April, 2015

• 20 April

  PHL targets 5th place finish in SEA Games

  After a dismal seventh overall finish in the Myanmar Southeast Asian Games two years ago, the Philippines is determined to bounce back with at least a fifth place target in the 28th SEAGames slated on June 5-15 in Singapore.

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• 20 April

  India holds off penalties on Viet steel products

  

  India’s ministry of finance has decided against imposing safeguard duties on cold-rolled flat stainless-steel products imported from viet nam and some other countries, according to the viet nam competition authority.

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• 20 April

  Beaches for beach bums seeking seclusion, silence this summer

  

  The scorching summer heat has already set in, and that means more people are heading to the beach. Unfortunately, many Philippine beaches will most likely be filled with people by this time.

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• 20 April

  When did you last go to the library?

  

  If asked, I would look up but unseeing the sky as I search within me for an answer. Maybe three weeks ago, I did but to browse for new items at the Gift Shop, use the washroom, check for new titles, and then cross the famed lobby of the Vancouver Central Library downtown to one of the cafes for a …

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• 20 April

  Grace Poe, LP’s best bet in 2016

  

  Barely six months before the filing of Certificates of Candidacy in October this year, Sen. Grace Poe is, without a doubt, the Liberal Party’s best bet in the presidential election of 2016. Senator Poe has seen her numbers jump by 10 percentage points to 31 percent in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. She is now tantalizingly within striking distance …

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• 20 April

  Househelp takes the spotlight in Vergara’s new superhero musical

  

  By Arvin T. Ello / Correspondent Two years after it wowed audiences as a one-act play staged at the ninth edition of the Virgin Labfest, graphic novelist Carlo Vergara’s Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady is set to return next month as a full-length musical produced by Manila’s newest theater company Dalanghita Productions, in cooperation with the Philippine Educational Theater …

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• 11 April

  Top banks flunk Basel III

  

  By Luis Leoncio The local banking system is healthy overall as a result of measures the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) had taken, including the imposition of a strict requirement to ensure that Philippine banks are on par with international standards. But BSP records show that not only small banks, but even those considered “too big to fail” have fallen below …

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• 11 April

  Biz captains hit new tax rules; BIR blinks

  

  By Luis Leoncio Widespread protests have forced the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to defer until next year the implementation of a new requirement that the bigwigs of the business sector consider to be a redundancy and a violation of their right to privacy.

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• 11 April

  Most rural banks face extinction

  By Jerry Maglunog Rural banks or RBs, generally considered the main source of funds for small borrowers, are facing hard times. In fact, most of them face extinction.

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• 11 April

  P35-B infra projects for Cebu City OKd

  Cebu City—The Cebu City Development Council infrastructure committee has approved some P3.5 billion worth of infrastructure projects proposed by the Department of Public Works and Highways-Cebu City Engineering District for 2015.

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