Perils of Credit Card
Last week, I was exchanging text messages with one of my close friends, yes some people still use their smart phones texting one another, congratulating him on his successful trail […]
Month: November 2012
Legarda Echoes Call for Countries to Ratify UN Conventions on Trafficking Victims and Migrant Workers
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today echoed the call of the Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva for countries to ratify […]
Gov’t. allots P11-M for President’s participation in 21st ASEAN Summit in Cambodia
The government has earmarked around P11 million for President Benigno S. Aquino III’s attendance to the 21st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, which will be held in the Kingdom of […]
CHIZ DARES PDEA: NAME NAMES, FILE CASES OR SHUT UP
Senator Chiz Escudero dared the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to “name names” and identify politicians supposedly involved in drug activities in the country and not do a “political striptease […]
IMF CHIEF: PHL CREDITOR NATION STATUS ‘A BIG SHIFT’
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Friday called the Philippines’ change in status from being a borrower to a creditor nation “a big shift.” The IMF chief […]
Village eco-warriors to guard watersheds
LAOAG CITY, Nov. 16 — The province’s local greening program “Pasantaken ti Ilocos Norte” has given birth to environmental warriors known as the Barangay Ranger Officers (BROs) who will guard […]
First Solar Farm may Change Folks to Better Life
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte, Nov. 16 – Korean firm Mirae Asia Energy Corp. (MAEC) and the Ilocos Norte provincial government broke ground on Thursday (November 15) to pave the way for the […]
Roxas relieves PNP chiefs in Zamboanga del Sur, Pagadian City over Aman Futures scam
MANILA, Philippines – Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas today relieved Zamboanga del Sur Provincial PNP Director Senior Superintendent William T. Manzan and Pagadian City Chief of Police Superintendent […]
I. Norte celebrates groundbreaking for 20 MW solar farm, pushes to be a renewable energy center
Working on Ilocos Norte’s goal for innovation and its advocacy for ‘green’ energy, Governor Imee R. Marcos finally breaks ground on a 20-megawatt (MW) Photovoltaic Power Plant in Brgy. Paguludan, Currimao, […]
OFW EXECUTION STAYED, GIVEN 4 MONTHS TO RAISE BLOOD MONEY – VP BINAY
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay today said the family of Joselito Zapanta has been given another four months to raise the blood money in exchange for the forgiveness of the […]
