CLARK FREEPORT — A top executive of the Cathay Pacific said the airline’s sister firm Dragonair, which launched its daily Clark-Hong Kong flights Tuesday, said they will connect Clark to the world. Wilson Yam, general manager of Cathay Pacific for South East Asia, made the announcement during a dinner with Clark officials, travel agents, mediamen, […]
ANGELES CITY — Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan clarified on Tuesday that the City College of Angeles (CCA) will not be in competition with large private colleges and universities in this city. Pamintuan said that CCA would be catering only to impoverished students who cannot afford high tuition fees. The City College will cater to poor students. […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – With barely a year before the mid-term elections, former congressman Jose “Peping” S. Cojuangco’s PDP-Laban has been moving all over the country to rally its members and supporters, a reliable source said.Cojuangco is the uncle of President Benigno C. Aquino III. The source said Cojuangco and other party stalwarts are […]
ANGELES CITY — Some P1.5-million worth of plastic products and other materials were destroyed during an early morning fire that gutted down a warehouse in Barangay San Nicolas here. Police reports revealed that around 1:30 a.m. of Sunday, May 27, a fire erupted at a warehouse located beside Jimmy and Rose Plastic Dealer along Samatin […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Greek winemakers are not pricing their wares in drachmas – yet. The winemakers, visiting New York as part of an international promotional tour, doubted Athens would leave the euro-zone even after Fitch Ratings Agency downgraded Greece’s sovereign debt on Thursday, calling the country’s exit from the monetary union “probable. “No, no, […]
SONOMA — Increasing sales of wine plus greater demand for direct shipments has fulfillment services provider Wineshipping packing for a major expansion to Napa Valley. The 14-year-old company is spending millions of dollars on conveyors, warehouse racking and automation to go into a 150,000-square-foot warehouse space in south Napa, according to Rick Moradian, chief executive […]
Santa Barbara County is one of the youngest wine growing regions in California, measured by both vine age and the age and experience of its winemakers. “wonderboy” Gavin Chanin of Chanin Wine Company Thus it wasn’t hard for me to sit around a table at the home of Presqu’ile winery owner Matt Murphy with eight […]
NAPA — Backed with new funding, VinPerfect is moving into larger-scale production of its design for a screw cap and liner combination that allows winemakers to control oxygen transfer to the wine after the bottle is sealed. Use of aluminum screw caps has been growing worldwide for ease of use and reuse as well as […]
Napa Cabernet is typically our biggest and most pivotal tasting of the year. Our panel considered some 60 wines from the 2009 vintage in a range of prices. We found wines that exemplified the power of Napa and the freshness and aging potential of great Cabernet. In particular, there was a surge of quality from […]
THE weather won’t matter. Dry and bright would be ideal for stoking the grill, but even muggy heat or dispiriting drizzle won’t stanch the joyous sense of letting go that arrives with Memorial Day weekend. Aside from the holiday’s ceremonial importance — honoring the men and women who have died serving in the armed forces […]