Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Today Top Stories

Senate begins 2015 budget deliberations

BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎1 hour ago‎
THE SENATE has finally started deliberations on the national budget this week, which saw the insertion of a provision limiting the definition of “savings” to those that come from “released appropriations” that have not been obligated.

Witness gives up claim over Binay-linked farm

BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎1 hour ago‎
A LEADING witness against Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay, who claimed to have been made one of the dummies for his alleged Batangas estate, has “surrendered” his part of the land on Tuesday.

Cone not pleased with Purefoods' win over Blackwater

Inquirer.net - ‎4 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Purefoods Star picked up its first back-to-back wins of the 2015 PBA Philippine Cup after beating a hard-fighting Blackwater side, 90-82, Tuesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Unrest in Jerusalem

The Independent - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "respond with a heavy hand" after at least four people were killed and eight injured in what Israeli police described as a "terrorist" attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem.

With Japan in recession, Abe calls elections in bid to delay tax hike

Los Angeles Times - ‎9 minutes ago‎
With his nation in an unexpected recession, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday called early parliamentary elections to seek public backing for a delay in a scheduled tax increase that could worsen economic conditions.

Lighter Than Air? Toyota's Quixotic Plan To Sell Hydrogen Cars Feels Almost Real

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
“They are not out of the race. They are a viable alternative to other zero-emission vehicle technologies,” Wolf-Henning Scheider of Bosch told Reuters last week in Berlin.

EDCA Ma.+Lourdes+PA+Sereno defense Philippines US

BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎1 hour ago‎
This question was posted by no less than the country's Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes P.A. Sereno to individuals disputing the constitutionality of the bilateral defense pact between the Philippines and the United States on Tuesday's oral arguments regarding the ...

AFP: BIFFs kill, rob three soldiers in Maguindanao

GMA News - ‎2 hours ago‎
An officer and two enlisted personnel were declared dead on arrival after members of the armed group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters shot them and took their valuables, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Tuesday.


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