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Option on UAAP rule

The UAAP has included a release option on its controversial two-year residency rule that will allow high school graduates who will transfer from one member school to another to play immediately. Under the explanatory rule that was approved by the league’s board of trustees, affected student athletes are not required to undergo the lengthy residency provided that a release was issued... 

Bangladesh fire

DHAKA (Reuters) ­- Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh on Thursday. The fire, in an industrial district of Dhaka, comes amid global attention on safety standards in Bangladesh’s booming garment industry following the catastrophic collapse of Rana Plaza, on the outskirts of the city, in the world’s deadliest industrial accident... 

Richer John Hay golfest slated

Manila, Philippines – The men of the tour prime up for a battle royale up in Baguio City next week when the ICTSICamp John Hay Championship, now a four-day event offering a top prize of P2.5 million, is played April 24-27 at Camp John Hay Golf Club. Elmer Salvador, the best placed Filipino at fifth in last week’s inaugural Solaire Open at Wack Wack, heads the early roster of players... 

Farmers fear pro-Aquino Chief Justice

Manila, Philippines – A pro-Aquino Chief Justice would most likely work heaven and hell to reverse the landmark decision of the Supreme Court (SC) on Hacienda Luisita. Farm workers from the sugar estate held a protest at the SC in Manila yesterday to warn the nation that a new Chief Justice beholden to the President would ruin the advances made in scrapping the iniquitous Stock... 

Litter bugs

Manila, Philippines – Some 1,036 violators of the Anti-Littering Law of Malabon City were apprehended by the City’s Environmental and Sanitation Office (CESO) in more than one month of implementation.  Read More »

The Importance of Good Credit (Last of two parts)

MANILA, Philippines – THE recent commemoration of Credit Consciousness Week (April 24-30, 2012) was a special opportunity to learn about the importance of good credit. Last week, we discussed how important credit score is in personal finance. It can affect our application for mainly all types of loans: While good credit helps boost credit score, bad credit almost always pulls it... 

Brownouts in Aurora, Nueva Ecija

BALER, Aurora ­- The provinces of Aurora and Nueva Ecija are set to experience power interruption on Tuesday, April 24, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced yesterday. Nueva Ecija will experience power failure from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Affected distribution utility (DU) is the Nueva Ecija I Electric Cooperative (NEECO I) San Isidro and Gapan substations,...