinos want to stop smoking
Jun 01, 2008; ... MORE and more Filipino youths are now attempting to stop smoking cigarettes, a 2007 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) conducted in the Philippines revealed Saturday.According to the survey, 86.1 percent among current smokers want to stop smoking, 87.1 percent tried to stop smoking ...
Passing of CARP extension law urged
Jun 01, 2008; ... Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) extension, particularly of its Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) which is set to expire on June 15, has been sought by government agencies and farmers alike on Saturday.Agrarian Reform's Land Acquisition and Distribution department ...
Advertisers ask govt to pass billboard safety law
Jun 01, 2008; ... A comprehensive law that will govern the billboard advertising industry has been sought by one of the country's biggest organizations of outdoor advertisers on Tuesday. In a statement sent to the Manila Times, the Billboard Safety Initiative said they would be supporting any law that ...
Taiwanese rule PGFF Int'l Billfish tilt
Jun 01, 2008 ... ANGLERS from Taiwan Heavy Duty Sport Fishing Association dominated the Philippine Game Fishing Foundation (PGFF)-sponsored 7th International Billfish Tournament held last week at the Don Andres Soriano Fishing Camp in Sta. Ana, Cagayan Province. Chen Kuo-Hsun and Tseng Wei-Kung won top ...
Telecom companies told to lower rates
Jun 01, 2008; ... Telecommunication companies (telcos) were again asked to lower the cost of the their services "at least during these difficult times." House Speaker Prospero Nograles reiterated this appeal over the weekend, saying that the telcos have already "raked in billions in profit due to ...
Virgilio L. Malang The "walkabout innoventor"
Jun 01, 2008; ... VIRGILIO L. MALANG considered himself a "walkabout innoventor," since he was always looking to improve in existing technologies or invent new ones.His innovations taken altogether (7 patents for invention, 16 utility models, 10 industrial designs, 7 patents-pending and counting) are ...
Now the Philippines, tomorrow the world
Jun 01, 2008; ... WESLEY SO made it look so easy. He won the tough Dubai Open, toppled the top player of Indonesia on his own backyard and ran away the unofficial national championship against the best of Philippine chess. Topping a field that included 29 Grandmasters and a host of super GMs can be a ...
WORLD HEALTH BODY fetes Japanese boy for LEADING no-smoking drive
Jun 01, 2008; ... MANILA: As a 10-year-old boy, Japanese Yuhta Ohishi learned that he had developed severe asthma due to inhaled second-hand smoke from his neighborhood. He then wrote reports and petitions to officials of his city to regulate smoking in public places after studying the effects of tobacco smoke ...
Independence war history's China impact
Jun 01, 2008; ... (Editor's note: The Sixth Dr. Jose P. Rizal Awards for Excellence awarding ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., June 14, at the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center on Anda and Cabildo streets, Intramuros, Manila.) The book, History of Philippine War for Independence, was written by Mariano ...
Mangroves: A life-saving shield
Jun 01, 2008; ... We've read it before. The conversion of mangrove habitat into shrimp farms, tourist resorts, agricultural and urban land over the past decades, as well as destruction of coral reefs, contributed significantly to the catastrophic loss of human lives and settlements during the 2004 tsunami ....
2 media groups petition court in behalf of Adonis
Jun 02, 2008; ... TWO media organizations, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibilty (CMFR) and National Union of Journalist of the Philippines (NUJP), have filed a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court in behalf of broadcaster Alexander Adonis who remains incarcerated at the Davao Prisons and ...
Adamson-Lipa notches 3rd straight win National Open softball tilt
Jun 02, 2008; ... LIPA CITY: Classy Adamson-Lipa continued demolishing everyone that came its way by scoring another pair of abbreviated victories in the women's division play of the National Open Softball Championships Sunday. Adamson needed only four innings each in disposing of Bulacan State ...
52 policemen dismissed
Jun 02, 2008; ... Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director Gen. Avelino Razon Jr. dismissed 52 police personnel from the service for various offenses committed during the past four months. At the same time, 313 other policemen were given disciplinary sanctions for administrative offenses and ...
Police unearth bodies of murdered couple, relatives of Security Adviser Gonzales
Jun 02, 2008; ... SANTO DOMINGO, Nueva Ecija: Combined operatives of Bataan and Nueva Ecija police unearthed from a 40-feet grave the bodies of a couple, reportedly relatives of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, of Balanga City over the weekend. Supt. Benjamin Silo Jr., Balanga City police ...
