| Flashback November 9, 2000-2002
His commitment to promote the well-being and uplift the conditions of some 20,000 Filipino workers in the Northern Marianas earned for CNMI Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio the coveted Year 2000 Philippine Presidential Banaag Awards. The Presidential Awards is a biennial worldwide search for Filipino individuals and organizations, as well as foreign individuals, whose works have given form and substance to Filipino excellence and time honored-values of pakikipag-kapwa (brotherhood), pagtutulungan (cooperation), and pagkakaisa (unity).Power rate hike loomsIn what may be a prelude to power rate hike in the next few months, the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. will commission a study to reassess the impact to its operations of the rising fuel costs and ever increasing number of delinquent customers. CUC directors are expected to give their go-signal in hiring experts to conduct the review during a scheduled board meeting today.Parents worry on babies' safety in caretakersThe Philippine Consulate was flooded with inquiries Wednesday from Filipino parents on the possibility of sending their United States-born children to the country without paying immigration duties and fees.
More Pinellas County Stories
ST. PETERSBURG (Bay News 9) -- One person was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident at a busy Pinellas County intersection. The impact of the 9 a.m. crash at 49th Street N. and 38th Avenue N. sent a Honda Civic crashing into a nearby building. The other vehicle was a Dodge pickup truck. One person in the Honda died at the scene while another person in that vehicle was transported to Bayfront Medical Center. The Honda crashed into the building where Brown Town Tanning is located. Also, 49th Street was shut down between 38th and 36th Avenue for about two hours while officials investigated the crash. The driver of the Dodge pickup also was taken to the hospital. Also, the tanning salon was closed at the time of the crash.
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Sophie's Shock News
It's been a very difficult weekend for Sophie Anderton. And here's why. First the News Of The World ran a story about her, saying they had proof that she has been taking drugs and accepting money in exchange for sex. An undercover reporter for the paper claims she offered him sex for �10,000 at a flat in Mayfair, London. Soph was also filmed taking cocaine and inviting her dealer round to the flat. Following on from the piece, Sophie was dropped from her �100,000-a-year job as the face of Fake Bake (the chaps that make the tanning products). Fake Bake said: "We operate a no-tolerance policy towards drug use so feel we have been left with no alternative than to terminate Sophie's contract." We called her reps, but they have yet to make a comment.
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