Monday, June 06, 2005

Weather Update

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Typhoon "DANTE" was located based on satellite and surface data at 1,220 kms east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon or at 770 kms southeast of Okinawa, Japan (22.3°N 134.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 160 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. It is forecast to move north northeast at 07 kph. Southwest monsoon prevailing over Luzon and Visayas.
Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with occasional rains, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 23 to 31°C (73 to 88°F).
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Thursday, June 02, 2005

AP Stories

  • Iraqi Insurgents Kill 39 in Rapid Attacks  
    Insurgents killed 39 people in a series of rapid-fire attacks Thursday, as they ratcheted up a bloody campaign against the Shiite-led government that left at least 814 dead.
  • Runaway Bride Pleads No Contest to Felony  
    Escorted into court by her fiance, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks tearfully pleaded no contest Thursday to faking her own abduction. She was sentenced to probation, community service and a fine.
  • Power Still Out After Calif. Landslide  
    Hundreds of homeowners waited anxiously to return to their hillside neighborhood as crews worked to restore water and power Thursday, a day after a landslide destroyed 17 luxury houses and severely damaged 11 others.
  • Bush Picks California Rep. Cox to Head SEC  
    President Bush chose California Rep. Christopher Cox on Thursday to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, assigning him the delicate regulatory dance of protecting investors' rights while not stifling business.
  • Eighth-Grade Boy Wins U.S. Spelling Bee  
    Bursting into tears, eighth-grader Anurag Kashyap of California became the U.S. spelling champ Thursday, beating 272 other spellers in a tough two days of competition. He said he felt "just pure happiness."
  • Scientists Study How to Tell T. Rex's Sex  
    Scientists studying the mighty T. rex may have found a way to tell a she rex from a he rex. The dinosaurs knew the difference, of course. But scientists, with only fossilized bones to work from, have had little to go on.
  • Study: Parents Can Help Babies Get Rhythm  
    Gently bounce a baby while you sing, and you'll usually get squeals of glee. But it's not just fun: Feeling the beat helps wire babies' brains to hear rhythm. So says new research that tested moms and babies doing what comes naturally — dancing.
  • Lawyer: Jackson Targeted Vulnerable Boy  
    A prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments of the Michael Jackson trial Thursday that the pop star targeted a vulnerable cancer survivor, brought the little boy "into the world of the forbidden" in his bedroom and molested him.
  • Stocks Close Higher Despite Tepid Data  
    Wall Street meandered to a modest gain Thursday as investors, faced with a muddled view of the economy, held off on any large bets before the government's upcoming jobs report. Merger activity gave technology stocks a slightly stronger lift.
  • Red Sox Shock Orioles 6-4 on Walkoff Homer  
    David Ortiz hit a three-run homer on a full count with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.
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    Typhoon Dante Is Here

    Typhoon "DANTE" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 1,080 kms east of Visayas (12.1°N 135.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 185 kph. It is forecast to move west northwest at 19 kph. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Southwesterly surface windflow prevailing over Western Luzon.

    Metro Cebu: Cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 30°C (75 to 86°F).
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    Wednesday, June 01, 2005

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    Manila Standard Stories

    State workers get P1b aid

    Though the government is trying to cut spending to narrow the budget deficit, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday ordered budget officials to release P1.1 billion for the educational assistance to civil servants.

    CA clears 15 diplomats

    The Commission on Appointments yesterday confirmed that ad interim appointments of three ambassadors and 12 career diplomats.

    Manila averts WTO sanctions

    The Philippines has met the deadline imposed by the World Trade Organization for the submission of a revised list of service sectors that will be opened up to foreign direct investments.

    Cops guard Garcia round-the-clock

    By Christine F. Herrera
    A retired military general now finds himself being secured by policemen, not as an officer but a prisoner.

    No to ARMM polls resetting

    By Fel V. Maragay
    A plan to postpone the Aug. 8 election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has fizzled out after it failed to get the support of senators and congressmen.

    QC gives MRT 5 months to pay back taxes

    Metro Rail Transit has five months to settle P3 billion in back taxes with Quezon City. Otherwise, it will be taken over by the local government.
     
