Share During  his third State of the Union Address, President Obama encouraged  the US Congress on Wednesday (Manila time) to submit  to him for his signature a bill that will utilize  a combination of tax incentives and disincentives created to make American and multinational firms in the US produce  jobs in that country [Continue reading]

Share    According to news release from the office of  Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),  the agency  has allocated from its 2012 budget P78.099 billion  for building, rehabilitating, widening and upgrading national roads.   DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson said they plan to cover  15,872 [Continue reading]

Share   The presiding judge Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile,  has denied yesterday the motion of the prosecution panel to call  Chief Justice Renato Corona and members of his family to testify before the impeachment trial. Earlier, Enrile turned down the motion of Corona’s camp to  prohibit the use of private [Continue reading]

Share On Tuesday, it was announced that the  captain of a luxury liner Costa Concordia which ran aground off the coast of Italy last week will be removed  from prison but instead to be  put under house arrest, his defense lawyer told journalists on Tuesday. Judge Valeria Montesarchio ordered  that Costa Concordia captain [Continue reading]

Share Record shows  that the number of US pedestrians who have been hurt or killed  because of  wearing headphones has tripled in six years, according to a study published Tuesday. The yearly tally has increased  from 16 in 2004 to 47 in 2011, making the total of cases to 116 over this period, say the [Continue reading]

Share Reportedly, Chief Justice Renato Corona will not participate in the Supreme Court hearings on 5 petitions asking  to stop his impeachment trial in the Senate. This was according to court administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez. A deliberation will be done by the high court  on the 5 petitions tomorrow.  The petitions [Continue reading]

Share  The  huge cruise liner accident off the coast of Italy is not just a disaster for the ship’s owners, however, it could also affect  the industry which is already facing stiff headwinds. On Friday, the Costa Concordia, carrying  more than 4,000 people on board, flipped on its side when it hit  a rock on [Continue reading]

Share Good news for job hunters out there! Excel Service Holdings, a New York-based global provider of outsourcing and transformation services made an announcement that  they will be adding an additional facility in the Philippines. The opening  will give operations in insurance, healthcare, customer service, finance, accounting and [Continue reading]

Share Since  the  devotees of the Black Nazarene see themselves in times of  poverty and every day  struggles to the wounds and tribulations experienced by Jesus, the people went to Quiapo despite the fact that  their patron’s feast is still three days away. The crowd is starting to get big in Manila’s Quiapo [Continue reading]

Share Report has it that there will be some  Filipino celebrities that will  be  a part of the much-awaited film "Bourne Legacy" starring Hollywood star Jeremy Renner. The confirmation came from Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino. However he refused to give the names of the celebrities joining [Continue reading]