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  • Villar Wants Bicol's Income to Grow Like NCR's, Other Progressive Regions

    LEGAZPI CITY, March 28  -- Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar dreams big for Bikol Region where poverty incidence remains high despite a moderate 4.3 percent growth of its economy in 2008.

    If he is elected president in the May polls, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar said he wants the income of the whole Bikol Region to be at the level being enjoyed by the country's progressive regions, including the National Capital Region (NCR).

  • Proud Again to be Filipino

    The Philippines is in world focus at 12 noon today. A crowd of 150,000 is expected to gather at the Quirino Grandstand to witness a historic event that was unthinkable one year ago today----the inauguration of a President Benigno Aquino as the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

  • List of Drugs Under MDRP in New PGMA EO

    MANILA, July 28 -- President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo has signed the Executive Order imposing the Maximum Drug Retail Price (MDRP) on five drugs not compliant with the recommendation of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

    The President signed yesterday (July 27) Executive Order No. 821, "Prescribing the Maximum Drug Retail Prices for Selected Drugs and Medicines that Address Diseases that Account for the Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality."

  • Pacquiao Arrives in the Philippines Sans Grandiose Celebration

    NAIA,May 8 (PNA) -- Boxing great Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao and party planed in at dawn Friday minus the accompanying grandiose welcome treat befitting a sports hero.

    The Philippine Airlines (PAL) plane flight PR 103 carrying the world boxing icon and his Team Pacquiao touched down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport(NAIA) Centennial Terminal 2 at exactly 6 a.m. from Los Angeles, California following his victorious knockout match with British boxing champion Ricky 'Hitman' Hatton in second round in MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas,Nevada last May 3.

  • Thousands Bid Farewell to Cory at Funeral
    MANILA, August 5, 2009- Thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life joined the Catholic Church to bid farewell to a woman described by Pope Benedict XVI as a "woman of deep and unwavering faith."

    Mourners lined the streets around the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception as political and business leaders, students and thousands of others heard the funeral rites for former president Corazon Aquino.

    Mrs Aquino died at age of 76 on August 1 after from cardio-respiratory arrest due to complications of colon cancer.

    Funeral rites for the country's "icon of democracy" started 9 a.m. on August 5, with Balanga Bishop Socrates Villegas welcoming the congregation.

  • Subic Bay ICT Council tours at PLDT Subic Innolab

    Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company conducted a special tour for the members of Subic Bay ICT Council at PLDT Subic Innolab which is a showcase of the most responsive ICT-based solutions being offered by the PLDT Corporate Business Group. Shown in photo from left to right are:  PLDT Relationship Manager Alfredo Contreras, Jones Lang LaSalle Lee Chiu Assistant Marketing Manager Bobby Lee, Site Director Munish Mahjan, APAC Minacs President of Operations Milind Godbole, Subic Bay ICT Council Chairman Jay Son, and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority OIC of Business and Investment Department for ICT Vergil Lansangan.

  • Slain Priest in Samar to Receive Posthumous Award

    MANILA, Sept 30, 2009-The Bishops of Samar Islands along with the local government units headed by Easter Samar Governor Ben Evardone have decided to give a posthumous award to the murdered priest, Fr. Cecilio Lucero.

    Evardone said that this move to grant Lucero an award is a recognition and tribute to his involvement in creating peace and development in their province.

  • PVB-Lucena City Government Sign MOA

    The City Government of Lucena recently signed up with Philippine Veterans Bank for its ATM payroll services, featuring the 5-in1 Veteranteller ATM card which not only provides payroll services, but also functions as a company ID, debit card, discount card and timekeeping card providing a complete HR solution package. Under the agreement, PVB will soon service the payroll requirements of the Lucena City Government.

  • BPI IS Best Cash Management Bank in RP for Third Consecutive Time

    On its 159th year and for the third consecutive time, Bank of the Philippine Islands has been awarded by Finance Asia as the Best Cash Management Bank in the Philippines.  Through continuous deployment of solutions that meet the increasing sophistication of corporate customers, BPI has kept its position as the best in the Philippine cash management industry.  With technology capabilities that match the capabilities of global banks complemented by the widest network among local banks, BPI offers its customers' unparalleled support for the fulfillment of their cash management needs

  • Bacani: No to Erap Comeback

    MANILA, Jan. 21, 2010-Retired Catholic Bishop Teodoro Bacani maintains he is against Joseph's Estrada's comeback bid for the presidency, saying the country needs a new leader.

    Bacani, one of Estrada's spiritual advisers, said it's a high time to have genuine reforms in the government and that includes filling it up with better leaders.

    "Personally, I am against his candidacy because the country really needs real reforms... wherein there is a new leader who will lead us," he said.