As netbooks and subnotebooks battle it out in the low-cost PC notebook arena: HP brings Mini-Note just in time for school opening
Jun 02, 2008; ... HP Philippines introduced on Friday what it calls a "fully functional" mini notebook computer, the HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note. The new notebook PC is a new class of subnotebook from HP, one of the biggest computer companies; featuring a small mobile footprint with integrated WiFi, and an ...
Red Bull prevails, grabs solo second
Jun 02, 2008; ... RED BULL ended its slump with an 86-62 victory over Barangay Ginebra in the 2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday. Rookie Jojo Duncil had a career-high 18 points as the Barakos notched their eighth win in 13 outings to gain solo second behind the Coca-Cola ...
Bringing the Pinoy back into festivities: In with the old, out with the new
Jun 02, 2008; ... Powerful. Influential. Everywhere. Imagine life without advertisements. No one knows what's hot and what's not. They are three-minute skits in our everyday entertainment life, but these small breaks are becoming uncontrollably viral, even our cultural heritages are being ...
BSP's worrisome warning
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) warning that inflation is nearing the double-digit territory is cause for worry. This means the government can no longer rely on monetary authorities to help it prop up the economy at a time when the Philippines' biggest export market, the US, is slowing ...
Oil price surge to hurt rich: Skyrocketing prices could reverse gains in eradicating poverty in RP
Jun 02, 2008; ... Surging oil prices could reverse gains in eradicating poverty in the Philippines, and if oil reaches $200 a barrel-as some are predicting-even the most affluent Filipino families are vulnerable. Poor Filipinos have been switching to environmentally cleaner fuels, like liquefied ...
Review center group slams deadline extension for permits
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE Federation of Accredited Review Centers of the Philippines over the weekend filed a motion for reconsideration before the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) asking it to "recall and set aside" the second deadline extension for review centers to get permits from the higher education ...
Vitug defends Meralco; govt pushes CA to expedite case
Jun 02, 2008; ... Jose Vitug said media has been unfair to the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), as he broke his silence over why he resigned from the utility. As this developed, the Palace said it wants the Court of Appeals to speed up the hearing of the case against Meralco. Vitug, a former ...
Justice dept. asked to speed up hearing vs. Meralco
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE Department of Justice (DOJ) is being swamped with calls to speed up the preliminary investigation of fraud charges filed against top executives of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). In a letter to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, Rep. Amado Bagatsing of Manila said Meralco must be ...
LandBank loan offers farmers chance to boost food security
Jun 02, 2008 ... DUMAGUETE City: The Provincial Agriculturist Office in Negros Oriental is urging farmers to avail themselves of a loan scheme offered by the Land Bank of the Philippines to bolster food security in the country, reported the Philippine News Agency. Provincial Agriculturist Gregorio ...
New textbook violates one-China policy
Jun 02, 2008; ... First of two parts When public high school sophomores get the new Social Studies textbook next week, they will be holding in their hands what could be a source of a diplomatic irritant. The book mentions Taiwan as a "country" separate from the People's Republic of China, in violation of ...
Kamote in Tsinoys' memory
Jun 02, 2008; ... Editor's note: The Sixth Dr. Jose R. Rizal Awards for Excellence awarding ceremony will he held at 7 p.m., June 14, at the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center on Anda and Cabildo streets, Intramuros, Manila. Lugaw na kamote or sweet-potato congee has been a favorite dish among the ...
Cebu City to host 2010 Skal Asian Congress
Jun 02, 2008 ... CEBU CITY: The city will host the 2010 Asian Skal Congress-a major annual international gathering of top tourism and travel players from all over Asia and the Pacific, reported Panay News. This was announced by Skal International Councillor and Cebu President Charles Lim, who ...
Davao City radioman in broadcaster's slay yields
Jun 02, 2008 ... DAVAO CITY: A block-time broadcast journalist earlier tagged as a principal suspect in the fatal shooting of a fellow broadcaster on Christmas eve last year, gave himself up to face the murder charges leveled on him, reported the Philippine News Agency on Sunday. Nilo Larosa, a ...
National nutrition survey for 2008 begins
Jun 02, 2008 ... ROXAS City: The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) starts this month and will go on until December 2008, reported Panay News. The survey aims to collect data on food, nutrition and health situation, National Statistical Coordinating Board Secretary-General Romulo Virola said. The survey is ...
