COA DECLARES: City amelioration subject to refund

REFUND may be farthest in the mind of City Mayor Dan Neri Lim when he allowed the release of amelioration benefits of P10T to more than 400 city hall employees. But the inevitable came and the city mayor is now confronted with the problem of paying the refund for the city hall windfall, which was pegged at around P6 million. Full story

THE unmistakable green and yellow robe of Saint Joseph the worker leads the parade of images this afternoon when the final set of a series of nine prayers for supplication and thanksgiving ends with the procession at 6:00 today. The St. Joseph 's Cathedral becomes the crux of this year's religious fiesta activities as images of patron saints from the chapels within the parish joins the cathedral patron in the traditional vespers procession that would wind the city's main thoroughfares. Full story

DELEGATES to this year's Tigurn Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan (TBTK) are set to meet President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacanang on July 18. Congressman Edgar Chatto said this as he who sought the Presidents availability for the activity. Full story

Tuba-tuba: bio-diesel that keeps a premium

IT may be a “lame” alternative but for the country's industries and transport threatened by paralysis due to the global oil crisis, “tuba-tuba” or “kasla” may be worth a try. Otherwise known for its curative properties over sprains, gas pains and still a whole lot of maladies, “tuba-tuba” or “kasla” comes out like a quack doctor in the age of the polyclinics and oil crisis. Full story