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Extraordinary South African feast
By Winchelle C. Nacague
‘Cheeses, wines, air dried sausages, venison, various other sweets and meats, even flowers were all flown in especially from South Africa to the Philippines,” says chef Myrna Segismundo, the managing director of the exclusive, multi-awarded Restaurant 9501 of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. All the tireless effort and precise work were made for the celebration of the 2nd South African Food and Wine Festival, held recently in Manila and Cebu. Restaurant 9501, the crowning piece of the ELJ Communications Center, meant for the exclusive use of its executives, opened its doors to the public only for the duration of the one-week festival.
Blazing year-ender
Italian maestro Barbieri conducts European fare at CCP
Creative partners in the arts
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Board Exam Results
Dentist Licensure Examination Results (December 2008)
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San Miguel takes over management of Petron
By Alena Mae S. Flores
SAN Miguel Corp. has taken effective management control of Petron, the country’s biggest oil refinery and petroleum dealer.
Drug prosecutors resign, but ordered to stay put
By Rey E. Requejo
TWENTY-THREE government prosecutors resigned from an anti-narcotics task force to protest insinuations that some of them were bribed to dismiss cases against drug traffickers, but Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez rejected the mass resignation and told them to stay on.
Ex-Ermita aide appointed Air Force chief
Sharp spike in rice prices is predicted
Jail pampers drug dealers, Sotto claims
Sugar output may dip 11%
 It’s a Palm Pre. Debuting at the Las Vegas electronics show, the all-new Palm is a handset with a curvy touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out. It has 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, 8GB of built-in flash storage, a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and a wireless charger, a first for a mainstream phone. There was no word on pricing and when it will be available in Asia. |
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Napocor to pre-pay $1-b debt
By Alena Mae S. Flores
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. will pre-pay close to $1 billion of debt owed by National Power Corp. after receiving a 40 percent down payment for the sale of the government’s transmission assets.
Rail body awards 3 contracts
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
The Light Rail Transit Authority, operator of the LRT Line 1 system which is being extended from Monumento in Caloocan City to North Avenue in Quezon City, has awarded three more contracts worth more than P1.3 billion to various contractors.
Mining firms must now secure export permit
The Environment Department has started asking mining companies to secure an export permit to ensure proper taxes are paid to the national government.
Favila bats for livelihood projects amid crisis
By Elaine Ramos Alanguilan
Trade Secretary Peter Favila has ordered all agencies attached with the Trade Department to refocus efforts this year on generating livelihood projects in a bid to boost the domestic economy amid the global crisis.
Pre-need sales rose 9% in 1st 11 months of 2008
By Jenniffer B. Austria
Sales of pre-need policies rose 9 percent in the first 11 months of 2008, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A practical solution
The government’s spending program has turned topsy-turvy partly because of the delayed approval of the new national budget. And the delay happens year after year, the latest of which we see in the Pl.4-trillion budget for fiscal year 2009.
The Black Nazarene
By Teodoro Bacani Jr.
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