PSEi 4,333.72 66.22 +1.5517% FRI OCT 28, 2011 13:00:00 PM
Philippines
 | Gulf Today - MANILA: A Malacanang official on Tuesday warned the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest rebel group in Mindanao, to stop coddling lawless elements in its ranks who are being hunted down by military and police forces. |
 | gulfnews.com - Manila: Philippine police Tuesday filed criminal charges against seven suspects linked to the murder of actor Ramgen 'Ram' Revilla who was stabbed and fatally shot in his house in Parañaque City last Friday. |
 | Inquirer.net - While most Filipinos spent the long Halloween break with their dear departed in mind, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had one more thing to contemplate: The fate of ailing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. |
Philippine Star -
People flock to the Manila North Cemetery to visit the graves of loved ones during the observance of All Saints' Day. Police estimated the number of visitors to the cemetery yesterday at over one million.
 | Cebu Daily News - By Daxim L. Lucas Reeling from its dispute with former employees and their supporters, flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Tuesday appealed to the country's business organizations for help in pressing the government to come up with a quicker and ... |
Inquirer.net -
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday reiterated that classes in all public kindergarten, elementary and high schools nationwide resume on Thursday and not the day before as some schools had reportedly scheduled.
 | Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza The government has identified 41 countries that do not have enough safety and legal guarantees for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), prompting Manila to put them on a blacklist, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. |
Sun.Star -
A BILL pending before the House committee on basic education and culture seeks to grant public school teachers a 20-percent discount on public transport facilities, medical services, and recreational facilities, among others.
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines—Even as the number coding scheme of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was lifted for all vehicles in Metro Manila since Monday to give way for cars going in and out of the city for All Saints ...
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
TACLOBAN CITY -- Military checkpoints in Eastern Samar province were reinforced after suspected communist rebels attacked a sub-provincial jail.
Journal Online -
THE possibility that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may run away from the string of plunder and criminal complaints filed against her would not result in a diminished political capital for President Benigno Aquino III, a party-list lawmaker ...
 | Fiji Times - In Ecuador, the day of November 2 is a big deal. This day marks El Dia de los Difuntos, also known as All Souls Day. Picture: WWW. |
Inquirer.net -
Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo praised towns, cities and provinces for “great strides in delivering good governance at the local level.
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
THE ENERGY department is reviewing the report of ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Philippines BV which will be used to determine if the company and its partners will continue drilling in the Sulu Sea, officials said.
Inquirer.net -
The police on Tuesday released computer-generated sketches of the two men who killed Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) vice president Augustus Cezar last month.
Inquirer.net -
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines–A Japanese drowned in a beach in Labrador, Pangasinan, on Tuesday, police said. Senior Insp. Rolando Quejado, Labrador police chief, said the victim, Hideo Noda, 52; his wife, Karen Bautista, 27; ...
Philippine Star -
Everywhere in these islands frolickers accidentally drown in beach parties and trysts. People ascribe the incidents to the sea god demanding human sacrifice.
 | Mindanao Examiner - Filipinos look at wanted poster of Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 1, 2011) - The Philippine military may have eliminated a Muslim rebel ... |
KAKE -
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the city of Severy in Greenwood County. A water main break caused the water system to lose pressure which may cause the water to become unsafe to drink.
 | Independent Catholic News - The Filipino Catholic Bishops Conference have set up a website on which people can offer Masses and prayers for those who have died. |
Business
 | Wall Street Journal - ATHENS (Dow Jones)--A plan by Greece's embattled premier for a referendum on the country's latest bailout appeared in doubt late Tuesday as a defiant Prime Minister George Papandreou faced an open revolt by ruling party lawmakers. |
| Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza The government has identified 41 countries that do not have enough safety and legal guarantees for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), prompting Manila to put them on a blacklist, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. |
Philippine Star -
P-Noy and his sisters dutifully visited the gravesite of their parents to honor them as we all honor our departed love ones at this time of the year.
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
CONSUMERS can look forward to cheaper cellphone calls as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) expects to soon issue a new order slashing interconnection rates.
