Due to continued increase in the price of  sugar, the price of loaf of bread will also increase by P2 while the pan de sal will increase by P1. Some bakeries have the option of increasing the price or decreasing the size.
"Some of  our community bakery-members have started their price adjustments this week to cope with the spiraling cost of ingredients particularly sugar," said Leonardo Figueroa of the Philippine Federation of Bakers Association Inc.

Bakers could only hope for the stability of the price of flour.
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Here is the schedule of Philippine holidays and long-weekends for 2010 based on RA 9492 and Proclamation 1841:
• January 1 (Fri) – New Year’s Day (five-day long weekend from December 30 to January 3)
• February 22 (Mon) – EDSA Revolution Anniversary (holiday for schools only, three-day long weekend from February 20 to 22)
• April 1 (Thu) – Holy Thursday
• April 2 (Fri) – Good Friday (four-day long weekend from April 1 to 4)
• April 9 (Fri) – Araw ng Kagitingan (three-day long weekend from April 9 to 11)
• May 1 (Sat) – Labor Day
• June 14 (Mon) …

According to PAG-ASA on Saturday, a public storm signal will be over the northern Luzon provinces after an active low pressure develop into a storm.
The name of the Tropical Depression is “Nando”
Public storm signal No. 1 was hoisted over the northern Luzon provinces of Aurora, Cagayan and Isabela.

The storm is expected to move closer to Auora and Palanan on Sunday morning and closer to Vigan City by Monday. The Country is still recovering from the  disaster that the storm “Maring” brought.
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The preliminary competition of Ms. Universe 2009 will have an online streaming tomorrow, Monday by  Binibining Pilipinas Website for the first time at 8 am. At least 80 contestants will compete in the swimsuit and evening gown categories where Bb. Pilipinas-Universe Pamela Bianca Manalo is included. The contest will be held on Atlantis Paradise Island in Bahamas.
The main competition will be aired live on ABS-CBN on August 24 at 9:30 am and a primetime telecast the same day via Velvet (Sky Cable channel 53) at 8 pm.
The host of the …

Free tickets will be given to a limited number of people (300) for the Concert Ako ang Simula. The concert will be held before the SONA or the State of the Nation Address of President Gloria-Macapagal-Arroyo. The exact date of the concert is on the eve of July 26, 2009.
You can avail of the free tickets if you will be included in the first 300 texters who will send their text to 09291157737. They will also be included in the Ako ang Simula MTV.
The artists and bands include in this …

Overprints of the 12 million banknotes will be issued starting Thursday for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or BSP. Overprints include all the six circulation notes.
The 20-piso note has the portrait of Manuel L. Quezon, first President, and the scrolls with the “Wikang Pambansa” and “Saligang  Batas” inscriptions. The reverse Malacanan Palace where Quezon was the first president to ever stayed there.
The 50-piso note has the portrait of Sergio Osmena, a gavel which shows speakership and the Fuente Osmena monument which was …

The PSL or the Personal Safety  Lessons is to be included in the regular curriculum of public and secondary schools in the country. This was ordered by the DepEd. They said this will help in preventing schoolchildren from being abused and this will certainly help them to become productive and healthy citizens of our country.
PSL will be integrated in Sibika at Kultura/Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika (SK/HEKASI) in the elementary level and Araling Panlipunan in the secondary level. It will also be included in the Character Education and Values Education …

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be held on July 27.  At least 7000 police is expected to be deployed by the National Capital Region Police Office. According to NCRPO Director Roberto Rosales their policemen will be deployed in areas such as airport, transport terminals and other places with a large crowd.
They call their security measures as “Oplan Manila Shield” to prevent the criminal groups and terrorists groups to take advantage of the sona.
Rallyists are also expected to come. Rosales said maximum tolerance will be …

UPDATE (July 8, 2009): Palace clarified that July 27 is a working holiday. (source)
It is in the news that July 27 is declared as Iglesia ni Cristo Day a non-working holiday President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has designated a special day for the Iglesia ni Cristo, good for Iglesia ni Cristo so that they can celebrate the day without filing for any leave.
“President Arroyo wishes to congratulate in advance the INC, at present under the stewardship of Executive Minister Eraño Manalo and Deputy Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo, on this year’s landmark anniversary,” …

Smartalk is a new service from Smart that enables subscribers to make unlimited calls to other users on the Smart network. this will be available starting June 26. You don’t have to change your sim or cellphone. But this is available only for Smart Buddy and Smart Gold subscribers.
“With this new service, Smart subscribers all over the country need only one phone, one SIM, and one number, to be able to make unlimited, crystal-clear calls to over 38 million Smart numbers anytime, anywhere,” Smart chief wireless advisor Orlando Vea. …