Bohol needs P12B for quake rehab

Inquirer 02/18/2014

Massive reconstruction and restoration of damaged churches, heritage sites underway Bohol will need P12.314 billion to rehabilitate houses, hospitals, schools and other infrastructure damaged by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the province on Oct. 15, 2013. In…

Pinoy to race at Ferrari Challenge in Malaysia

Inquirer 02/18/2014

In another racing history first, the Philippine flag will be flying high at the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli 2014 when our country’s representative, Vincent Floirendo, takes the wheel. Floirendo will begin the first Asia Pacific round on…

Gov’t told to scrap tax on jet fuel

Inquirer 02/17/2014

THE  Joint Foreign Chambers is urging the government to scrap the excise taxes on jet fuel as it describes Manila to be “the most expensive place in Asia to fuel an aircraft.” The chamber issued a statement…

Robots for world heritage preservation

Inquirer 02/17/2014

Meet the kids striving to come up with something that can save the world In this day and age when machines make our life easier, six kids are  striving to come up with something that can save…

PCSO wants to expand lotto

Inquirer 02/17/2014

Lawmakers are increasingly turning to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to secure funds for the medical needs of their constituents now that the pork barrel is gone. As a result of this development, PCSO executives are…

Actor, beauty queen robbed by ‘Rene Requiestas’

Inquirer 02/17/2014

AN actor became a high-profile victim of a street robbery in San Juan City, after two men riding together on a motorcycle aimed a gun at him and seized his valuables late Saturday evening. Police identified the…

House honors Cebuana beauty queen

Inquirer 02/17/2014

THE House of Representatives recently honored Miss Tourism International 2013 Angeli Dione Gomez during her courtesy visit to Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Belmonte handed to Gomez a copy of House Resolution 686 commending and congratulating Gomez for…

Civil defense office recounting dead to eliminate duplications: How many really died from Yoly’s wrath?

Inquirer 02/13/2014

5,803 recorded deaths More than three months after supertyphoon Yolanda, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) still has to validate the number of deaths the world’s strongest storm on record left in Eastern Visayas. The Eastern Visayas…

Michael Christian Martinez: Cool runnings Pinoy version

Inquirer 02/13/2014

From mall ice rink to Winter Olympics. To have proved that someone from a country where winter is nothing but an idea is an achievement in itself for the Philippines’ lone representative to the 2014 Sochi Winter…

2013 SURVEY: Unemployed Pinoys increase to 12.1M

Inquirer 02/11/2014

About 2.5 million Filipinos joined the ranks of the unemployed between September and December, raising the unemployment rate to 27.5 percent or an estimated 12.1 million individuals, the survey by Social Weather Stations has found. This is…

Experts say weak peso good for PH

Inquirer 02/10/2014

FOR some economists, the depreciation of the peso is not the bad news it is feared to be. Three economists from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) said…

Asean integration: Settle non-tarriff barriers that slow down trade

Inquirer 02/10/2014

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is focusing on tackling non-tariff barriers that impede inter-Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) trade as it prepares the country for the upcoming Asean Economic Community next year. Since January…

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