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  • Easy Come – Easy Go! Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston Wedding Off Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:16PMOoops, I didn’t see that happening! NOT! Let’s just get this straight. These two people weren’t meant to be together to begin with. They are both young, having a child before they both got a job… the list goes on. Apparently, according to E! News, they have called off the wedding/engagement because of Levi’s ex [...]
  • Lea main draw in year’s splashiest, if dated, show Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMTHE CHERRY on top, of course, is Lea Salonga as Grizabella, this production’s biggest draw and the reason even the theater-indifferent are now scrambling for tickets to “Cats,” the splashiest show of the year.
  • Paris swooned over ‘la dame en jaune’ in ’89 Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMI WAS HAVING a late Saturday breakfast when I heard about Cory’s death on French radio. It was very sad news, to say the least. This was immediately picked up by TV news bulletins, with more extensive coverage on the prime-time mid-day and evening news of the two major channels, TF1 and FR2.
  • Snapshots of icon capture Cory in magical mosaic Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMA GIGANTIC photo mosaic featuring a larger-than-life image of the late President Corazon Aquino was unfurled at the Luneta grounds yesterday, one of the many tributes commemorating the first anniversary of her death a year ago today.
  • A celebration of hope, renewal Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMPRESIDENT AQUINO will lead the country in paying respects to the woman celebrated the world over for leading a people power revolt that toppled a dictatorship, and whose death from cancer at 76 sealed his own destiny.
  • DPWH chief Singson linked to `midnight deal' Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMPUBLIC WORKS Secretary Rogelio Singson, as then president of Maynilad Water Services Inc., teamed up with then Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chair Efraim Genuino to push a water concession deal that would have supposedly deprived the government of at least P3.6 billion in water fees.
  • 2 US Embassy workers in Paris tested after suspicious letter; police say it had tear gas in it Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 3:37PMPARIS (AP) — Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes.
  • Watch Cruz Azul vs Atlant 6:00 p.m. 7/31 via Live Stream (Free Video Online) Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 3:32PM6:00 PM ET Cruz Azul vs Atlante 00:00 CET
  • Watch Universidad de Concepcion vs Palestino 6:00 p.m. 7/31 via Live Stream (Free Video Online) Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 3:32PM6:00 PM ET Universidad de Concepcion vs Palestino
  • Watch Sao Paulo FC vs Ceara SC 5:30 p.m. 7/31 via Live Stream (Free Video Online) Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 3:32PM5:30 PM ET Sao Paulo FC vs Ceara SC 23:30 CET
  • Forgotten Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:48PMI WAS a very horrible friend when I was younger. Back in my old school, I was not the kind who went befriending everyone. I was more of the type who would keep a small, though precious circle.
  • Slumbering law Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:47PM“A MAN will fight over three things,” the late US Sen. Barry Goldwater once mused. “Water, women and gold, usually in that order.”
  • The South African experience after apartheid Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:38PMTruth commissions were also set up in other countries that had just emerged from regimes “marked by grave and serious violations of human rights.”
  • DILG orders ‘aggressive leak repairs’ vs water shortage Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:31AMInterior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Friday ordered all mayors of Metro Manila and Cavite province to allow the emergency repairs of pipes even without permits to address the water shortage.
  • Non-career employees extended until October 31 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:31AMMalacanang has issued a memorandum circular (MC) extending for another three months the services of non-career executive officials (non-CESO) occupying career executive positions.
  • Arroyo to attend House session Monday Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMPampanga Representative and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to show up at the session of the House of Representatives for the first time on August 2, her spokesperson said Friday.
  • Impeachment hearing vs Ombudsman to be fair—solon Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMOmbudsman Merceditas Gutierrez will have a fair hearing on the impeachment complaint filed against her, the new chairperson of the committee at the House of Representatives that will tackle the case said Friday.
  • Local stock prices fall Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMLocal stocks fell mildly on Friday as fresh global jitters over the US economy gave investors an excuse to lock in early-week gains.
