Sun.Star network of local newspapers in the Philippines
• Network Profile • About Us • Ad Info • Contact Us • Letter to the Editor • Network Archive •
eClick for provincial news
| Bacolod | Baguio | Cagayan de Oro | Cebu | Davao | Dumaguete | General Santos | Iloilo | Manila | Pampanga | Pangasinan | Zamboanga |
 
 
 
 
Google
Web
www.sunstar.com.ph
2006 Bar Results



Click for Bisaya news

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

Corrections
Sun.Star SMS/WAP
E-mail Newsletter
Web Specials
Sunday, April 15, 2007 (Philippines)
Having trouble accessing the Sun.Star website? Try our mirror site. Add URL to favorites.

  Breaking News
AFP troops overrun Moro rebel camp in Sulu (5:46 p.m.)
Strong earthquake jolts central Japan; 5 injured, but no danger of tsunami (5:40 p.m.)
Pacman suffers cut in 6th round
Mexican beats Fil-Am boxer Viloria
Pinoy boxer Concepcion retains youth superbantam title

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

Manny Pacquiao, center, of the Philippines, celebrates after defeating Jorge Solis, of Mexico, to win the during WBC Super Featherweight Championship bout by TKO in eight rounds. (AP Photo)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines stopped Jorge Solis with a powerful right hand in the eighth round Saturday after struggling through the opening five rounds and being cut by a head butt in the sixth.

Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 knockouts) holds the WBC international super featherweight belt, and is the WBC's No. 1 contender to the super flyweight title held by Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico. Solis, the brother of IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis, lost for the first time in 35 fights.
[full story]

 
Top Stories
US Peace Corp volunteer remains missing
BAGUIO CITY -- The search for the whereabouts of a US Peace Corps volunteer who was reported missing one week ago in Ifugao province turned futile.
Soldiers grab 2 party-list staff
CEBU CITY -- Two coordinators for different party-list groups were allegedly abducted by armed men who they claimed were members of the Military Intelligence Group.
Overseas Pinoys start absentee voting for senators
MANILA -- Philippine officials opened balloting Saturday for midterm congressional elections to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos living abroad.
 
Business

BAGUIO: Lepanto spends over P1-M social dev't fund for host communities

DAVAO: Bamboo good for charcoal

MANILA: Airline to beef up pool of pilots

ZAMBOANGA: E-Learning Center offers IT training on Free, Open Source Software programs
 
Opinion

Mercado: Lamplighter’s pop song

Malilong: Naming party-list nominees

Covington: Words 'r' us

Cariño: On the way to the (green) forum

Tabada: Taking measure
 
Sports

DAVAO: National Prisaa Meet opens today
 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Re-discovering Cebu!

DAVAO: A vote for the future

MANILA: Heather Graham locks lips with female co-star in 'Gray Matters'
 
Features

DAVAO: Something old, something new





:: Country News ::

Bacolod
250-strong security force to guard Panaad
Mother shot for ‘stealing’ duck

Baguio
Comelec to consider 4 Kalinga towns as immediate areas of concern
Palace pushes for commercial bamboo production in Benguet

Cebu
Norma sets new rules for pay
Marina opens Talisay-Mactan ferry route, invites operators

Cagayan de Oro
Koko to file raps vs Tamondong
Comelec may cancel two bets

Davao
Kids are best campaigners for responsible voting
Cement importation sought

Dumaguete
Opposition’s mayoralty aspirant backs administration team
Doctors want free medical services

General Santos
Village sails on wooden shipbuilding venture
Briton warns vs stolen scuba tanks from tuna firm

Iloilo
PNP: Crime group comes from Dingle
4 candidates in Iloilo, Roxas City get death threat

Manila
Arroyo may meet Bill Gates in China
Military head vows to earn trust of Filipinos

Pampanga
Coop execs urged to supply power to Mabalacat consumers
Coops help uplift lives of poor Kapampangans: official

Pangasinan
Town mayoralty bet bares poll agenda

Zamboanga
Health office stabilizes dengue cases in Zambo
Body to help alleviate plight of former rebels formed

 
 
 
 
I © Copyright 2007 Sun.Star Publishing, Inc. I Contact the website at onlinedeskatsunstardotcomdotph I