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Ruling would cause rotating brownouts
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TransCo, Meralco
seek to block SC order
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By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
THE country’s national power
grid and the biggest electricity distributor said they would exhaust
all legal remedies to halt the decommissioning of a transmission
facility in an upscale neighborhood in Makati after the Supreme
Court ordered its dismantling.
In a joint briefing, officials of
National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) and Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)
said they have filed separate petitions before courts to prevent the
dismantling of the 230-kilovolt Sucat-Araneta-Balintawak line.
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Bangko Sentral
clears holiday operations for banks
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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is allowing
banks to remain open and service clients’ deposit and withdrawal
transactions during holidays.
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Customs raises
alert on Chinese wheat flour
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The Bureau of Customs has placed all wheat flour
shipments from China under “continuing alert” after the
Philippine Association of Flour Millers (Pafmil) recently reported
that “smuggled Chinese wheat flour spirited...
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Faster growth seen
in fourth quarter
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THE Philippine economy will grow faster in the final
three months of the year because of higher private consumption
during the holiday season, the Department of Finance said Friday.
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RP, Japan increase
numbers of bilateral flights
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The Philippines and Japan have agreed to increase
flight entitlements in a bid to serve the rising number of Japanese
retirees opting to live outside their country.
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Stocks edge up on
month-end window-dressing
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LOCAL share prices closed slightly higher Friday as
fund managers bought strong stocks to provide a sheen to their
portfolios at the end of the month, dealers said.
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Jollibee completes
Chowking makeover
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THE country’s largest fast-food company told the
Philippine Stock Exchange that it has completed the modernization of
Chowking as its springboard for future growth.
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LandBank profit
rises on lending
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STATE-RUN LandBank of the Philippines said it
registered higher profits for the first ten months of the year due
to its lending activities.
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PNOC-EC to trim
exposure in service contract
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STATE-OWNED Philippine National Oil Co.’s (PNOC)
upstream oil and gas subsidiary is looking to trim its interest in
one of its majority controlled petroleum service contracts to
jumpstart its exploration program.
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Sun Life sales
surge amid financial crisis
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AMID the global financial turmoil, Sun Life Financial
Philippines said sales of traditional life insurance and regular-pay
Variable Universal Life (VUL) products surged in the third quarter
of the year.
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Slight fall for
oil in quiet Asian trade ahead of OPEC meeting
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell slightly in quiet Asian
trade on Friday, the day before an Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel meeting,...
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Atlas unit,
Chinese mining firm to build plant
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ATLAS Consolidated Mining and Development Corp.
announced on Friday that its subsidiary has signed a deal with a
Chinese mining firm to develop a demonstration nickel-cobalt
leaching plant...
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LEARNING &
INNOVATION
By Moje Ramos-Aquino, Fpm
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Prep yourself to
succeed
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This question could be answered two-ways. How does a
person work towards his or her own success? How do others,
especially a parent or a corporate leader, help their child or
subordinate succeed?
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