BINIBINING PILIPINAS (AP) Candidates for this year’s Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant pose in their swimsuits during pageant night at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Saturday night, March 7, 2009. The winners were finally chosen at 1 a.m. Sunday. They were: Pamela Blanca Manalo, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe; Marie Ann Umali, Bb. Pilipinas-World; and Miss Melody Gersbach, Bb. Pilipinas-International.
Rosales names Church representative in CARP dialogue
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has assigned Caritas Manila’s executive director Father Anton Pascual as his representative in a dialogue that Malacañang is arranging with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker Prospero Nograles on the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program extension and reforms.
Malacañang threw yesterday its full support behind the proposed live television coverage of the public bidding for poll machines needed for the automated 2010 national and local elections to ensure transparency.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said transparency in government procurement of goods and services is a paramount priority of the Arroyo administration.
Remonde said a televised bidding process may also protect the poll body from unscrupulous bidders and prevent the repeat of the irregular bidding...
Pioneer to restore IRRI hybrid rice research tie-up
Du Pont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred will restore its research efforts on hybrid rice in a partnership with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) under the Scientific Know-how and Exchange Program (SKEP).
Beermen send Titans crashing
San Miguel Beer’s decision to replace its import proved a blessing in disguise for the Beermen.
