New show fails to topple Babangon May 27-29, 2008 TV RATINGS

ABS-CBN’s new primetime series My Girl failed to sustain its impressive debut last Monday, May 26. After posting a rating of 28 percent on its opening night, the Kim Chiu-Gerald Anderson starrer’s rating dropped to 23.9 the following night, May 27, to land at No. 6 behind another Kapamilya show, The Singing Bee, which generated [...]

Marian Rivera ignores intrigues, turns to prayers

Ipinapaubaya na raw ni Marian Rivera sa Diyos ang lahat ng mga intriga sa kanya. Ang sabi pa ng dalaga, ang mahalaga raw ay marami pa rin ang nagtitiwala sa kanya sa kabila ng mga kontrobersiya. Sa ulat ng Chika Minute ng GMA news 24 Oras nitong Biyernes, sinabi ni Marian na hindi n’ya na [...]

NTC directives to limit telephone carriers’ access charges

MANILA, Philippines – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is expected to issue twin draft circulars today that seek to limit access charges for voice and short message service (SMS), amid earlier warnings from telecommunications firms of fading growth due to soaring consumer prices. Once enforced, access charges — imposed by telephone carriers for the use [...]

Philippines announces 2.1 billion dollar subsidies to poor

Poor families in the Philippines are to get cash handouts and subsidies worth up to 93.6 billion pesos (2.1 billion dollars) to help tide them over rising food and energy prices, the government said Friday. The package approved by President Gloria Arroyo includes two billion pesos in outright cash transfers, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said [...]

Philippine beef and pork prices set to rise: report

Philippine consumers already battling to cope with record rice and fuel prices can expect to pay more for beef and pork, media reports said Saturday. Beef and pork prices have already doubled this year and with rising oil prices, increasing freight costs and a weakening peso, are set to rise again, an importers group told [...]

Over a million wait as China poised to drain ‘quake lake’

China was poised on Saturday to drain a dangerous “quake lake” in an attempt to avert a disaster that could have flooded the homes of over a million people. Authorities started to helicopter workers away from a dam that was caused by quake-induced landslides after hundreds of soldiers finished an enormous drainage channel. Water trapped [...]

Facebook ‘violates privacy laws’

Facebook says it plans to “set the record straight” A Canadian privacy group has filed a complaint against the social networking site Facebook accusing it of violating privacy laws. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has listed 22 separate breaches of privacy law in its country. Clinic Director Phillipa Lawson told the BBC [...]

Seat all delegates, Clinton lawyer urges

Sen. Hillary Clinton’s lawyer is set to make her case before a DNC panel Saturday. (CNN) — The chief lawyer for Sen. Hillary Clinton campaign said the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws panel is compelled to seat both delegations from Florida and Michigan fully and not award Sen. Barack Obama any delegates from Michigan. [...]

Rufa Mae Quinto goes to HK, visits new boyfriend

Tumulak papuntang Hong Kong ang sexy comedienne na si Rufa Mae Quinto kahapon, May 30, para magbakasyon sandali at makipagkita na rin sa foreigner boyfriend nito na si Bobby Lopez. “Oo, magkikita kami,” pag-amin ni Rufa Mae nang makausap siya ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) last May 29 sa pictorial ng Showbiz Central hosts sa [...]

Creepy or cute? Robot creature to study touch

Researchers are working on making this bunny-like creature respond to petting and poking. (CNN) — Steve Yohanan loved having a cat around while he worked at home, enjoying how she put her head against his hand or purred in his lap. After his allergies acted up and he had to give the cat away, he [...]