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INQUIRER.net Breaking News » RP says will pressure Myanmar over new laws
The Philippines said Monday it would use an international forum in Manila this week to pressure Myanmar over new laws blocking Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from elections this year. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Mexico presses EU to unblock promised climate funds
BRUSSELS—Mexico on Monday urged European leaders to hand over funding promised to help poor nations cope with global warming, as an important gesture before a key climate conference in Cancun later this year. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Former foe now runs with Estrada
From one of those who joined calls for the ouster of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001, lawyer JV Bautista of the militant Sanlakas group has turned supporter and now passionately defends the ex-president in their campaign sorties. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Oil prices sag, as focus turns to OPEC
LONDON—World oil prices weakened on Monday as traders turned their attention towards this week's crucial output meeting of the OPEC oil cartel. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Japan cartoonists oppose move to restrict child sex images
TOKYO—A group of Japanese cartoonists on Monday protested against a Tokyo government plan to tighten rules on sexual images of minors in comics, animation and computer game software. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » World Cup blow as Beckham set for surgery in Finland
HELSINKI - Former England captain David Beckham will undergo surgery at a Finnish hospital on Monday afternoon on a ruptured Achilles tendon that looks set to rule him out of the World Cup. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Fire destroys 4 apartments in Makati; no one hurt
An hour-long fire, believed to have caused by children playing matches, razed four apartments in Makati City on Monday afternoon. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Bicol cop assigned in Sulu shot dead; Abu Sayyaf eyed
A member of the police peacekeeping contingent deployed to the southern Philippines to counter terrorist attacks was ambushed by still unidentified men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf, in Jolo, Sulu Sunday evening, a police official in this region said on Monday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Calvin Klein owner buys Tommy Hilfiger brand—statement
LONDON—The company behind Calvin Klein has bought fellow US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger for $3 billion (2.2 billion euros), Hilfiger's current owner said in a statement on Monday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Bangit vows to improve health care for soldiers
Newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Delfin Bangit started his first official work outside the general headquarters with a centerpiece program of better health services for men on the ground. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Injured Beckham to undergo surgery Monday—surgeon
HELSINKI—Injured former England captain David Beckham will undergo surgery at a Finnish hospital on Monday afternoon, orthopedic surgeon Sakari Orava told AFP. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Aquino: ‘We could have earned P3B if Luisita was sold’
Stung by criticisms about Hacienda Luisita, Liberal Party standard-bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Monday said his family could have earned P3 billion from selling the large sugar plantation. [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Goodbye, Emy
Notice from Ging Deles: Emy BoncodinDear All, It is with deep sorrow and pain that I am informing everyone that our very dear Emy Boncodin passed away this afternoon at 1:00 PM at the National Kidney Institute, QC. She had a cardiac arrest after she went into a semi-coma while being prepped for dialysis. She is survived by her mother … [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Poll watchdog files complaint vs 6 ‘bogus’ part-list groups
An election watchdog group on Monday began its formal battle against purportedly bogus party-list groups by filing a complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against six groups it said were government fronts and were actually headed by administration figures. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Re-training key to ending rights abuses by police, military—CHR
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Leila de Lima said the US State Department’s human rights report on the Philippines should remind the police and the military of the importance of properly training their personnel to respect the human rights of people in their custody. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Former budget secretary Boncodin dies at 55
(UPDATE) Former budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin died Monday due to cardiac arrest, an official from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » BSP OKs P9.45 billion foreign loans
The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the national government's plan to secure foreign loans worth 150 million euros (P9.45 billion), proceeds of which will be used to improve budget management by local government units. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Pacquiao’s non-KO victory okay with Roach
HOLLYWOOD – Manny Pacquiao’s failure to knock out Joshua Clottey doesn’t disappoint chief trainer Freddie Roach a bit. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Facebook announces India expansion
MUMBAI—Facebook said Monday it would open its first office in India to help it tap the increasing popularity of social networking via the Internet in the country. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » 17M ballots printed for May polls—Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday that about 17 million ballots have already been printed for the country’s first ever automated elections in May. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » China warns of safety hazards in imported designer clothes
BEIJING—China has impounded shipments of imported designer clothing from famous labels such as Hermes and Versace after finding they contained potentially hazardous chemicals, authorities said Monday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » PSE to hold investor briefings in Cebu, Davao
The Philippine Stock Exchange is set to hold free investor briefings in Cebu and Davao later this month as part of efforts to spur interest on equities investing. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » ICTV seeks listing transfer to PSE’s first board
Technology company Information Capital Technology Ventures Inc. (ICTV) seeks to elevate its listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to the main or first board which is reserved for companies with sufficient scale and profitability track record. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Cebu fire leaves shanty families homeless
At least 4,000 people were left homeless when a fire broke out in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City Monday afternoon, authorities said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » MNLF not a united front in polls—official
Will there be a “solid Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) vote in the coming Mayi polls? [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Cops tracking 4 suspects in killing of GenSan columnist
Four people ganged up on newspaper columnist Chito Abuzo, killing him inside a radio compound, police said on Monday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » PDEA agent testifies on mayoral bet’s arrest for cocaine
An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PEDEA) gave on Monday a blow-by-blow account of the arrest of Mandaluyong mayoral candidate Ernest Albert Buan in a hearing before a Pasig court. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Former Budget secretary Boncodin dies
Former Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin has died, Black and White Movement convenor Leah Navarro said on a radio interview Monday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Lacson last tracked in Rome—DoJ official
Fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson was last known to have been in Rome in Italy before he went under the tracking radar of international law enforcers. [Link]
GMA News.tv » Money sent home by Pinoys abroad up by 8.5% in January
Money sent home by Filipinos overseas went up by almost a tenth to $1.4 billion in January from a year earlier, supported by the increased deployment of Filipino teachers, healthcare and service workers. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Court dismisses motion to inhibit against Ampatuan trial judge
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Monday dismissed the motion to inhibit filed by government prosecutors against the judge handling the Ampatuan case, saying there is no basis for their allegation of bias in favor of the political clan. [Link]
GMA News.tv » World Bank upgrades RP growth outlook for 2010
(UDPATED) World Bank economists have upgraded their growth forecast for the Philippines to 3.5 percent this year given a stronger outlook for the global economy, increased workers" remittances and consumption, and robust state spending. [Link]
Last Leaf » Comic #55 – Happy Pi Day
Happy Pi Day everybody! A special comic to celebrate the occasion! I think I’m going to watch the movie Pi today to celebrate… has anyone ever seen it? Any good? [Link]
Last Leaf » ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor
ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor: The site for the Colosseo poster is my first production-ready website with HTML5 under the hood. I’ve coded sites semantically with HTML5 class names before (see Jon Tan’s article), but this is the first with legitimate HTML5 elements such as and in the markup. IE doesn’t yet recognize HTML5, so I’ve added Remy Sharp’s HTML5 shiv … [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Justice head: ‘Pineda’s rendition may have violated national anthem law’
Journey vocalist Arnel Pineda may have violated the law with his stylized singing of the national anthem during the Pacquiao-Clottey fight last Saturday in Texas (Sunday in Manila), according to Justice Secretary Alberto Agra. [Link]
