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Written by Gretchen Malalad / abscbnnews,com
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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Higher ticket prices might be deterring passengers from taking trips to the provinces for the Holy Week.
Compared to last year when hundreds of travelers showed up at the Araneta Center bus terminal in Cubao, Quezon City, only a handful were seen at the station Monday night.
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Written by Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. & Dona Pazzibugan / Reuters
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines—As the country faces a looming rice shortage, the Department of Agriculture wants fast-food outlets to offer half portions of rice to encourage Filipinos to eat less of the staple.
“I’m asking fast-food restaurants to give their customers an option to
order half a cup of rice because right now if you do a survey of all
the fast-food joints you will notice a fraction of them always have
excess rice,” Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said Monday.
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Written by gmanews.tv
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines - Lest they commit one of the "seven new sins" of modern times, the faithful should make sure to go clean and green in their observance of the Holy Week, an advocacy group said Monday night.
The EcoWaste Coalition caring for the environment shows an effort to "sustain the integrity of God's creation in the face of ever increasing consumerist culture."
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Written by Marian Grace S. Ramos / BusinessWorld
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines - Pending the resolution of controversies surrounding the multimillion-dollar North Luzon Railways Corp. (NorthRail), nongovernmental group Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) on Monday pushed for its temporary suspension.
On the sidelines of a forum, FDC Vice-President Lidy Nacpil told BusinessWorld, "The very least and prudent thing [for the government] was to suspend it in view of the investigation in the Senate and the hanging questions."
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Written by Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. / inquirer.net
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines -- From the fertilizer scam to hybrid rice to jatropha, senators are blaming President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the looming rice crisis and for making the Philippines the world's biggest importer of the cereal.
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Written by Francis Earl A. Cueto / manilatimes.net
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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THE government and victims of human rights abuses during the reign of former strongman Ferdinand Marcos clash today before the United States Supreme Court over the $40-million account stashed at Merrill Lynch, which is allegedly part of the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses.
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Written by Roy Luarca / inquirer.net
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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LAS VEGAS -- The blinks nearly did Manny Pacquiao in.
Unable to see out of his right eye because of blood dripping from a cut above it, Pacquiao leaned on instinct and heart to guide him through a testy eighth round against Juan Manuel Marquez.
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Written by wwf.org.ph
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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 IT started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?
The answer: Ask the people to turn off their lights for one hour.
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