  • Cops recover stolen cars of ex-envoy, actor’s dad; 2 nabbed Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMThe stolen vehicles of former Ambassador Roberto Romulo and the father of actor Derek Ramsey were recovered and two of the suspects arrested in a police raid Thursday night, Director Roberto Rosales, chief of the National Capital Region police office, said Friday.
  • Kris Aquino alleged affair with senator denied Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:30AMPresident Aquino’s elder sister Pinky Abellada on Friday denied rumors that their youngest sister, television talk show host and commercial endorser Kris Aquino-Yap, was having an affair with Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero.
  • NCAA: Cards subdue Knights; Stags clobber Bombers Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:29AM(UPDATE 2) San Sebastian College hacked out a 72-59 victory over Jose Rizal University Friday in the 86th NCAA basketball tournament.
  • Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:29AMThey came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left on board a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs in this protected wildlife sanctuary 1,000 kilometers southwest of Manila.
  • Philippines swimming in rice amid high imports Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:29AM(AP:MANILA, Philippines) The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials.
  • Eating imported pagpag Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:57PMDean dela Paz expands on his original post on imported Turkish flour . This time he focuses on its entry as an economic commodity.
  • Abu Sayyaf co-founder pleads guilty in US Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:41PMWASHINGTON - A founding member of Al-Qaeda-linked Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf pled guilty Wednesday in a court in Washington to the 1995 kidnap of 16 people, including four US citizens.
  • Most Filipinos give high rating for automated polls—SWS Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:38PMThe majority of Filipinos were satisfied with the conduct of the country’s first-ever automated elections, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
  • 2 ABS-CBN directors resign Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:33PMMANILA, Philippines - The board of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. accepted the resignations of two directors, Angel S. Ong and Manuel L. Lopez Jr.
  • ABS-CBN board approves P2.5-B share buyback scheme Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:32PMMANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. said its board has approved a P2.5 billion share buyback program.
  • Former B.C. resident one of nine killed in Philippines robbery spree Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:30PMPolice in the Philippines have arrested a man accused of murdering nine people, including a Canadian man with ties to Vancouver Island.
  • Energy Development to Boost Geothermal Generating Capacity 38% in 5 Years Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:28PMEnergy Development Corp., the Philippines’ largest producer of geothermal energy, said it plans to boost generating capacity by 38 percent from 1,116 megawatts to 1,542 megawatts in five years starting 2011. It issued a statement in Manila before the company annual meeting.
  • Sharon dotes on Miguel, excited over ‘Megadrama’ Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:21PMMegastar Sharon Cuneta’s eyes light up whenever talk gravitates toward her eight month-old son, Miguel Samuel Mateo.   “He’s started calling me mama! And he knows how to do the flying kiss, to say bye-bye, and how to make beautiful eyes,” she said proudly during the press conference for her forthcoming concert “Megadrama.”   Sharon said Miguel has her chin, her daughter Miel’s dimples and her ...
  • Almendras orders review of all petroleum service contracts Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:02PMMANILA, Philippines - Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has ordered a review of all petroleum service contracts entered into by the department over the past years.
  • Donaire-Montiel bout on the ropes? Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:33AMMANILA, Philippines – Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. expressed uncertainty over the proposed fight between him and Mexican Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel.
  • State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines to the Congress of ... Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:31AMENGLISH TRANSLATION: Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay, Chief Justice Renato Corona, Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; My beloved countrymen: Our administration is facing a forked road. On one direction ...
  • Pagpaparehistro para sa Brgy elections muling inusog ng Comelec Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:28AMMANILA - Sa ikalawang pagkakataon, inusog muli ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang pagpapatala para sa barangay elections na itinakda na sa Agosto 4 hanggang 13.
  • Police arrest Angeles City massacre suspect Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:28AMMANILA, Philippines - Police have arrested the suspect in the gruesome massacre of 5 people in Angeles City last July 22.
