Sun.Star network of local newspapers in the Philippines
• Network Profile • About Us • Ad Info • Contact Us • Letter to the Editor • Network Archive • Our Partners •
eClick for provincial news
| Bacolod | Baguio | Cagayan de Oro | Cebu | Davao | Dumaguete | General Santos | Iloilo | Manila | Pampanga | Pangasinan | Zamboanga |
Click for Bisaya news

Weather
Luzon: Partly cloudy
Visayas: Partly cloudy
Mindanao: Mostly cloudy
more on weather

Forex
P 56.27300 = US$ 1.00
as of
6:00 pm March 12, 2004
more on forex

ADVANCED SEARCH






Sun.Star SMS/WAP
Sun.Star SMS/WAP
E-mail Newsletter
Web Specials

>
Friday, March 12, 2004 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
RP fears major terror attack, seeks neighbors' help (2:15 p.m.)
Arroyo calls for more vigilance after 'cowardly attack' in Spain (2nd update; 12:22 p.m.)

(Click on the refresh button of your browser to get updates. -- Editors)



WASTELAND. The Environmental Management Bureau of DENR 7, in its inventory, finds dumpsites in Metro Cebu, Compostela, Consolacion, Minglanilla and Naga violating solid waste management laws. Sun.Star Foto
MANILA -- Two religious groups who supported former President Joseph Estrada in the 1998 elections defended Thursday the humane and compassionate treatment extended to Estrada by the government.

Mel Robles, spokesman of El Shaddai, said the El Shaddai and the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), through its spokesman Bienvenido Santiago, are concerned with the way the anti-graft and militant groups are making a big issue out of Estrada's visits to their family rest house, five meters across his detention cell in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal.
[full story]




 
Top Stories
SC reprimands Cebu RTC judge
THE High Tribunal has reprimanded a Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge for discourtesy against an attorney, saying it is a judge's duty "to be patient, attentive and courteous to lawyers."
Suspected Abu Sayyaf held aboard ship
GENERAL SANTOS -- Security officers onboard a passenger ship on Wednesday accosted a man suspected to be a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group.
Roco hits GMA on sweeper 'gimmick'
CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Presidential candidate Raul Roco joined the local opposition in calling for an inquiry on the recent employment of hundreds of street sweepers clad in blue T-shirts and caps printed with the name of "President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo."



 
Business

CEBU: Peso depreciation hikes budget deficit: BSP official

DAVAO: NFA sets aside P4B for rice procurement

GENERAL SANTOS: Bird flu scare affects chicken sale
 
Opinion

Editorials: Ombudsman order strange, suspicious

Roperos: ‘Campaign’ economics

Lee: Return to Cebu

Flavier: The parable of the war contribution

Diaz: Soriano is Cagayanon's choice
 
Sports

CEBU: Aces v. Red Bull in Cebu

DAVAO: Manila netters spice up event

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Ballpals cagefest to start

CEBU: Cebu City’s medalists to get cash incentives
 
Lifestyle

MANILA: Credibility at its finest: Pillars of Broadcasting Unite

CEBU: ‘Starborne’ invades Cebu

DAVAO: Tribute to Davao's visual artist




[ return to top ]

:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Power consumers to protest rate increase
Army warns rebels: Release captured 'Cafgu'

Baguio
Vergara vetoes Council move to recover Ganza
Benguet, Singapore firm ink deal on bulk water project

Cebu
P15M debt’s link to slay of mayor and son probed
10 poll officers moved

Cagayan de Oro
No proclamation by FPJ on local candidates
Emano has no lawyer yet for graft cases

Davao
DCWD still using 'dangerous' pipes
Group seeks media help in drive v. abusive ads

Dumaguete
PNOC-EDC will not drill Balinsasayao: Algopera
Dgte unsafe for students: Anak Bayan

General Santos
RTC judge in hot water
Send complaints via SMS, says CSC

Iloilo
Lawyers to lead 'Operation: Kakas'
Police nab another of WV's most wanted

Manila
Namfrel to Maceda: Show proof of missing ballots
Comelec decision to do manual counting lauded

Pampanga
GMA says Blueboy still supports her
Candaba’s ‘bomba’ bridge collapses

Pangasinan
Lim: Unfair accusation
Manila shoplifters targeting Dagupan

Zamboanga
Port security forces on heightened alert
Advisory against Mindanao, Zambo visits worry Mayor

I © Copyright 2002 - 2004 Sun.Star Publishing, Inc. I Contact the website at online_desk@sunstar.com.ph I