Manila Newspaper

Archive for December, 2009

THE COUNTRY’S FINANCIAL and capital accounts—which record the inflow and outflow of foreign currencies arising from direct and portfolio investments, placements in derivatives and other investments—fell sharply in the third quarter.

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TO HELP EXPORTERS STAY afloat and, eventually recover from the market slump, the Bureau of Export Trade Promotion, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, has lined up business missions and opportunity matching activities for 2010.

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Things are expected to look better in 2010 for the weary and troubled farmers tilling the soils of Bondoc Peninsula and the homeless indigenous people fighting for parcels of land in Misamis Oriental.

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A bodyguard of suspended Rodriguez, Rizal, Mayor Pedro Cuerpo was shot dead by suspects in Rizal province on New Year’s eve, the provincial police chief said.

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Considerably less injuries from firecrackers have been recorded in the week leading up to New Year’s Eve, health authorities said.

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While several people have been making a beeline in search of lucky charms in Manila’s Binondo area, others have been trooping to Quiapo Church not only to pray but also to consult fortune tellers to know what 2010 holds for them.

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The Philippine Navy will accord military honors on Friday, New Year’s Day, on two Navy officers killed during a raid on an Abu Sayyaf lair in Basilan Tuesday night, saying in their death, a small village on the island was liberated from the dreaded bandit group.

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Malacañang is in favor of liberalizing the shipping industry, hoping that the entry of more competitors would lead to improved services and, ultimately, safer voyages.

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The end of the year and the impending closure of the 14th Congress showed that the House of Representatives acted more as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s sidekick than a check and balance on the executive branch of government, critics said on Thursday.

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Parañaque policemen were instructed by Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. on Thursday to enforce a gun ban in the city and immediately arrest those who would fire their guns during the revelry on New Year’s Eve.

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