Meralco’s off-peak rates to expire next year
By
Neil Jerome Morales
| November 27, 2012 - 12:00am
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) customers that take advantage of the cheap off-peak rates will likely face higher costs next year with the expiration of special rates from National Power Corp. (Napocor). ...
Metro
Our daily Highs and Lows
By
Archie Modequillo
| September 30, 2012 - 12:00am
Stories are told of people committing costly errors because they acted on crucial matters when they were not in a keen state of awareness necessary for making wise, thoughtful decisions.
Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
Foot, air search for 2 missing US climbers
July 29, 2012 - 2:00am
A search team is attempting to ascend the glacier-capped Peruvian peak where two US mountaineers went missing in mid-July.
Filinvest's South Peak offers a fresh perspective
May 11, 2012 - 12:00am
During these summer days, it is inevitable that one thinks of a sojourn to cooler destinations for a brief respite from the heat. With Filinvest’s South Peak community in Laguna, enjoying breezy weather all...
Real Estate
Tens of millions on move as China Spring Festival travel season starts
January 8, 2012 - 1:01pm
China started the Spring Festival peak travel season Sunday, with tens of millions of passengers, mainly migrant workers and college students, on the move in the world's largest seasonal migration.
Briton, woman rescued at Apo
April 20, 2011 - 12:00am
A British national and a local climber were rescued separately as they suffered from dehydration and hypothermia while trekking to the peak of Mt. Apo, the country’s highest mountain.
Nation
Peaking in Xiamen
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| September 5, 2010 - 12:00am
We were set to go to Xiamen and Quanzhou early last month to meet up with Ron Artest, the mercurial LA Laker who just won his first NBA ring, and who was signed up last year as the latest endorser for Peak’s...
Travel and Tourism
Judge drops case over McConaughey surf scuffle
July 3, 2010 - 10:33am
A judge has dropped charges against two surfers accused of attacking a celebrity photographer shooting photos of Matthew McConaughey on a Malibu beach.
2nd mistrial declared in McConaughey surf battle
June 19, 2010 - 12:40pm
A judge has declared a mistrial for a second time in a misdemeanor battery case against two surfers accused of attacking a photographer who tried to photograph actor Matthew McConaughey on a Malibu beach.
ERC approves Meralco's expanded time-of-use scheme
By
Donnabelle L. Gatdula
| December 24, 2009 - 12:00am
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the expanded time-of-use (TOU) scheme of power utility giant Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
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