  • Lagman delivers counter-Sona speech (5:26 p.m.) Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:27AMMANILA -- The minority party in the lower chamber of Congress, as expected, criticized the first State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, saying it was both defecti read more
  • Misamis, Cebu down rivals Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:20AMRivals M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala Cebu and Misamis Oriental posted rousing wins against separate foes at the start of the eight leg of the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP) Monday at the Xavier University gym in Cagayan de Oro City. The Niños, who finished second to Cobra Energy Drink in last week's leg in Manila, defeated Hobe Bihon-Taguig, 82-77, while the  host Meteors blasted Ascof Lagundi ...
  • MAYOR LIM, CITY OF MANILA GIVE DONAIRE A WARM WELCOME Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:19AMManila Mayor Alfredo Lim has led the City of Manila in giving Nonito The Filipino Flash Donaire another warm welcome following his convincing 8th ...
  • NTC, QC court reject telco's claim over Smart frequency Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:18AMThe National Telecommunications Commission has denied a telecom company's claims over radio frequencies previously assigned to before these were tranferred to Smart Communications Inc., a wholly owned unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
  • Philippine San Miguel could raise $1.6 bln via shares Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:14AMMANILA: Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp said on Tuesday, July 27 its board had approved a share sale that could raise around US$1.6 billion, with the funds to be used to finance acquisitions and investments.San Miguel said the board had approved an offer of approximately 1 billion shares, from unissued capital stock and treasury shares, at a minimum price of 75 pesos per shares.The floor ...
  • Philippine Boxing Update Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:13AMGovernor Casimiro Ynares III of Rizal poses with the Filipinos and Thai boxers during the courtesy call at his office at Provincial Capitol in Antipolo City yesterday.
  • Philippine typhoon death toll rises to 111 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:24AMMANILA, Friday 23 July 2010 (AFP) - The death toll from a typhoon that struck the Philippines last week has risen to 111, but a miracle rescue offered hope that dozens of other people still missing may survive, the government said Friday.
  • Philippine National ‘Not for Sale,’ Seeks Takeovers Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:24AMPhilippine National Bank said it is not in talks with investors seeking to buy the company and plans to acquire smaller rivals once it completes the takeover of Allied Banking Corp.
  • Partihan ng puwesto sa Kamara halos tapos na Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:17AMMANILA - Halos kumpleto na umano ang hatian ng mga posisyon sa Kamara de Representantes kung matutuloy ang pag-upo ni Quezon City Rep Feliciano Belmonte Jr. bilang Speaker ng kapulungan sa Lunes.
  • San Miguel Says Two Bidders Left in Pursuit of Pure Foods Minority Stake Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:14AMSan Miguel Corp. , the biggest food and drinks maker in the Philippines, said there are two remaining bidders for a minority stake in its poultry and hot dog unit, down from as many as five.
  • Pinoy Dream Academy alumnus enters WCOPA semis Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:09AMMANILA, Philippines - Filipino artists continue to make their presence felt in Hollywood. An "alumnus" of ABS-CBN's "Pinoy Dream Academy" (PDA) has made it to the semi-finals of the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) 2010 in Los Angeles.
  • Showtime grand finals tomorrow Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:09AMMANILA, Philippines - It's all systems go for the grand finals of the talent show "Showtime" tomorrow, Saturday, July 24. Dubbed "Ultimate Showdown," the grand finals will showcase the best of Pinoy talent in dancing.
  • Ex-energy chief dumped by party as House representative Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:08AM(UPDATE) Former energy secretary Angelo Reyes will not hear himself addressed as “Congressman Reyes” after his winning partylist group dropped him on Friday as its first choice to be its representative in the lower chamber of Congress.
  • Wall collapses in Caloocan Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:08AMA still undetermined number of people were pinned under debris and 12 families were affected when a wall collapsed in Caloocan City after strong rains Friday afternoon, authorities said.