Grace Calderon - Instablogs
Feb 8 2009
Police, military and 600 armed civilians have set up a loose cordon around the southern jungles where al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants are holding three kidnapped Red Cross workers, police said Sunday.
Feb 8 2009
MILF deputy spokesman Khaled Musa said the government, despite its claims to a no-ransom policy, has no option but to negotiate on the basis of the interest of kidnappers, which he said is money.
Feb 8 2009
Microsoft Philippines recently launched BizSpark, a program that intends to provide development tools to Filipino software start-up companies at no upfront cost. The project’s beneficiaries will be identified by Microsoft’s local partners.
Feb 8 2009
At least seven communist rebels—two of them ranking cadres—were killed in two days of intense military operations along the borders of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur, a ranking military commander said on Saturday.
Feb 8 2009
Mr. Arroyo returned to the spotlight following disclosures by Senator Panfilo Lacson of a World Bank report that allegedly implicated the First Gentleman and some politicians in the irregularities in the bidding of the agency-funded road projects.
Feb 8 2009
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the multi-sectoral summit dubbed “Joining Hands Against The Global Crisis,” is part of the government’s efforts to minimize job losses and keep industries afloat despite the economic slump.
Feb 8 2009
Alarmed by the dying state of the country’s forests, local and religious officials as well as environmentalist groups have bonded together to safeguard the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor from continued denudation by illegal logging syndicates.
Feb 8 2009
The major challenge of entrepreneurship in commercializing rice products in the country is the issue of self-sufficiency. Since there is not enough rice to feed the population, the argument of not utilizing rice for purposes other than table rice...
Feb 8 2009
Statistics on the 3.14 million tourists, topped by South Koreans and Americans, were obtained through their disembarkation cards in airports and seaports. The latest come-on among international tourists is bird watching.
Feb 8 2009
The mantle of leadership in the syndicate falls on those with the strongest political connections (or those who are perceived to have the strongest political connections). And the political connections are obviously provided by those in high office or...