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Sixteen Philippine banks have made it to the list of 500 strongest banks in the region, based on a study by The Asian Banker.
 | eTaiwan News - AP MF Global, the securities firm led by former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, admitted using clients' money as its financial troubles mounted, a US official says. |
 | Moneycontrol.com - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent crude prices edged lower on Thursday in volatile trade as a possible referendum in Greece on its debt bailout revived concerns about the euro zone and weak global economic data pointed to further slowing. |
 | Wall Street Journal - I am pleased to announce that I will be buying €1 trillion of bonds issued by euro-zone governments. Well, not buying them—guaranteeing that anyone with the courage to do so won't suffer the first tranche of losses should things turn ... |
 | The Australian - Marketing experts say QANTAS will not be able to use marketing to restore faith in its brand. Photo: AFP Any plans by Qantas to advertise its way out of the shutdown crisis will be a waste of millions of dollars, with advertising experts saying the ... |
 | Wall Street Journal - Mario Draghi won't have had time even to arrange the family photos on his desk. Faced with a dramatic escalation in the euro crisis on his first day in the new job, the president of the European Central Bank is under huge pressure to ... |
Inquirer.net -
The government spent P597.5 billion in the nine months to September to pay its debt. The amount was 2 percent lower than the P607.3 billion settled in the same period last year, according to the Bureau of the Treasury.
GMANews.TV -
Filipino producers of yacon juice, tea and wine are eyeing the Japan market for distribution. Phytochemicals-rich yacon products are being tested for efficacy in battling diabetes.
 | Toronto Star - CANNES, FRANCE—Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other G20 leaders arriving here for an annual summit Wednesday may once again face the threat of a global economic meltdown after Greece shocked the world by announcing a referendum on Europe's bailout ... |
 | Times of India - AP | Nov 2, 2011, 03.31AM IST WARSAW: A Boeing airliner carrying 231 people from the US landed on its belly on Tuesday in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. |
Financial News Network Online -
Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) is one of today's biggest movers, down 5.1% to $14.24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now trading 2.4% lower to 11667 and the S&P is trading 2.7% lower to 1219.
 | Business Times - Malaysia - BEIJING: Manufacturing activity across Asia remained weak in October, surveys showed on Tuesday, as US and European economic woes hit demand for the clothes, shoes and electronic gadgets made in the region. |
 | NPR (blog) - Japan's Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks a glass of decontaminated water taken from puddles inside the buildings housing reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima No. |
 | Hindu Business Line - There is no way to assess counter-party risks in over-the-counter products - Mr Alok Tiwari, CEO of Aptivaa Consulting Solutions Ltd. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - INFLATION likely edged higher last month, economists and bankers polled by BusinessWorld said, a development that could bolster the case for keeping policy rates unchanged. |
 | The Guardian (blog) - The rise in GDP in the third quarter masked a fall in construction. Photograph: Roger Bamber/Alamy Building firms are usually the first into a recession and the fastest out of the blocks when confidence returns. |
Sports
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Raging Barako Bull takes on winless Alaska Milk tonight, determined to get going and stay among the frontrunners in the PBA Philippine Cup elimination ... |
 | Bad Left Hook - With Manny Pacquiao third meeting against Juan Manuel Marquez coming up next weekend, Anthony Wilson takes a look at the Filipino southpaw's history of November conquests. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Powerade's Gary David continues to show his scoring prowess as he dropped a season-high 42 points against Petron Blaze last Sunday, increasing his scoring average in the PBA Philippine Cup to 22.83 points thru six games with the ... |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Rubilen Amit and Iris Ranola banner the Philippines' bid against the world's top lady pool players as the Women's World 10-Ball Championship unwraps today at the Robinson's Galleria. |
 | Inquirer.net - JAKARTA—The Azkals—though not necessarily the same batch that resurrected football in the Philippines—on Tuesday were the first group of Filipinos who arrived in this traffic-infested Indonesian capital for the 26th Southeast ... |
 | IBNLive.com - London: Arsenal were forced to wait for qualification to the last-16 of the Champions League as they played out a 0-0 draw with Marseille on Tuesday night. |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Jeson Patrombon hacked out his biggest triumph as a pro, outlasting 6-foot-5 Korean Jun Woong-Sun in three grueling sets, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5), ...
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - University of Cebu and Southwestern University made it to the finals of the CESAFI championship in Cebu to clinch berths in the Sweet 16 Finals of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League.