MILF, Malaysia have deal on Sabah-official
Jun 02, 2008; ... The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has allegedly struck a deal with Malaysia over Sabah, and that's why the rebel group is silent on the claim issue, a high-ranking Palace official said. This is supposedly the reason why the MILF wants Malaysia to remain as the head of the ...
Gonzales cleared in arrest of Abat
Jun 02, 2008; ... The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, five prosecutors of the Department of Justice and twelve officials of the Philippine National Police from the criminal and administrative charges filed by former defense secretary Fortunato Abat, who was arrested by ...
DOST names 50 top Pinoys of science
Jun 02, 2008 ... Editor's note: These are, in alphabetical order, the "50 Great Men and Women of Science" of the Department of Science and Technology who will be recognized and awarded by President Gloria Arroyo on June 9 in Malacañang. Part two of six 10. CARMELA R. CENTENO ...
Immigrations steps up drive against human trafficking: Human trafficking syndicates are again actively using Southeast Asian and some Philippine airports as transit points for Canada and Europe
Jun 02, 2008 ... CEBU CITY: The Bureau of Immigration region 7 is renewing its drive against human trafficking to lessen, if not eradicate, the increasing number of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are suffering abroad, reported the Philippine News Agency. The bureau's region 7 ...
JdV vows to testify at broadband probe
Jun 02, 2008; ... Ousted House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said Sunday he will testify at the Senate's investigation into the controversial $330-million broadband deal. A report on the national television network GMA 7 quoted Rep. de Venecia of Pangasinan as saying he will divulge all the information he ...
Department of Education adopts 'Textbook Walk'
Jun 03, 2008; ... Editor's note: The first part reported that a new government textbook to be released when schools open violated the country's one-China policy. The book refers to Taiwan as a separate country from the People's Republic of China. Last of two parts The delivery of textbooks from ...
Aboitiz denies hand in GSIS takeover of Meralco
Jun 03, 2008 ... After last week's tumultuous public bickering between the Manila Eelctric Co. (Meralco) management and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) chief Winston Garcia, the Aboitizes denied having played a part in the government's attempt to wrest control of the country's largest power ...
Dengue cases on an uptrend nationwide
Jun 03, 2008; ... The Department of Health said Monday that dengue cases nationwide increased by 35.6 percent during the first five months of 2008 compared to the same period last year. Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said in the weekly Kapihan sa Manila that a total of 10,841 dengue cases were ...
Agriculture acts on meat supply issue
Jun 03, 2008; ... THE Department of Agriculture on Monday assured the public that the department has been taking concrete steps to stabilize the domestic supply and prices of chicken and pork, in the light of escalating production costs and tightening global supplies. Agriculture Assistant Secretary ...
DOST names 50 top Pinoys of science
Jun 03, 2008 ... (These are, in alphabetical order, the "50 Great Men and Women of Science" who will be recognized and awarded by President Gloria Arroyo on June 9 in Malacañang.) Part three of six 20. MILAGROS D. IBE Dr. Ibe is an icon in mathematics education in the Philippines. Her ...
Red Bull faces Ginebra; Air21 meets Sta. Lucia
Jun 01, 2008; ... RED BULL and Air 21 try to keep their hold of second place when they face separate foes Sunday in the 2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum. The Barakos and the Express are in a three-way tie for second with idle Talk N' Text at 7-5.Red Bull hopes to end a ...
Calabarzon wage hike takes effect today
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Department of Labor and Employment said the new P12 to P20 minimum wage hike granted by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board in Region IV-A (Calabarzon) takes effect today, June 1. The pay hike will benefit minimum-wage earners in Calabarzon, which covers Cavite, ...
Pump, LPG gas prices post hefty increases
Jun 01, 2008; ... For the sixth straight week, consumers were greeted with higher pump and cooking gas prices during the weekend. Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Chevron Philippines Inc. (formerly Caltex) and Total Philippines Corp. increased the price of their diesel, gasoline and kerosene ...
Chalk allowance first before powerpoints, says Escudero
Jun 01, 2008; ... A Malacañang think-tank's proposal that encourages teachers to use powerpoint presentations rather than the conventional chalk and blackboard for a more effective method of instruction has earned the irk of opposition Senator Francis Escudero.Escudero questioned how Malacañang could ...