    BUSINESS
     

    RP picks 5 banks for roadshow

    The government has chosen five banks to coordinate investor meetings in the US and Europe later this month, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said Wednesday.

    Petron, ethanol producer ink deal

    Petron Corp., the country's largest oil refiner, yesterday said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. for the use of its bioethanol production for blending with Petron's gasoline products.

    DoF backs lower tax on horse racing bets

    By Lawrence Agcaoili
    The Department of Finance is supporting the rationalization of tax incentives to horse racing operators despite foregone revenues of close to P1 billion.

    PPI clients want tuition payments now

    Planholders of Yuchengco-owned Pacific Plans Inc. (PPI) have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to compel the financially distressed preneed company and spin off firm Lifetime Plans Inc. to continue paying the tuition of beneficiaries despite revocation of Lifetime's certificate of incorporation.

    Ayala Land sees P1.6b proceeds from Anvaya

    By Jenniffer B. Austria
    Property giant Ayala Land Inc. expects to generate P1.6 billion from the sale of shares of its first beach and recreational facility — Anvaya Cove Beach and Nature Club in Morong, Bataan.

    WB okays $19m loan for land management

    The World Bank announced yesterday the approval of an $18.99 million (P1.03 billion) loan for the Philippines to improve its land administration system.

    Superbody at the helm of Subic-Clark development

    By Ray S. Eñano
    SUBIC Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Francisco Licuanan III is forming a new management team that will develop the Subic-Clark economic corridor into a modern and bustling logistics hub and regional growth center.

    SPORTS

    Wet, wild stage win for Obosa

    By Peter Atencio
    VIGAN CITY — A soaking wet Erickson Obosa quickly recovered from muscle cramps and a spill in the outskirts of Vigan to grab sixth stage honors of the Golden Tour 50 @ '05.

    Mahmoud-less Qatar notches 3rd triumph

    By Randy Caluag
    Al Ryyan-Qatar unleashed a balanced attack and bucked the absence of the high-leaping Yaseem Ismail Mamoud to beat Syria-Army, 79-54, and tie idle Jordan for Group B leadership yesterday in the FedEx 16th Fiba Asia Champions Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.

    RP boxing scam exposed

    By Ronnie Nathanielsz
    A long standing racket in boxing has once again been exposed after Manila Standard Today discovered that the "Tata" Polinar, who was knocked out in the fifth round of a World Boxing Council Asian Boxing Council super flyweight title fight against Medgoen Singsurat (3K Battery) — the former world flyweight champion — was an impostor.

    Montaña guns for 1st finals berth

    By Reuel Vidal
    Montaña Pawnshop goes for the first finals berth of the 2005 Philippine Basketball League Unity Cup when it meets the Granny Goose Kornets at 4 p.m. while Magnolia Dairy Ice Cream and Welcoat Paints continue their duel for the other spot when they clash in the opening game at the Pasig Sports Center at 2 p.m. today.

    In isolation

    By Reuel Vidal
    The suspension of the Basketball Association of the Philippines by the Philippine Olympic Committee is unprecedented in the country. But even before the suspension, the BAP has long been isolated from the major players of the basketball community in the country.

    The only way out

    By Ronnie Nathanielsz
    We wish to make it absolutely clear that our guiding philosophy has always been to place our country's interests above all else in relation to the current controversy between the Philippine Olympic Committee headed by its president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco and the Basketball Association of the Philippines with beleaguered secretary general Graham Lim as its prime personality.

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    Weather Update

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    Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Eastern Visayas. Southwesterly surface windflow prevailing over Western Luzon.
    Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 34°C (77 to 93°F).
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    Tuesday, May 31, 2005

    Manila Bulletin Stories

    Foreign banks with domestic operations continue to post significant growth, with total banking assets up 10.77 percent from P501.107 billion to P555.356 billion as of end-December, the central bank in its report on the operations of the foreign banks, said.

     

     
    The Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, have agreed to provide their largest local currency loan in the Philippines to Balikatan Housing, Inc. for up to $60 million equivalent.

     

     
    US-based Monsanto, world's pioneer in genetic modification (GM), is releasing this season its Roundup Ready (RR) corn as the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) approved commercialization of this GM crop that's seen to solve much of farmers' weed problems.

