NCRPO installs hi-tech tracking devices to mobile patrols transporting election paraphernalia
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 – As part of its efforts to ensure orderly elections in May, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has equipped all patrol vehicles tasked to transport election paraphernalia, including PCOS machines, with tracking devices.
2010 Palaro a huge success – DepEd
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 — The Department of Education (DepEd) has billed the 2010 edition of the annual Palarong Pambansa in Tarlac as one of its most successful sports events in recent history.
Today in History
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
April 25, 1888
MANILA, April 25 — On April 25, 1888, Juan Arellano, a Filipino architect and painter, known as architect of Manila's Metropolitan Theater, was born in Manila.
Power crisis in Mindanao could last until August
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 25 -– The power crisis in Mindanao could last until August this year, it was learned Sunday.
Misamis Oriental paper project gets technical aid from Netherlands
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental, April 25 – A micro-enterprise gets a boost in its handcrafted paper production project after availing of a technical grant from the PUM Netherlands Senior Experts program at San Roque village in Dayawan, Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental province.
Staffers of U.S. financial industry watchdog surfed porno-sites during crisis
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MOSCOW, April 24 — Employees of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the sheriff of the financial industry, spent hours daily surfing porno- sites as the global financial crisis was unfolding, the ABC News television channel reported.
PSE gets SEC approval for revised trading rules
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 — The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has secured the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its revised trading rules which would support the Exchange’s plan to migrate to a new and more robust trading system this year.
ICTSI launches CSR unit
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 – Port developer and Philippine-based conglomerate International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) announced that it has activated its own corporate social responsibility (CSR) unit, the ICTSI Foundation, Inc.
ICTSI sees better business prospects for 2010
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 – Ranking officials of port developer International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is expecting better business prospects and growth this 2010.
Downgrade of aviation safety rating alarms PCCI
April 25, 2010 12:41 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 25 — The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has expressed deep concern over the long term consequence of the downgrade of the government’s aviation safety rating by the United States and the consequent blacklisting of Philippine-registered carriers to 27 EU countries, saying the decision is not fair to Philippine carriers and to a sovereign country like the Philippines.