Procter & Gamble Selling Pringles to Diamond Foods Inc. for $1.5 Billion

Procter & Gamble is selling its Pringles brand to Diamond Foods Inc. for $1.5 Billion. This deal will triple Diamond Foods' revenue to $2.4 billion a year. With Pringles, Diamond will be one of the top in the snack business next to PepsiCo's Frito-Lay. The deal is on the works and just needs the Diamond stockholder approval. This huge deal is expected to close by end of this year.

P&G is known for Tide and Pampers, is apparently going to focus more on health and beauty. They have been selling their major food brands in recent years and Pringles is the last of P&G's major food brands. They have recently sold their other brands like Folgers coffee, Jif peanut butter, Crisco Shortening and Sunny Delight drinks. This leaves P&G with 23 brands with $1 billion or more in annual revenue.

Diamond, founded in 1912 by a group of California walnut growers and is well known for its Emerald nuts. It recently became public in 2005 and started to acquire snack brands. It recently acquired Pop Secret in 2008 and Kettle potato chips just last year.

Source: www.aolnews.com

Royal Wedding TV Broadcast Schedules

Just a few days to go and the world will have its new princess. Prince William and soon to be princess, Kate Middleton will have their royal wedding on April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Who wouldn't want to miss this prestigious event. Almost all of the major Philippine TV networks will broadcast live footage of the royal wedding and will be aired both on free tv and cable tv. Here are some of the broadcast schedules: 

ABS-CBN Royal Wedding Coverage Schedule on April 29

ABS-CBN Channel 2

    3:15 pm Coverage starts

Studio 23

    4:00 pm Pre-Wedding Festivities (live)

    8:30 pm Iba-BALITA special coverage with Anthony Taberna (live)

    9:00 pm Wedding Ceremony (primetime telecast)

ABS-CBN News Channel ANC (SkyCable channel 27)

    Anchored by Ces Oreña-Drilon and David Celdran

    5:00 pm Pre-Wedding Festivities (live)

    6:00 pm Wedding Ceremony (live)

    10:30 pm Replay of ceremony

Lifestyle Network (SkyCable channel 52)

    3:00 pm Pre-wedding festivities (live)

    6:00 pm Wedding Ceremony (live)

    9:00 pm Royal Wedding (recap)

Radio dzMM Radyo Patrol 630

    Hourly updates on the Royal Wedding Day

GMA Royal Wedding Coverage Schedule on April 29

GMA Channel 7

    Anchored by Jessica Soho, Vicky Morales and Connie Sison

    5:00 pm Coverage starts

GMA newstv Channel 11 

    5:00 pm Coverage starts

Royal Wedding Replays

Studio 23

    April 30 - 10:00 am Royal Wedding Replay

ABS-CBN News Channel ANC (SkyCable channel 27)

    April 30-May 1 Royal Wedding Replay

Lifestyle Network

    April 30 - 7:30 pm and 1:30 am

    May 1 - 12:30 pm and 8:00 pm

Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Camp John Hay, Baguio Plane Crash Kills 2 and 4 Injured

A small place crashed in a mountain resort in Baguio, Philippines on Sunday. 2 were killed and 4 are said to be injured. The twin engine RPC 5140 Piper Aztec Plane took off from Baguio City's Loakan airport at 2:48P.M. and crashed in a horse riding trail in Camp John Hay. It was suppose to go to Plaridel, Bulacan. The control tower said that two minutes after taking off the place lost signal. 

All the victims were rushed to the Baguio General Hospital. Among those who was determined dead on site of the plane crash was Jose George. While the second fatality was said to be Grace Alvarez who died at Baguio General Hospital at around 6:30P.M. Other victims that were injured was pilot Col. Reynaldo Garcia, Jose Miranda, Ness Guerrero and Basil Matthew. 



As you can see on the image the plane was totally destroyed and burnt. Surrounding trees was said to have turned to "uling" or coal. Some witnesses claimed that there was even an explosion. Luckily there were no victims or injured on the ground. 




Source: www.miamiherald.com ; www.abs-cbnnews.com ; www.gmanews.tv

Updated MMDA Color/Number Coding and Window Hours 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MMDA The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or Color/Number Coding Scheme Guidelines Updated December 20, 2010

UVVRP General Rule:
   - Private and Public Utility Vehicles cannot roam the streets on weekdays from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
   - Window Hours for Private Vehicles are observed from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
   - Number coding is not implemented weekends and holidays.
   - Plate ending 1 and 2      Monday
   - Plate ending 3 and 4     Tuesday
   - Plate ending 5 and 6     Wednesday
   - Plate ending 7 and 8     Thursday
   - Plate ending 9 and 0     Friday

UVVRP Guidelines and Conditions:

-Only Makati City and Las Piñas City are the only cities that implements the7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. color/number coding scheme without the window hours.

-Marikina City, Muntinlupa City, and Parañaque City do not implement the number coding. 

-Taguig City also does not implement the Number Coding scheme, but the number coding is enforced on the National Roads within the city. Examples are C5, East Service Road and Manuel L. Quezon.

-Pasig City implements the7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. color/number coding scheme but observes window hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

-Pasay City implements the number coding but with exceptions with the following roads: Ninoy Aquino Avenue, MIA Road, Domestic Road, Airport Road, Sales Road, and portions of Buendia.

-The number coding scheme is in effect in the following cities: Caloocan City, Mandaluyong City, Manila City, Malabon City, Navotas City, Pateros City, Parts of Pasay City, Quezon City, San Juan City, and Valenzuela City. The window hours of 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. is observed.

-The following Roads implements the Number Coding but observes window hours of 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m regardless of the city: Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), Circumferential Road 5 (C5), Diosdado Macapagal Avenue, and Roxas Boulevard

All Public Utility Buses (City and Provincial) are now covered under the Number Coding Scheme, with no Window Hours. 

Motorcycles are exempted from the number coding scheme.

Penalty: Confiscation of driver's license or given a ticket with a fine of P300.00. The penalty will depend on what city you are in.

For more information regarding this matter please call MMDA Metrobase at 882-4151 to 77 local 213 and 255 or the MMDA hotline 136.

Source: mmda.gov.ph