     

     
    Living up to the mantra that it can truly lead by example, the Department of Energy (DoE) has reported a substantial reduction of 22.82-percent in its electricity consumption during the high-demand month of April.

     

     
    The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is now forthright in admitting that the country's largest island grid of Luzon may soon experience shortage in power supply; thus, it is pursuing double time efforts to entice customers to enter into supply contracts with state-owned National Power Corporation.

     

     
    JG Summit Holdings unit CFC Clubhouse Properties, Inc. (CFC) will infuse P585 million for its PET bottles and printed flexible packaging materials manufacturing project that will supply the growing packaging requirements of its sister company, Universal Robina Corporation (URC).

     

     
    The peso rate closed lower at P54.52 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P54.415 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P54.489 from P54.367. Total volume amounted to $348.2 million.

     

     
    SPORTS
     

    Games Today (Araneta Coliseum) 12:30 p.m. — UAE vs Kuwait 2:45 p.m. — Qatar vs Syria 5 p.m. — Kazakhstan vs Lebanon 7:15 p.m. — Philippines vs Iran ————————


    WRITING OFF the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) as a member of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) appears to be the direction the POC is looking at following the statement made yesterday by FIBA-Asia president Sheik Saud Al Thani of Qatar.


    THE PHILIPPINES will have to slug it out for the overall title with traditional favorite Thailand, Indonesia and rising Vietnam in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games which Manila will host from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said yesterday.


    DON ENRIQUE Heights held off a rallying Acropolis with a scrambling 292 as it escaped with a one-point victory to rule the Nokia Intervillage golf north sector eliminations at the Eastridge Golf and Country Club in Binangonan, Rizal Monday.


    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — The last time Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant topped the Asian Tour's Order of Merit it was 1996 and it was only for a brief spell. He finished the season out of the top 10.


    FILIPINO RING legend Luisito Espinosa got another crackling blow to his dragging court case regarding his unpaid purse which he has been pursuing for seven long years.


    Games Today (FEU Gym) 2 p.m. — UE vs Adamson 3:30 p.m. — Letran vs Mapua 5 p.m. — DLSU vs FEU A ——————


    Games Tomorrow (Pasig Sports Center) 2 p.m — Magnolia vs Welcoat 4 p.m. — Granny Goose vs Montaña —————


    THE GAMES and Amusements Board (GAB) yesterday came short of saying the Commissioners Office of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) has defied the authority of the GAB following commissioner Noli Eala's refusal to apply for a license.


    FILIPINO BILLIARDS icon Francisco "Django" Bustamante said his failure to top the first three legs of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball has given him enough motivation to pour everything he's got when the final leg in Manila kicks off this Friday at the Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Trade Hall.


    HWALIN, Taiwan — All-Filipino Spring Cooking Oil-Laguna fell 111-117 in double overtime to import-laced Taiwanese club Jeoutai Saturday and failed to make it to the finals of the Kwan Hu Invitational Cup basketball tournament here.


    MANILA — The famed Power Dancers of the Houston Rockets will arrive in Manila tomorrow morning, setting the stage for the biggest ever NBA Madness in the Philippines at the Araneta Coliseum, scheduled on June 2-5.


    THE BIGGEST and the longest running foot race returns to the scene on June 26 for the kick-off leg of the 29th National Milo Marathon in General Santos City.
     
     
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    As a thanskgiving gesture to Negrenses for their continued support and patronage to ABS-CBN all through the years, the network spearheaded a Summer Caravan in Bacolod City last weekend and brought to the City of Smiles many of its popular stars led among others by matinee idol Aga Muhlach and Optical Media Board Chairman Edu Manzano.


    Noted actor Jomari Yllana has returned to his kapamilya, not his former family with Aiko Melendez and their son Andre, but the ABS-CBN network.


    Nasa bakasyon pa po ang lolo n'yo. And from Vienna, Austria, I learned that the fourth season of "American Idol" came to an end crowning Carrie Underwood the winner. Talo si Bo Bice. Buti na lang... may B.O. na, may Bice pa! "Putok na putok" ang laban ng dalawa — kaya lang, mas "putok" si babae — imagine, CURRY UNDER (arm) WOOD! Sweet smell of success? Whatever, the careers of those two will definitely ROLL-ON!


