MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday underscored the need to prepare for a second wave of the Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic even if the virus presently appears to be mild in nature.
Dr. Lyndon Leesuy, program manager of the DOH for emerging and re-emerging diseases, said that historically, all pandemics have had second waves that were deadlier.
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Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) has pulled out of its partnership with Smartmatic Corp., putting the P11.3-billion poll automation project next year in jeopardy.
“Mr. Jose Antuñez (President of TIM) came to my office and told me they are withdrawing from the project citing their irreconcilable differences (with Smartmatic)," Elections Chairman Jose Melo told reporters, without mentioning the natu
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MANILA – The Philippines has regressed in key areas of governance over the past ten years, data from the World Bank showed. The multilateral lender’s Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), a research project initiated in the late 1990s, revealed that the country’s performance worsened last year compared to 1998 in five out of six dimensions of governance.
These areas include voice and accountabi
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MANILA, Philippines – For its domineering performance in the classification round and against Burger King in the Final Four, the talent-laden San Miguel Beer has been picked as the prohibitive favorite over an injury-plagued Barangay Ginebra side in the Motolite PBA Fiesta Cup title playoff beginning tomorrow at the Araneta Coliseum.
“San Miguel has been the team that has played well all conference and that is
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MANILA, Philippines – POC spokesman Joey Romasanta said yesterday the country’s Olympic organization fully supports the SBP as the duly-recognized National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball and saw no reason to doubt its backing by FIBA.
Romasanta said whether or not the SBP will accept the invitation to attend a FIBA special commission meeting in Geneva on July 20-22 is an internal matter and the POC ha
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Showbiz is in her genes. Her grandmother is Delia Razon, the still-glamorous LVN actress who played a princess in the ’50s fantasy-adventure flicks. Her father is Rey “PJ” Abellana who, in his own right, was a soap prince in the ’80s. Her mother is Ria Reyes, daughter of Delia.
That’s why even if Carla Abellana kept what she thought was a safe distance from showbiz, politely saying no to tempting offers
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MANILA – Actress Katrina Halili has commended Maricar Reyes for trying to pick up the pieces after the sex video scandal broke out.
Halili maintained that “life must go on” and the scandal should not keep them from moving forward.
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MANILA – The camp of Dra. Vicki Belo on Monday cried harassment after three agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) went to her Makati City residence last week and purportedly insisted on searching her house without any warrant.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Belo’s legal counsel, lawyer Adel Tamano, said the three NBI agents violated his client’s right to privacy when they sudde
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MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo will not slow down on her foreign trips despite criticism over their necessity and expenses, Palace officials said yesterday.
Arguing that the trips bring huge investments and aid for Filipinos, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde and deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez, in separate interviews, pointed out that Mrs. Arroyo’s latest four-nation swing netted over $6
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MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said there is still room for banks to reduce their lending rates to encourage borrowing but the lacklustre economy would likely compel companies to use funds for capital build up rather than expansion.
BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said unclear prospects in 2009 would change the behavior of corporate borrowers, particularly with regards to th
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