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Women who drive like hell, and hell for women drivers

By: Tessa R. Salazar
In this Friday, June 17, 2011 file image made from video released by Change.org, a Saudi Arabian woman drives a car to defy the ban on women driving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A Saudi lawyer and rights advocates say authorities will bring the Saudi activist to trial. AP Photo/Change.org

Nothing enrages me more as a female motoring journalist than a basic right of women—that is, the right to drive—stifled. Three days ago, I read a story about a Saudi Arabian woman sentenced to 10 lashes for defying a ban on women behind the wheel.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

`Ondoy’ causes property insurance to shoot up

By: Tessa R. Salazar
Survivors search for usable materials as flood waters recede in Barangay Ulandes, Marikina City. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Property insurers can thank one record-breaking weather phenomena for the marked increase in the takeup of their insurance policies as well as the change in mindset of property owners.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Inquirer Features,Property Guide | Read More »

No reason to be blue at Radisson Blu

By: Theresa S. Samaniego

While the color blue connotes a feeling of sadness and gloom, one new destination in Cebu will give you all the reasons to feel everything but that.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Inquirer Features,Property Guide | Read More »

Covering homes with elegant-looking ‘stones’

By: Charles E. Buban

Today’s homeowners are spending significantly more time and money on making their home much more appealing. And one way of increasing aesthetics is either using actual stones or better, manufactured stone wall cladding.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Inquirer Features,Property Guide | Read More »

Love and splendor: The Taj Mahal

By: Isabel Berenguer Asuncion

Twelve thousand men, 1,000 elephants, 22 years. Rumors have it that he planned to build a replica for himself across the river, but his son incarcerated him for the sins of love—squandering the treasures of his kingdom to build a final resting place for his beloved. After his third wife passed away, the Mughal emperor spent the rest of his years professing his undying love through the construction of one of the world’s most graceful structures. In 1983 Unesco declared the Taj Mahal a World Heritage Site.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Columnists,Featured Columns,Headlines,Inquirer Features,Property Guide | Read More »

Eliminating man’s deadliest, yet preventable disease

By: Charles E. Buban
In this photo taken Monday Sept. 26, 2011, a day ahead of World Rabies Day, an injured dog looks on, in a stray dog shelter in Bucharest, Romania. According to recent European Union statistics quoted by local media, Romania has the highest number of wild animals infected with rabies, mainly foxes and wolves. Bucharest is home to about 50,000 stray dogs but the last recorded human infection with rabies was in 2008 when a woman died in a rural area after getting the virus from a fox bite. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Did you know that rabies kills more people each year than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the bird flu (H5N1) and the dengue fever combined?

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Inquirer Features,Science and Health | Read More »

Helping improve quality of healthcare across Southeast Asia

By: Theresa S. Samaniego

Despite initiatives to improve the current state of the Philippine healthcare system, 60 percent of Filipinos who succumb to sickness die because quality healthcare remained elusive to them.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Inquirer Features,Science and Health | Read More »

Smart attire

By: Massie Santos Ballon

There was a time when a phone was just a device you used to contact someone. These days phones aren’t just used to talk to someone, they’re also devices that allow people to text, take photos, shoot video, get on the Internet, send e-mails, calculate a restaurant bill, provide a current location and keep time.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Columnists,Featured Columns,Headlines,Inquirer Columns,Inquirer Features,Science and Health | Read More »

Self-forgiveness, self-healing and the doctor’s dilemma

By: Rafael Castillo

Last week, we discussed in this column the powerful healing effect of forgiving other people who may have wronged us in whatever way. I received quite a number of feedback through my e-mail and via text messages.

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Columnists,Featured Columns,Headlines,Inquirer Columns,Inquirer Features,Science and Health | Read More »

PH exposure to euro zone minimal

By: Michelle V. Remo
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Friday said that the exposure of Philippine banks to the crisis-stricken euro zone was insignificant and local financial institutions were likely to sustain profit growth this year. A recently concluded survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that as of June 30, the amount of euro-denominated securities [...]

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Editor's Pick,Headlines | Read More »

Stocks continue to recover

Most local stocks rose for the third straight session Friday, perking up the main index by 3.15 percent, on the back of combined bargain-hunting and quarter-end window-dressing. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index recovered 122.02 points to finish at 3,999.65. Despite a sluggish start on Monday, the index has gained 113.69 points or 2.9 percent [...]

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Jollibee buys Burger King franchise in the Philippines

By: Doris C. Dumlao

Local fastfood giant Jollibee Foods Corp. has cemented its leading position in the highly competitive quick-service restaurant industry by taking over the Philippine operations of American chain Burger King. The deal allows JFC to gain a foothold into the premium segment of the hamburger category in the fast-food business as the group was expecting the [...]

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines | Read More »

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