Lapu-Lapu City surpasses tax collection target Sun Star | THE Lapu-Lapu City Government exceeded its annual business and real property tax targets in 2011, with a total collection of P1 billion, an official announced yesterday. | In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu, Lapu-Lapu City Treasurer Elenita Catagcatag said they were able to surpass their 2011 esti...
China is the world’s top travel destinations The Examiner | Sahit Muja: China its the world’s top travel destinations Everyone is talking about China' economy, so why not talking about tourism. China has it all, From the wide open and empty panoramas of Tibet to the push and shove of Shànghǎi from the volcanic ...
Afghan civilians carry cost of war as death toll rises The Independent | Civilian deaths undermine support both in Afghanistan and the United States for the US-led war, and are one of the biggest causes of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). | Bombs pl...
Jagger's girl Jade to wed DJ in India where fiancée went down on one knee The Daily Mail | Jade: Planning for her big day | You’d be forgiven for not finding matrimony appealing if veteran hellraiser Mick Jagger was your father. | After all, the twice-married Rolling Stone has been linked to countless beauties, has seven children b...
CEB to fill unserved int’l routes Malaya BY GENIVI FACTAO | CEBU Pacific, which has dominated the regional international low-cost carrier market, is targeting to expand to unserved markets in the Middle East, Europe and the United States in 2013. | Lance Gokongwei, president and chief execu...
Defense: Solons still digging for issues Malaya BY JP LOPEZ --> | WITH the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona entering the fourth week, prosecutors remain groping for specific allegations against the magistrate, the defense team said yesterday. | Defense spokesman Tranquil Salvador I...
Defense warned: ‘We can also play dirty’ Malaya BY WENDELL VIGILIA --> | A GROUP composed of the 188 congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday warned defense lawyers they are ready to engage in mudslinging if the defense will continue to resort ...
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria Malaya BY ANGELA LOPEZ DE LEON--> --> | BEIRUT. — Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria’s bloodshed, despite international outrage over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by President Bashar Assad...
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P30-M dining complex to open in Clark Sun Star | CLARK FREEPORT -- The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has signed for a P30-million tourism-related venture inside the Freeport, involving an entertainment and dining comple...
Military return a distant dream for Afghan Taliban Zeenews Kabul: A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the count...
Experts Debate Facts, Future Of Afghan War Signon San Diego | More | After the twin towers fell and the Pentagon burned, the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime and deprive al-Qaeda terrorists of their sanctuary. ...
Br-r-r-r… Bring out the sweaters Malaya BY JAY CHUA--> --> | METRO Manila experienced another colder-than-average temperature -- 20 degrees Celsius -- at around 5:30 a.m. yesterday. | This was the same temperature recorded on January 25, and also the lowest so far this year, said weather f...
Palace defends reprimand on Llamas pirated DVD caper Malaya BY EVANGELINE DE VERA--> --> | DEPUTY presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte defended Malacañang’s decision to simply reprimand Ronald Llamas, President Aquino’s political adviser, for buying pirated digital video discs (DVDs) saying no law had...
Ebdane son wins House seat Malaya BY ANGELA LOPEZ DE LEON--> --> | THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday proclaimed Jun Omar Ebdane, youngest son of Zambales Gov. Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr., as new congressman of the second district succeeding Antonio Diaz, who died last Augu...
Angela Merkel wraps up China visit Breitbart | This photo, released by German government, shows German Chancellor Angela M... | German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday wrapped up a visit to China where she tried to reassure her hosts on the strength of the euro and Europe's ability to overcome its debt crisis. | During her three-day trip to the world's second largest economy, Merkel prais...
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Iran raid likely to drag in US, hurt global economy The Times Of India Iran raid likely to drag in US, hurt global economy | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Feb 5, 2012, 06.20PM IST MUNICH: An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United Stat...
