SunStar Network News feed for Manila, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:47:11 +0800 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:47:11 +0800 PRESIDENTIAL peace adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has asked for the help of the influential 110-strong delegates to the 4th Ulama League of the Philippines (ULP) assembly for the conduct of authentic consultations and dialogues with communities. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/news/ulamas.help.sought.on.peace.in.mindanao.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A TEXT message prompted a group supporting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to organize a midnight mass in Malacañang Friday to ward off "destabilization." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/news/arroyo.supporters.hold.mass.vs.destab..html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER assuring Malacañang of a dialogue with the media, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday stood by its new policy limiting media access to the police blotter. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/news/police.blotter.ban.stays.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Senate will start its inquiry into the fertilizer scam on Thursday, said Senator Francis Escudero. Escudero, during Saturday's Kapihan sa Sulo press forum, said if the schedule would not push through due to some "technicalities," they would do their best to set up the fertilizer scam probe soon. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/news/fertilizer.scam.probe.set.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jill Beltran FAST rising television star Valerie "Bangs" Garcia graced the cover of Maxim magazine this November. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/life/bangs.graces.the.cover.of.maxim.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FORGET your inhibitions, lock up your men and feel free to scream your top off this Sunday night, as "Sharon" celebrates its first Girls Night Out episode on ABS-CBN 2. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/09/life/4.sexy.men.guest.in.sharon..html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said it is coming up with two sets of blotter at police stations in the wake of criticisms brought about by a directive denying media practitioners access to the file. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/news/pnp.to.implement.2.police.blotters.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IF RECENT decisions of the Supreme Court (SC) on controversial cases are any indication, constitutionalist Fr. Joaquin Bernas said Friday that majority of the magistrates in the SC give the impression that they are not independent. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/news/constitutionalist.warns.of.full.arroyo.appointed.sc.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Court of Appeals (CA) on Friday did not immediately act on the petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus filed by a son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante seeking to compel the Senate to release his father from its custody. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/news/ca.delays.action.on.plea.vs.bolante.s.arrest.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A LOSS for the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a gain for the Philippines is how Malacañang views Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago losing her bid for the last seat in ICJ to Somalia's Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf who won in the final round of balloting. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/news/rp.loses.international.court.bid.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CLASSICAL rock band Journey will hold a concert in the Philippines in April next year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/life/journey.set.to.hold.concert.in.rp.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AYALA-owned Globe Telecoms admitted that its consolidated net income in the first nine months of 2008 went down by nine percent or P8.8 billion this year from P9.7 billion in 2007 during the same period. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/bus/globe.posts.drop.in.3rd.quarter.income.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WIRELESS provider Smart Communications on Friday declared as "misleading" the survey conducted by the regional office of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on network quality of three mobile operators. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/bus/smart.on.ntc.survey.misleading..html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CUSTOMERS of utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are set to suffer another electricity rate hike as the company imposed a 30-centavo per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increase in its generation charge this month. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/08/bus/meralco.imposes.temporary.power.hike.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo renewed calls for Congress to pass the bill extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp), saying land reform and farmland ownership could drive a person to join the insurgency rebels. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/news/arroyo.calls.anew.for.passage.of.carp.extension.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A PANEL of prosecutors on Thursday refused to accept the respective counter-affidavits submitted by owners of shipping firm Sulpicio Lines on the complaint filed by victims of the sinking of the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/news/prosecutors.reject.sulpicio.s.counter.affidavits.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said two base commands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are in the brink of dissolution, as a result of internal squabbles and morale problems. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/news/military.bares.milf.breakdown.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER failing to get a hold of US president-elect Barack Obama over the phone, Malacañang on Thursday said a meeting with Obama is not up in the agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she goes to the US this month. This was contrary to earlier statement of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, who made mention that a possible meeting with Obama is high in Arroyo's agenda. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/news/no.arroyo.obama.meet.palace.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FANS continuously support the team-up of Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson because of their superb performance in their roles as April and Keeno in the mini-series "Your Song Presents My Only Hope" aired every Sunday on ABS-CBN 2. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/life/kim.gerald.s.secret.relationship.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TV HOST-comedian John Lapus will perform alongside Jon Santos and Candy Pangilinan in a month-long comedy show dubbed "Da Spooftacular Showdown." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/life/john.says.impersonation.has.kris.s.blessing.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SURVIVOR Philippines (SP) host Paolo Bediones welcomed the introduction of Pinoy Fear Factor (PFF) in the ABS-CBN Primetime block this coming Monday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/life/paolo.commends.ryan.s.hosting.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jill Beltran IT STARTED as a blind item until various showbiz columns confirmed that Nancy Castiglione now known as Nancy Jane is pregnant. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/07/life/nancy.jane.is.pregnant.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TO CLEAR my jet-lagged head of the debilitating Lehman-led gloom and doom that constantly rose from the business papers offered by the soothing hands of the cabin crew of Singapore Airlines Flights 915 and 002 as we flew last Friday from Magellan's side of the Pacific to Vespucci's, I requested my hosts to book me for a bit of sailing at the San Francisco Bay in the afternoon of the 25th. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/oped/atty..reynaldo.geronimo.the.trust.guru.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Atty. Reynaldo Geronimo The Trust Guru MOTORISTS should expect more delays on the ongoing repair of the controversial Tullahan Bridge project due to the breakdown of several equipment. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/news/broken.machines.delay.tullahan.bridge.repair.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE government on Wednesday said it is expecting a further reduction of the inflation rate as prices of oil in the world market continue to drop. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/news/gov.t.eyes.drop.in.inflation.rate.