‘William Villarica stopped running pawnshop chain in 2002’– brother
The top official of a pawnshop chain, whose brother was accused of tax evasion by no less than President Benigno Aquino III said the country’s chief executive, who has launched a crusade against smuggling, was fed the wrong information on the business background of his brother.
Tetangco brod may not have been just ‘collateral damage’
As more information surfaced linking Rene Tetangco to the business of cockfighting, police said Monday it may be premature to say that the late brother of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. was only “collateral damage” in the killing of three people.
Obama, aides warn of long-term oil slick damage
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama and his top disaster official warned Monday of severe long-term economic and environmental damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and piled new pressure on BP over compensation payments.
Investors bullish on post-election RP economy
Investors see the outlook for the economy after the elections as positive as the presidential candidates considered by the business sector as capable of moving the country forward are leading in the surveys, according to a paper by the Standard Chartered Bank.
Comelec rejection of manual count signals fraud plot
Opposition senatorial aspirant Joey de Venecia III warned on Sunday about the probability of an election fraud plot due to the refusal of the Commission on Elections to heed calls of the business community for a parallel manual count to the computerized vote count.