GMANews.TV -
Baseball and softball action in the 74th UAAP begins on November 27 with reigning champions University of Santo Tomas and Adamson U still emerging as the favorites to win the crown.
 | Times of India - GENK (Belgium): Chelsea were forced to settle for a frustrating 1-1 draw against Genk in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Blues' turbulent season suffered another setback. |
 | Herald Sun - Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt was found guilty of both counts of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments as part of a betting scam. |
 | Yahoo! Sports - Mark Munoz may only have 13 professional fights to his credit, but he's learned an awful lot in that short amount of time. The former NCAA champion from Oklahoma State came into fighting with a reputation as a fierce wrestler, one of the best in the ... |
 | ABC Online - Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden's connections celebrated well into the night with family and friends at a private function in Melbourne. |
 | Fox News - Basel, Switzerland - Novak Djokovic barely survived his first match in six weeks, while top American Mardy Fish exited Basel with an injury Tuesday at the $1.72 million Swiss Indoors tennis event. |
 | Inquirer.net - FORMER National Open champion Lee Vann “The Slayer” Corteza lived up to his moniker by beating world No. 1 and reigning world 8-ball champion Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo, 11-8 late Sunday, to rule the Masters category of the 2011 San ... |
 | MLB.com - NEW YORK -- The Yankees' potent lineup scored the second-most runs in baseball this year, and general manager Brian Cashman said he isn't eyeing a big free-agent bat to further boost the offense. |
 | Herald Sun - BRITISH police have launched an investigation into claims that Chelsea and England captain John Terry racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. |
GMANews.TV -
Vietnam came back from two sets down to subdue Philippine Army, 18-25, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-8, to capture the inaugural Shakey's V-League Club Invitational title.
 | ABC Online - Darren Bravo fell five runs short of a maiden double century but West Indies maintained their domination of the second and final Test to inch closer to a series victory against Bangladesh. |
 | San Jose Mercury News - Coach Hue Jackson and the rest of the Raiders had good reason to howl with joy at the sight of Philip Rivers fumbling away a San Diego victory Monday night. |
Southeast Asia
| gulfnews.com - Manila: Philippine police Tuesday filed criminal charges against seven suspects linked to the murder of actor Ramgen 'Ram' Revilla who was stabbed and fatally shot in his house in Parañaque City last Friday. |
| Gulf Today - MANILA: A Malacanang official on Tuesday warned the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest rebel group in Mindanao, to stop coddling lawless elements in its ranks who are being hunted down by military and police forces. |
 | The Sun Daily - THE Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) should not have been enacted at all. It reduces the autonomy of the country's institutes of higher learning while at the same time gives university administrations a lot of power to decide what ... |
 | AsiaOne - Defence Ministers of Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) are in Singapore for its 40th anniversary celebrations. Chaired by Singapore's Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, the Ministers met at the 8th FPDA Defence Ministers' Meeting this morning. |
Philippine Star -
People flock to the Manila North Cemetery to visit the graves of loved ones during the observance of All Saints' Day. Police estimated the number of visitors to the cemetery yesterday at over one million.
| Cebu Daily News - By Daxim L. Lucas Reeling from its dispute with former employees and their supporters, flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Tuesday appealed to the country's business organizations for help in pressing the government to come up with a quicker and ... |
 | Gazeta.KZ - "We highly appreciate the visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Vietnam which will give a potent impetus to multifaceted cooperation between our countries. |
 | gulfnews.com - Kuala Lumpur: Palm oil dropped for a third day, the worst losing run in almost four weeks, on speculation that commodity demand will falter as European leaders struggle to contain the region's debt crisis. |
 | Free Malaysia Today - by G Vinod Students' results in Science and Maths are improving yearly under the PPSMI system, says a Parent-Teacher Association. |
Inquirer.net -
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday reiterated that classes in all public kindergarten, elementary and high schools nationwide resume on Thursday and not the day before as some schools had reportedly scheduled.
 | Tempo Interaktif - TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin said that he was ready to face the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) with regard to the alleged funds distribution to secure a favorable judgement in a case implicating Darianus Lungguk ... |
 | New Zealand Herald - Tempers flared along a flood barrier protecting Thailand's capital from a record deluge surging into the city, with angry residents scuffling with security forces in an attempt to force open a floodgate that left their homes swamped. |
 | Bernama - KOTA KINABALU, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- The petrol station near the scene of a fiery collision between a passenger train and an oil tanker here Monday has been temporarily closed as a safety precaution, it was announced. |
| Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza The government has identified 41 countries that do not have enough safety and legal guarantees for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), prompting Manila to put them on a blacklist, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. |
Bernama -
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- Land Public Transport Commision (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar today clarified that the draft masterplan to be posted on SPAD website is on Public Transport Masterplan and not an MRT Masterplan as reported.
 | TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - The four Singaporeans who were charged by the United States Department of Justice for exporting bomb parts to Iran were remanded for another seven days, after a court mention yesterday before District Judge Toh Yung Cheong. |
Philippine Star -
JAKARTA (Xinhua) - The two-day joint symposium of the Indonesian government, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Harvard University, concluded on Tuesday, resulting in several recommendations, dubbed the Jakarta Framework ...