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENTIAL Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Office-in-Charge Narciso Nario on Wednesday asked Malacañang to clarify and define his duties and responsibilities. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/news/nario.seeks.clarification.of.pcgg.duties.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday clarified reports that the agency has deferred the implementation of the fare rollback announced Tuesday. "There is no truth to reports that the implementation of the rollback was deferred. It started today (Wednesday) nationwide though on a provisional basis for now because full implementation will be on November 7 for jeepneys and November 10 for buses," said LTFRB chairman Thompson Lantion. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/news/full.implementation.of.fare.rollback.on.friday.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HOUSEHOLD viewers have given positive reviews on the first week of "Pieta," the newest afternoon teleserye on ABS-CBN, because of its remarkable action and drama scenes. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/life/viewers.highly.praise.‘pieta’.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER Maja Salvador, Carlo Aquino is now courting the young actress’s close friend Roxanne Guinoo. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/life/maja.approves.carlo.courting.roxanne.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified "THIS is my most daring cover shoot ever," former Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) housemate Cassandra "Cass" Ponti revealed as she looked at the cover of Playboy Philippines Magazine's November 2008 issue. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/life/cass.on.the.cover.of.playboy.philippines.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jill Beltran PHILIPPINE showbiz's hottest love team, Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, and versatile actress Iza Calzado are taking over the big screen with the most awaited, must-see romantic movie of the year, "One True Love." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/life/dingdong.marian.in.big.screen.via.one.true.love..html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) advised returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this Christmas to process early their overseas employment certificate to avoid long queues and the holiday rush. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/06/bus/ofws.told.to.secure.clearances.early.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a provision in the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 requiring all candidates for public office and persons facing criminal charges to undergo drug testing. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/news/drug.tests.for.public.officials.unconstitutional..html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CONTROVERSIAL Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Camilo Sabio on Tuesday heeded a memorandum issued by Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales, asking him to defer his reassumption of his post. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/news/sabio.to.extend.leave.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FORMER agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante on Tuesday withdrew the petition he filed in 2006 before the Supreme Court (SC), saying intervening circumstances have mooted his petition. His move came a day after his son Owen filed a habeas corpus petition at the Court of Appeals (CA). What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/news/bolante.withdraws.2006.petition.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified STA. ROSA, Laguna -- Malacañang on Tuesday said the US elections will not affect the current state of Philippine-US relations even as the world hinges its hopes on the solution of the global financial crisis on the US presidential race. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/news/palace.elections.will.not.affect.us.rp.ties.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IF THE votes of the eight castoffs will be the basis of who will win Survivor Philippines (SP), Zita Ortega or Nanay Zita will be the First Pinoy Sole Survivor. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/life/survivor.castoffs.bet.on.nanay.zita.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified YOUNG actor John Wayne Sace confirmed that he will soon be a father. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/life/teen.actor.admits.gf.is.pregnant.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AT THE height of Survivor Philippines (SP) popularity, rumors circulated on the Internet that castaway JC Tiuseco won the prestigious reality show. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/life/paolo.on.survivor.leakage.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jill Beltran STA. ROSA, Laguna -- Trade Secretary Peter Favila said some traders have started to jack up the prices of "Yuletide" staples or products by more than 10 percent with at least 50 more days to go before Christmas season. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/05/bus/dti.reports.rising.prices.as.christmas.nears.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo met last Monday one of the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) delegation that went to St. Petersburg in Russia, but the officer denied discussing the issue. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/news/.euro.general.denies.discussing.russia.issue.with.arroyo.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENTIAL Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Camilo Sabio is back at the helm of the commission almost a month after filing an "indefinite leave of absence". http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/news/sabio.returns.to.office.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CIVIL society lawyer Harry Roque said Monday afternoon he is confident the Court of Appeals (CA) will junk the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the camp of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/news/roque.confident.court.will.disallow.habeas.corpus.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday that all eight police officers who traveled to Russia to represent the PNP in the 77th Interpol General Assembly have returned the cash advances they received to the PNP Finance Service. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/news/8.euro.generals.return.travel.money.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EARLY Monday morning, noontime show-host Wilfredo "Willie" Revillame reported robbery incident at his house in Corinthian Hills Subdivision, in Quezon City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/life/willie.s.house.robbed.housemaid.arrested.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FORMER sexy actress Criselda Volks admitted last Sunday that she was the girl in the video scandal floating around the Internet. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/04/life/criselda.confirms.sex.video.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EMPLOYEES of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) are keenly anticipating the flag raising ceremony today, Monday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/news/pcgg.chairman.ends.indefinite.leave..html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez has denied the petition of Indanan, Sulu Mayor Alvarez Isnaji and his son for review of the state prosecutors' recommendation to charge them before the court for a kidnapping incident last June 8. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/news/isnajis.petition.junked.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Jesus Verzosa on Sunday commended police units throughout the country for the orderly observance of All Saints' Day. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/news/commemoration.of.all.saints.day.orderly.pnp.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH oil companies recently cutting their pump prices, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) hopes to break last month's impasse on the fare rollback petition for public utility vehicles this coming Tuesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/news/oil.firms.to.be.summoned.over.fare.rollback.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AS A newcomer in the field of comedy, Kim Idol feels honored to be chosen by seasoned comic Jon Santos as his favorite among several stand-up comedians today. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/life/kim.idol.elated.for.being.veteran.comic.s.pet.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHEN people think that he is just a comic and a remedy for sadness, inside Jon Santos is a devoted lover. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/11/03/life/jon.talks.about.married.life.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jill Beltran