The Office of the Ombudsman has charged nine individuals in connection with the unaccounted loans amounting to millions of pesos released by Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) for its swine program during the Arroyo administration.

GATES MILLS -- Councilman Doug Bletcher’s examination of billing practices by Courtney Engineering met with disapproval at council last month, and his other financial questions, which produced some positive results, finally hit a brick wall.

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IT WILL be his first official trip overseas as the country’s chief executive, but President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III has little reason to look forward to his upcoming visit to the United States.

Stocks started September with a bang as investors cheered a rare dose of good economic news but investors may need to buckle in for the coming week: It's a holiday-shortened week with little on the docket to set the tone.