A LOCAL court issued a new arrest warrant for the suspects, one of them a police officer, in the 2008 killing of a radio broadcaster in General Santos City. General Santos City is a province approximately 1,049 kilometers southeast of Manila. Continue reading “New arrest warrant out for suspects in slay of journalist”
LEGACY Group of Companies founder Celso de los Angeles is facing contempt proceedings that may possibly end up with his being ordered arrested and detained by Senate probers, having failed to accomplish his commitment in submitting his waiver on the lifting of secrecy privileges on his bank accounts and sworn statements of assets and liabilities (SAL). Continue reading “Contempt raps eyed versus Legacy owner”
RURAL banks’ profits may suffer and their bad loans climb as the economic crisis bites, the central bank said. The closures since the start of the year, however, could not be taken as indication of an ailing sector, it stressed, but as part of its “yearly housecleaning” to ensure that rural banks are safe to put money in. Continue reading “Bangko Sentral: Rural bank’s closures part of ‘housecleaning’”
A LADY lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to alleviate the plight of barangay officials by increasing their monthly salary. Manila Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David, author of House Bill No. 6059, said the adjustment in the monthly pay of barangay officials would also help them cope with the increase in the prices of commodities, particularly food and oil. Continue reading “Lawmaker bats for salary hike for barangay officials”
THE Power Sector Assets Liabilities Management Corporation (Psalm) on Monday expressed confidence that it would finally dispose the Power Barge (PB) 118. Continue reading “Psalm confident of disposing ‘power barge 118’ next month”
By DAVID GOLLUST of the Voice of America
THE Obama administration on Monday defended its decision not to attend the United Nations conference on racism in Geneva, which included in its opening session a sharp rhetorical attack on Israel by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Continue reading “US defends boycott of racism conference”
By KIMBERLY SNIDER
THINK A MINUTE
THINK a minute.
Some time ago I read in the newspaper about a father who had killed his 10-year-old son because his school report was not good enough. The father was so angry that he reached for the nearest thing, a steel rod, and hit his son on the back. Continue reading “Making up for the past”
By FRANCES CLAIRE PEÑALOSA, UP-Cebu intern
I CANT write. I dont. I sing. I dance. I play music. Okay, what’s an all out performer doing in the backstage buzz work? Writing? Documenting? Reporting?
While browsing thru my multiply dot com account, I read a blog entry of one of my friends and men, does she write fabulously. I left a comment saying, “I wish I had your hands and inspiration.” Five days ago, I attempted to read the Sunday paper. Well, it was more of scanning. Within those seconds of scanning made me ask, “How can these people write so well with different topics every single day??” That’s insane! Continue reading “Lost at home”
Cebu Gold Star Daily 