Pulling away. Nonoy Aquino, stumping in Oriental Mindoro, says that his lead in the SWS and Pulse Asia surveys will hopefully be big enough to forestall any cheating on May 10.
BUSINESS INSIGHT
- ICTSI returns to debt market
- Gov’t to change 2010 peso assumption
- Del Monte swings to Q1 loss on high sugar price
- Cement makers say giving incentives to new grinding capacity is wasteful
- MECO chief says RP still competitive despite ECFA
- Thomson Reuters opens legal operation facility
- PAL midnight special, Part 2
- Alliance Global 2009 profit up 23%
- FMIC Q1 profits up 65 percent
- MoneyGram expands mobile money transfer service
National
Comelec nixes parallel count
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc yesterday junked the proposal for a parallel manual count for the president, vice president and 12 senators in the May 10 polls, saying it would open the floodgates for protests.
- Erap, Manny tied for 2nd to Noynoy
- Carpio, Morales out; JBC list to be submitted Monday
- Top 2 bets piggyback ads on ‘poor’ partylist groups
- MBC seeks manual count for prexy only
- GMA’s still out of town
- Prayers, arms join effort for peaceful polls
- Abra election fight boils down to who will use IRA allocations
- Rival groups slug it out; one killed
- Razon looms as alternative choice as Lim, Atienza trade barbs
SPORTS
Team chemistry Jong’s concern as Miller debuts
BEING the perennial crowd favorite, Ginebra is used to being under the microscope.
Entertainment
Sharon all-out for her ‘Fad’
MEGASTAR Sharon Cuneta is all out in her support for her uncle, Tito Sotto, who is running for senator. She reveals that she has volunteered to support the husband of her Auntie Helen, the youngest sister of her Mommy Elaine, whom she refers to as her "Fad" (for Father).
LIVING
Earning their toques
FLAPJACKS recently launched "Rate the Plate," a recipe competition among different culinary schools. The objective was to seek out the best recipe that will showcase what Flapjacks is all about– delicious comfort food.
