Posted by Mai on 30th July 2008
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Poll: 75% feel ‘worse off’
By Helen Flores
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Most Filipinos say their quality of life has deteriorated in the last 12 months and consider the nation’s economy to have worsened over the past three years, a Pulse Asia survey shows.
The impact of the soaring food and fuel prices is affecting more Filipinos, with 75 percent of them saying they are “worse off†now than last year, according to Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan July survey. This figure surpassed the 59 percent recorded last March.
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Posted by Mai on 29th July 2008
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Air Force man nabbed for shoplifting in mall
By Jeannette Andrade
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:18:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—An Air Force officer may be charged with theft after he was reportedly caught stealing nearly P3,000 worth of clothes from a mall in Quezon City.
A police report said Airman 2nd Class Sotero Soriano Jr., 33, of Juno Street, Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City, was arrested on Friday afternoon by a security guard of the SM Department Store in Cubao for shoplifting.
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Posted by Mai on 29th July 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
Confusion arises about GMA’s
message on cheaper text
President Gloria Arroyo apparently was fed the wrong information when she announced in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday that Smart Communications and Sun had slashed their text-messaging rates starting that day.
Until the announcement, Smart was charging P1 per text if the message was sent to another Smart subscriber and Sun, P0.50 if the text message was sent to another Sun subscriber.
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Posted by Mai on 29th July 2008
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Ex-DBP chief asks for junking of 21-yr-old graft case
A former chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines has asked the Fifth Division of the Sandiganbayan to junk the graft case against him, former president Ferdinand Marcos, former first lady Imelda Marcos and her brother, former ambassador Benjamin Romualdez.
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Posted by Mai on 29th July 2008
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Guiliani to RP: Choose a leader you can trust
By Marichu Villanueva
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Former New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani has a simple rule on how Filipinos should choose the next leader.
“The very best way to do this… figure out which one you can trust most for the future of your country,†Guiliani said. Filipinos may be in disagreement… “but who do you trust the most? Who do you think is closest to what you want for the future of your country?â€
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Posted by Mai on 29th July 2008
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Enrile wrong, SC right, says Miriam Santiago
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:39:00 07/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago Monday said imports of second-hand vehicles were not allowed by the Supreme Court and payment of taxes and duties would not make them legal in the Cagayan Export Zone.
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