Show of support. Flowers are offered and candles are lighted in front of the Japanese embassy in Pasay City in show of support to earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan. The government has called off its plan to deploy search and rescue personnel to Japan and will provide relief goods worth P1.3 million which are due to be flown today aboard Philippine Air Lines. Last week, Japanese officials had declined an offer of send the teams on the ground that Filipinos were not used to the cold climate and because of the language barrier.
BUSINESS INSIGHT
- MB hikes key rates by 25 bps
- Metrobank Group units to support RE developers
- Tax charges filed vs 3 former Philcomsat execs
- SM Prime taps P5B financing
- It’s your call, Palace tells NAIA 3 German partner
- PEZA sees first quarter investments hitting P25B
- What will they think of next?
- Private bids for rice imports top 600,000-ton allocation
- Nokia unwraps all-in-one business smart phone
- Impact of ethanol benchmark price weighed
- Sugar mill ordered closed for pollution
National
Senate orders Ligot arrest
THE Senate yesterday ordered the arrest of former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot for feigning illness to evade attendance at the resumption yesterday of the Senate inquiry into alleged military corruption.
Ligot, with a team of Senate process servers who fetched him at his house at the AFPOVAI Village in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, arrived at the Senate at around 8:15 p.m., some two hours after the servers left the Senate.
- Binay most, Corona least trusted
- JPE advice to non-lawyer senators: Use common sense
- Massive anti-RH bill rally slated today
- Kin of hostage victims may file suit
- China envoy on drug mules: Sorry, that’s the law
- Robredo seen as permanent DILG head
- Ping asks that office be re-opened
- SC checks FPIC compliance on oil leak
- Waiting for the clock to strike Earth Hour
SPORTS
Azkals in must-win mode
IT’S all or nothing when the Philippines and Bangladesh collide today at the close of the Asian Challenge Cup Group A tournament in Yangon, Myanmar.
The 5 p.m. match between the Azkals, who are emerging as a Southeast Asian soccer power, and the former South Asian football champion is a must-win for both squads hoping to book one of two tickets to the main draw of the tournament scheduled next year.
- Alaska tests new-found resolve of Meralco five
- PSC sets P80M for SEA Games
- Elorde honored tonight in bash
- Patrombon sustains drive for Lancer title
- TNT not taking SMB for granted
- Yakult 10 Miler lures 2,000 entries
- Black Water, Cobra post big triumphs
- Koronadal City hosts Smart/Head tennis tilt
- NatGeo run batting for earth care
Entertainment
Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
LOS ANGELES – Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, whose violet eyes, tumultuous love life and passion for diamonds epitomized Hollywood glamour, died on Wednesday at age 79.
LIVING
Dutch art from Van Hagen and Van Hagen
ART connoisseurs are in for a pleasant treat when Dutch brothers Alex and Han Van Hagen hold their much-anticipated exhibit dubbed, Van Hagen & Van Hagen: Brothers in Art Part 3.
