Gloria Arroyo Not a Legitimate President?

“Truth is Arroyo won,” bannered University of the Philippines (UP) economist Solita Monsod in her column “Get Real” published by the Philippines Daily Inquirer (PDI) yesterday, October 29. Monsod cited three reasons to buttress her view that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won the presidential elections of May 2004: (1) voter preferences favoring Arroyo as reflected in [...]

Philippines Award for Leadership and Excellence in Communication

Iriga City Mayor Madelaine Alfelor-Gazmen conferred the Award for Leadership and Excellence in Communication by the Philippine chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) for her skillful use of communications strategies in implementing programs in nature conservation and the preservation of Mt. Iriga and other programs that established Iriga as one of the [...]

Lawyer Augustus Fernandez Cezar Shot

The vice president for administration of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sta. Mesa, Manila was shot dead Wednesday night, police said Thursday. Lawyer Augustus Fernandez Cezar was aboard his Toyota Lite Ace van and on his way home when motorcycle-riding suspects shot him along Pureza Street near Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard in Sta. Mesa, [...]

Macho Dancing Scandal Shuts Down Willing Willie TV Show

Note: Envious or jealous of the success of the tv show Willing Willie are out and hellbent to destroy Willie Revillame. What appears to be an almost insignificant episode in TV5′s  Willing Willie show courtesy of Jan-jan macho dancing scandal is being capitalized by haters of Willie Revillame, and the issue has gone out of [...]

Risky Makati Condo Abandoned by Occupants

By Miko Morelos Philippine Daily Inquirer Residents of West Tower Condominium in Barangay (village) Bangkal, Makati City, announced Monday that they were abandoning the building and turning it over to the Lopez-owned First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC). According to a statement they sent Monday through their lawyer Lorna Kapunan, their decision was prompted by what [...]

Automobile Design – World’s First Bamboo Car

This first bamboo car in the world is made by a Filipino designer. By Thelma Sioson San Juan Philippine Daily Inquirer World-renowned Filipino furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue has designed what must be the first and only bamboo and rattan car in the world, and it’s drawing considerable curiosity and rave in an exhibit in Milan, [...]

Fake Websites Asking Donation for Japan is Scam

By Jocelyn R. Uy Philippine Daily Inquirer I don’t understand why some people have the temerity to make money out of the misery of others. In this case, it is the sufferings of the Japanese people that online scammers want to take advantage of. Before you decide to donate to the earthquake victims in Japan, [...]

Possibility of Japan Nuclear Radiation to Hit the Philippines

Update – Will the nuclear radiation from Japan hit the Philippines? Here’s the answer to people’s fear and confusion. Hope the Filipino authorities are correct on their assumption. I don’t really trust the statement that the possibility is “very remote.” To say that a nuclear radiation that may hit the Philippines is remote does not [...]

Philippines News – Tsunami Tidal Wave Coming to Philippines

By Kristine L. Alave Philippine Daily Inquirer (Note: All Filipinos living abroad, please, let’s pray for the Philippines and all the Filipinos). Four tsunamis spawned by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Friday have entered the country, with two more approaching based on data from tidal gauges in the Pacific as of 10 p.m. [...]

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to Raise Rate

By Michelle Remo Philippine Daily Inquirer The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has hinted it might soon raise its key policy rates, saying that while current price movements were still favorable, the buildup of inflationary pressures was reducing its flexibility to keep rates at historic lows. “Indeed the scope for keeping rates has narrowed,” BSP Governor [...]

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