Collect more than P19M from telecom firms
April 10, 2009 10:29 am· Comments Off
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 9 -– The provincial government here was set to collect more than Php19 million in real property tax from giant telecommunication firms in the country.
U.S. discount retail chain finds recession good for business
April 10, 2009 10:28 am· Comments Off
LOS ANGELES, April 10 — U.S. discount retail chain 99 Cents Only Stores has found that cost-conscious consumers damped by the deep economic recession were at least good for its business, as the company saw its sales up significantly in recent months.
U.S. citizens caught up in immigration sweeps
April 10, 2009 10:26 am· Comments Off
LOS ANGELES, April 10 — Immigration raids of factories and other work sites often result in at least a short-term detention of lawful residents and even citizens, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
Cruise ship to arrive in Puerto Princesa on April 14
April 10, 2009 10:25 am· Comments Off
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, April 8 — MS Volendam of Holland America Line will make a significant port of call in the city’s port here on April 14, 2009, bringing international tourists to the city’s numerous tourism destinations.
Rotterdam port reports sharp fall in cargo shipments
April 10, 2009 10:24 am· Comments Off
BRUSSELS, April 10 — The volume of cargo handled in the port of Rotterdam plunged almost 11 percent in the first quarter of this year as a result of the sharp downturn in trade, figures released on Thursday by the port authority showed.
U.S. calls on Iran to suspend nuclear activities
April 10, 2009 10:23 am· Comments Off
WASHINGTON, April 10 — The Obama administration on Thursday called on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program and related activities, saying direct dialogue would be up to Tehran's willingness and behavior.
750 tons of genetically modified corn shipped out of Negros Occ.; amendment of GMO ordinance eyed
April 10, 2009 10:22 am· Comments Off
BACOLOD CITY, April 8 — The 15,746 bags or 750 tons of corn found to be genetically modified (GMO) were shipped out from Negros Occidental through the port in Bredco, Bacolod City to Cebu despite efforts to hold it by the hog, livestock and poultry raisers.
Morocco, France sign contracts to build high-speed railway
April 10, 2009 10:21 am· Comments Off
RABAT, April 10 — Morocco and France signed on Thursday assistance contracts worth 65 million dirhams (7.73 million U.S. dollars) for the building of a high-speed railway between two large Moroccan cities, local MAP news agency reported.
CIA “no longer” uses secret prisons: director
April 10, 2009 10:21 am· Comments Off
WASHINGTON, April 10 — The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "no longer" uses secret prisons to detain terrorism suspects and is working on a plan to close all of them, the agency 's director said on Thursday.
K-9 unit dog fails to detect in Tagum City church bombs
April 10, 2009 10:20 am· Comments Off
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, April 8 –A K-9 Unit dog used by the Philippine National Police (PNP) bomb experts here failed at around 11 p.m. Sunday to detect if the two packages found in Christ the King Cathedral in Rizal Street, this city, was a bomb or not.