Pinoy priest to open 1st Catholic university in Ethiopia
MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino priest will open the first Catholic university in Ethiopia in Eastern African, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Tuesday.
The CBCP website (www.cbcpnews.com) said Dominican priest Virgilio Ojoy will head the Ethiopia Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Ecusta) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
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SC sacks CA justice, suspends another in bribery scandal
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed from the judiciary Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Vicente Roxas and suspended CA Justice Jose Sabio for two months for their irregularities and improprieties in connection with the bribery scandal involving the Manila Electric Co. and Government Service Insurance System (Meralco-GSIS) case.
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TV5 is Now in Third Place Nationwide
The television channel formerly known as ABC 5 is now the number 3 most-watched station nationwide.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research on National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM), TV5 captured a 3.7% viewership on its first week of airing. The figure was based on a survey on Channel Household Shares Week 33.
ABS-CBN Channel 2 placed first nationwide with 42.2% while rival GMA-7 landed on the second spot at 37.3%.
RPN 9, which is now consolidated with Crime and Suspense Channel on cable tv, placed fourth at 2.7%.
TV5 is the new brand name of ABC 5, which entered into a “long-term block airtime agreement” with MPB Primedia Inc., local subsidiary of the Malaysian conglomerate Media Prima Berhad.
Flour millers could face profiteering raps, DTI warns
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) warned millers on Tuesday that they could be charged with profiteering if they fail to bring down flour prices in relation to current world market prices.
This came after bakers said on Monday they won’t be able to stop another round of price increases in their products, which they attributed to the high price of flour.
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SC panel finds five CA justices violated ethics in Meralco-GSIS case
The Supreme Court is set to tackle in its en banc session Tuesday the findings of the panel tasked to investigate the controversy at the Court of Appeals (CA) on the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) – Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) case.
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