Bishop slams government's plan on Meralco takeover
Jun 01, 2008; ... A RANKING Catholic Church official on Saturday slammed the government's plan of taking over operational control of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country's largest utility. Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen-Dagupan cautioned that the government is just taking such move to ...
DOST's '50 great Men And Women Of Science'
Jun 01, 2008 ... These are, in alphabetical order, the "50 Great Men and Women of Science" who will be recognized and awarded by President G. Macapagal Arroyo on June 9 in Malacañang. 1. ANGEL C. ALCALA The principal scientist in a research program on land vertebrates and marine biodiversity in ...
Gov. vows fight vs. mining firm:Oceana Gold faces administrative, criminal raps
Jun 01, 2008; ... BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma announced through local radio station dwRV that she and all the provincial officials are "not intimidated" by the fatal shooting on Thursday of barangay (village) chief Paulino Baguilat of Didipio barangay, Kasibu town, the site of the ...
Gov't spices up technology transfer to Filipino firms
Jun 01, 2008; ... Transferring technologies from the academic to the real world is a primary task of government. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), which has in its stable some of the country's best scientific brains, has been doing a good job of it. DOST has been assisting some ...
Education dept forms action center for complaints
Jun 03, 2008; ... Exactly a week before the opening classes on June 10, the Department of Education formally opened its Oplan Balik Eskwela Information and Action Center to ensure smooth first day of classes. In a statement, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said the action center would hold office at the ...
Rising oil prices seen to push inflation to near double digits
Jun 03, 2008; ... A scenario of high oil prices would push up inflation to nearly double-digit and weaken economic growth this year, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) warned on Monday. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Augusto Santos said that based on the agency's simulation, ...
Gov. faces raps over 'fertilizer scandal'
Jun 03, 2008; ... CRIMINAL and administrative charges were filed on Monday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Gov. Aurelio Umali of Nueva Ecija for his alleged involvement in a "fertilizer scandal." In a 10-page complaint affidavit of Vice Gov. Edward Thomas Joson of Nueva Ecija, he alleged that ...
Trillanes pre-trial moved
Jun 03, 2008; ... DETAINED Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th and several Magdaló soldiers again had something working in their favor after the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) moved the pre-trial of their rebellion charges to July 7 instead of June 4. In an open court hearing, Makati RTC Judge Elmo granted the ...
Transco restores power to areas badly hit by Tropical Storm 'Cosme'
Jun 03, 2008; ... The National Transmission Corp-oration (TransCo) said it has restored power to all its customers on Wednesday following the repair and restoration of its facilities damaged by tropical storm Cosme. This after Transco successfully re-energized on May 28 the latest remaining line, the ...
US, Philippine military chiefs vow cooperation
Jun 03, 2008; ... THE top military official of the United States military met with his Philippine counterpart Monday and assured continuous commitment on the counter-terrorism cooperation. Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the US Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of the Staff, just attended the 7th ...
QC pockets seven golds in Macapagal shootfest
Jun 03, 2008 ... DIANNE NICOLE EUFEMIO collected two golds, including the air pistol open category, as Quezon City bagged the team title in the 1st Arturo Macapagal National Youth Shooting Championships at the PNSA range in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, over the week-end. Jebert Palma, son of National Youth ...
PASG-TFS charges 15 in shabu seizure
Jun 03, 2008; ... SUBIC BAY Freeport: The Presidential Anti Smuggling Group-Task Force Subic has formally filed charges against 15 individuals allegedly involved in the seizure of more than P14 billion worth of shabu last week. PASG-TFS Deputy Director Atty. Edmund Arrugay identified the individuals ...
Red Warriors gear up for Red Lions
Jun 03, 2008 ... UNIVERSITY of the East will go all-out when it battles San Beda College in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Nike Summer League on Thursday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. "The boys worked hard to be in the quarters and definitely, they will do their best to reach the next round," said ...
US fights insurgency in Philippines with aid and development projects
Jun 03, 2008; ... ZAMBOANGA CITY: US peace and development efforts in the Philippines is gaining ground and making progress in the fight against terrorism. US Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who visited Manila on Monday was in Zamboanga City over the weekend and met with US ...
Schools start, learning lurches
Jun 03, 2008 ... PUBLIC grade and secondary schools reopen next Monday, and with them the reopening of the education Pandora's box-the multitude of problems that has beset the education system, students, teachers and parents for decades that the government has not fully dealt with. Come Monday, many ...