Pacquiao: Next in line for top pound-for-pound?
With Floyd Mayweather’s retirement finally in place, talks are spreading about the next top pound-for-pound fighter around.
One of the top contenders for this boxing honor is Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who is scheduled for a title showdown against WBC lightweight champion David “Dangerous” Diaz on June 28.
Rudy’s last words to Lorna: ‘I love you’
For the first time since her husband died on Saturday morning, actress Lorna Tolentino gave a statement to ABS-CBN News.
Tolentino’s spouse, Philippine “Action Prince” Rudy Fernandez, passed away 6:15 a.m. Saturday, after a two-year battle with periampullary cancer.
Erap consults economic advisers on presidential contenders
Former president Joseph Estrada has consulted several economic advisers regarding their top contenders for the presidential race this coming 2010, ABS-CBN News reported Sunday.
United Opposition spokesman Adel Tamano said Estrada’s action was seen as a preparation for the elections.
Rudy Fernandez: March 3, 1952 — June 7, 2008
Actor Rudy Fernandez died at 6:15 Saturday morning at his home in Joeylane Street in White Plains in Quezon City due to periampullary cancer. He was 56.
He battled periampullary cancer for two years, even seeking treatment abroad including hospitals in the United States and Japan. On Friday, the actor requested to be discharged from the Cardinal Santos Medical Center.
Compel RP to implement Alston’s recommendations, UN urged
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Local human rights groups attending the 8th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva yesterday asked the UN panel to compel the Philippine government to implement the recommendations of its special rapporteur.
DOE told: Release audit on oil firms
Malacañang wants the Department of Energy (DOE) to release the results of the audit conducted on oil firms a few months ago.
The DOE hired reputed accounting firms to look into the books of the oil companies in order to see if their pricing is justifiable and that there are no irregularities.
Interviewed over state-run dzRB, deputy presidential spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo acknowledged that the auditing process would take some time but said the report should be expected very soon.
Pinoy voice talents put heart behind animated characters
Behind every good work of animation is a group of great voice talents.
For Filipino anime fans, both kids and kids at heart, quality dubbing is extremely important. Since many of these animated programs have been imported from other countries, there is sometimes a need to translate the script into the local language and of course, hire voice actors and actresses to give life to the characters.
Two economists unimpressed with Arroyo power subsidy program
Two economists on Saturday said they were not impressed with the Arroyo administration’s program to provide subsidies supposedly to mitigate the impact of rising fuel and electricity prices.
Malacañang announced Tuesday a P2-billion power subsidy for poor families. On Friday government began distributing P500 each for lifeline users or households consuming 100-kilowatt hours a month or less. The pay out started in Metro Manila to lifeline customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
Groups say ‘Katas ng VAT’ nowhere near Arroyo P1.3T education debt
President Arroyo’s recent unveiling of the P1-billion “Katas ng VAT Pantawid Aral” could have made her look like a generous leader, but education advocacy groups said Friday that the amount is nowhere near her administration’s incurred debt to the education sector.
Based on the Delors Benchmark, the internationally-agreed benchmark for education budget since its presentation to the UNESCO in 1996, the Arroyo administration was short of P272.4 billion in education spending for 2007, said the education advocates.
Grade school textbooks still ‘error-laden,’ says critic
Students, teachers and parents are in the thick of preparations for the school opening this Tuesday, but for public schools textbook critic Antonio Go, students may be surprised to find out that some public school textbooks in elementary subjects Makabayan and Sibika at Kultura have minor and major factual errors.
‘Promdi Hottie’ Ejay is PBB Teen Edition Plus Big Winner
Boys rule in this year’s Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus, as Ejay Falcon, the “Promdi Hottie” of Mindoro, got the largest number of text votes to be crowned this year’s Teen Big Winner, during the “Big Night” at the Araneta Coliseum Saturday night.
Gradual tightening of monetary policy seen
A top bank economist expects the central bank to gradually tighten its monetary policy setting this year, forecasting an increase in key policy rates by another 25 basis points in the next two policy meetings of the Monetary Board.
HSBC economist Frederic Neumann said over the weekend that monetary officials appear “increasingly hawkish” with inflation pressures likely to prove rather persistent.
Navy denies shooting fisherman in Zambo
Zamboanga City — Navy officials on Sunday denied that navy officers killed a fisherman in an encounter in Tumalutab Island in the city Tuesday night.
Village officials in Barangay Taluksangay reported a resident was killed in an encounter allegedly with Navy personnel in Tumalutab Island in the city Tuesday night.
The 42-year-old victim, identified as Hussin Hamay, sustained two gun shot wounds.
Intl training for cases of ELK, disappearances slated in Subic
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A group of international lawyers are set to discuss extra-legal killings (ELK), disappearances, and torture during a two-day training and live-in seminar workshop to be held inside the Subic Bay Freeport.
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