Malaysia Star -
KUALA LUMPUR: The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reform will meet the Election Commission (EC) during its first meeting with government agencies and department, said its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
 | Bernama - PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- The government has decided that the amnesty and legalisation process under the '6P Programme' for illegal immigrant workers wishing to return to their country of origin will be carried out simultaneously so that they can ... |
World
 | BBC News - Israel says it will speed up Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - and freeze the transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority. |
| Wall Street Journal - ATHENS (Dow Jones)--A plan by Greece's embattled premier for a referendum on the country's latest bailout appeared in doubt late Tuesday as a defiant Prime Minister George Papandreou faced an open revolt by ruling party lawmakers. |
 | Washington Post - TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - For 20 years, Abdurrahim el-Keib taught electrical engineering at the University of Alabama, helped lead the area's Muslim community and talked little about his home country of Libya. |
 | NPR - by AP LONDON (AP) - Governments must not clamp down on Internet and mobile phone networks at times of social unrest, the British government said Tuesday - weeks after suggesting police should do just that during riots. |
| New Zealand Herald - Tempers flared along a flood barrier protecting Thailand's capital from a record deluge surging into the city, with angry residents scuffling with security forces in an attempt to force open a floodgate that left their homes swamped. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Nato air power prevented Muammar Gaddafi's forces reaching secret stockpiles of mustard gas during the nine-month war, it has been claimed. |
 | ABC Online - Lawyers have rested their cases at the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, paving the way for closing arguments after medic Conrad Murray bluntly declined to testify in his own defence. |
 | ABC Online - By Moscow correspondent Kyrgyzstan's president-elect has announced he wants to close a key US airbase in the country. Almazbek Atambayev, the declared winner of last Sunday's presidential election, has wasted little time in saying he wants the US base ... |
 | ABC Online - The UN says more than 3000 people have been killed in Bashar al- Assad's crackdown on the country's March uprising. Syria says it has reached a deal with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a ... |
 | Reuters - A banner which reads ''What would Jesus do?'' flies outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London October 31, 2011. By Keith Weir and Avril Ormsby LONDON (Reuters) - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has for centuries occupied ... |
 | Belfast Telegraph - Friends of a British couple who died in a coach fire while on a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca have spoken of their sadness. |
 | MedReps (subscription) - In an effort to address the growing supply shortages of a number of important medicines used to treat life-threatening diseases, including cancer, President Barack Obama has issued an executive order instructing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ... |
| Times of India - AP | Nov 2, 2011, 03.31AM IST WARSAW: A Boeing airliner carrying 231 people from the US landed on its belly on Tuesday in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. |
 | Washington Post - WASHINGTON - Clinton family: Dorothy Rodham, Hillary Rodham Clinton's mother, dies at 92 Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations has called on world leaders to meet the challenges that a growing population poses, from ensuring adequate food and clean water to ... |
 | Hindustan Times - AP Two moderate earthquakes have shaken China's northwest and southwest regions. The US Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit China's Xinjiang region about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the city of Yining at 8:20 am on Tuesday, ... |
 | NEWS.com.au - TWO vehicles carrying explosives have detonated in southwest China, killing at least seven people, seriously injuring 20 and causing several nearby buildings to collapse. |
 | The Canberra Times - A 14-year-old Australian boy has been indicted on three drugs charges, including two that carry a possible jail term, during a traumatic first day in a Bali court. |
 | Reuters - Protesters stage a rally denouncing the crime of US soldiers near the US Embassy in Seoul November 1, 2011. The banner reads, ''US President Barack Obama! |
 | Himalayan Times - KATHMANDU: Nepal Police today foiled Tibetan exiles' bid to hold a prayer meeting at Bhanimandal, Lalitpur, and rounded up 58 persons. |
No comments:
Post a Comment