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Shares of Meralco
lose P1.2B in value |
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Fighting erupts
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Davids to face off
in ‘Idol’ finals |
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‘Ghost’
teachers threaten reforms |
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Legislator:
Meralco franchise can be recalled |
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Batangas: Missing
syllable mystery |
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M E T R O |
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Escudero cautions
vs. broadband probe resumption |
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Sen. Francis Escudero on Tuesday
cautioned his Senate colleagues on reopening the national broadband
probe, saying a caucus should be called first to determine whether
the upper chamber should resume its inquiry into the matter while a
case is pending before the Supreme Court.
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DENR sides with mining firm |
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Atienza says Oceana should proceed with development
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THE Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)
defended the Australian mining firm Oceana Gold Phils. for using the
materials they have obtained from the clearing operations as legal
under the financial or technical assistance agreement (FTAA)
issued by
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transfers propping up banks’ profits, says
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Remittances hit new record
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MONEY sent home by millions of Filipinos working
abroad rose 9.4
percent from a year earlier to $1.4 billion dollars in March, the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday, adding this was the
highest monthly level to date.
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Lakers win, take 3-2 lead |
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LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers held off the Utah
Jazz 111-104 on Wednesday to move within one victory of advancing in
the National Basketball (NBA) Association playoffs.
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T E C H T I M E S |
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Software piracy increases
in Asia-Pacific: industry group
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Software piracy increased last year in the
Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal
computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Thou shall steal
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‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ races into video-game
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SAN FRANCISCO: “Grand Theft Auto: IV” blew away
video-game and Hollywood records as its
creators reported last week that it raked in an unprecedented $500
million in its opening week. Take-Two Interactive said approximately
six million copies of “GTA IV: Liberty City Stories” have sold
worldwide, with more than half of those games snatched up within 24
hours of the game that hit store shelves on April 29.
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Hope fades for finding temblor survivors
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HONG KONG: The chances of finding survivors in the
rubble after a devastating earthquake in China are fading
fast, a rescue expert said, as his British group struggled to gain
permission to enter the country.
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