    THE STORY of a galaxy long ago and far away finally comes full circle. To be honest, we were less than thrilled to watch the concluding episode, fearing it would be cumbersome like Episode 2. Also, we already know what happened since the first trilogy started in 1977 with episode 4, "A New Hope", followed by "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Return of the Jedi", and the two prequels, "The Phantom Menace" in 1999 and "Attack of the Clones" in 2002. But "Revenge of the Sith" does prove that George Lucas is indeed a master storyteller. The last installment is the best of all, the jigsaw puzzle is solved, and we see how Luke and Leia are born and how their dad, Anakin Skywalker, transforms into the villainous Darth Vader.
     
     
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    Badian. Sounds like "bad iyan", which in English is "That's bad."


    Sixteen of the country's leading experts in hightech printing, imaging, web publishing, photography, and animation have been tapped for the prestigious Graphic Expo 2005 seminar series, which will be held at the Philippine Trade Training Center on June 1 to 4.


    Motorola, Inc., the global leader in wireless communications, recently unveiled RAZR BLK V3, the latest version of the popular and ultra-slim metal-clad flip phone in elegant black which has come to redefine style in wireless communications.


    Blogging is gaining momentum as more people have embraced it and has changed the way they view the web including access to information.
     
     
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    MAKATI City remains the most progressive local government unit in the country. First recognized as a separate community in 1670, the town has seen great transformation over the last 335 years. The municipality was converted into a city on January 2, 1995, through Republic Act 7854.


    LAST week our Family TV mass production staff video taped a special mass at the Bureau of Customs in Port Area, Manila and aired it on IBC 13.


    THE President has every right to say that the jueteng exposés are part of the opposition tactics to make it difficult for her to govern, except that it happens that that's the job of any democratic opposition. Indeed, the strategy of opposition parties is to discredit the administration so that they can replace the latter in the next elections.


    THE farmer was in a good mood. He had a good rice harvest three years in a row. His three children were still too young to go to school. He was then in a position to build a better house by converting his nipa hut into more substantial cement blocks and galvanized iron. Additional funds came from the proceeds of the small poultry behind his hut.


    ADMINISTRATION allies who had earlier wanted to limit the jueteng investigation to a single hearing are now resigned to let it run its course.


    BATTLES between the Good and Dark Forces, our local versions of the blockbuster "Star Wars," have unfolded in our midst, bringing challenges and excitement to our political life both in the national and local scenes.


    LUNG cancer causes non-specific symptoms, and for this reason it is generally not diagnosed until it presents at a very advanced stage. Only approximately 10 percent of patients are operable at the time of diagnosis; most of the remainder will succumb to the illness within six to nine months.


    AT the height of the oil price surges last April, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Administrative Order 117 that called for the implementation of a four-day work week to cut down the government's overhead expenses and also assist government workers in saving on their own daily expenses incurred during the five-day work week.


    PARIS — French President Jacques Chirac named loyalist Dominique de Villepin as his new prime minister on Tuesday in a shake-up of the government following his crushing defeat over the European Union constitution.


    AFEW years back, there was much debate about whether inexpensive imported medicines from India would be allowed to enter the Philippine market amidst resistance from multinational pharmaceutical firms.


    SOME Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and put this question to Him, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants. So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise. And the seven left no descendants. Last of all the woman also died. At the resurrection [when they arise] whose wife will she be? For all seven had been married to her." Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God? When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, 'I Am the God of Abraham, [the] God of Isaac, and [the] God of Jacob?' He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled."
     
     
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    Miss Canada Natalie Glebova is Miss Universe

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    Weather Update

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    Tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao including Palawan.
    Metro Cebu: Partly cloudy to cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 34°C (77 to 93°F).
     
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    Monday, May 30, 2005

    Health Update

    U.S. Braces for West Nile Virus Season
    » All Health from AP
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    Weather Update

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    Frontal system affecting Luzon. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan.

    Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 32°C (75 to 90°F).
     
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    Sunday, May 29, 2005

    Weather Update

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    Frontal system affecting Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao and Western Visayas including Palawan.
    Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 33°C (77 to 91°F).
     
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