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Melissa Odabash swimwear now in Manila
By Malu Fernandez
The month of February is usually the best time to go on vacation at your favorite resort—the masses of holiday vacationers are usually back to work so most resorts are virtually ghost towns. This is the time for a quick romantic getaway with your significant other and if you’re lucky you may have your pick of exclusive high-end resorts at lower rates, and if money isn’t a problem and you’re flying off to the Maldives to enjoy the ocean breeze, you might as well look the part and fit in your luxurious surroundings by wearing the right swimwear.
Fresh picks
Maintaining the momentum
Life begins anew as CCP turns 40
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Board Exam Results
Marine Engineer Officers Licensure Examination Results (January 2009)
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Freeze reorganization of govt offices?Neda
A TOP official has recommended a temporary stop to the firing of redundant state workers, saying it is necessary to avoid worsening the problem brought on by the economic crisis.
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PLDT boss plans Star-BusinessWorld alliance
By Jenniffer B. Austria
PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan yesterday said he sees some form of cooperation between BusinessWorld and The Philippine Star once he completes negotiations to buy a majority stake in the national daily.
Speaker?s allies blame regulator for Legacy losses
White knight to meet plan holders amid fresh acrimony
New York, Manila settle taxation row
Arroyo to attend economic forum
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MetroPac, PNR teaming up
By Jenniffer B. Austria
First Philippine Infrastructure Inc., a unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp., has signed an agreement with Philippine National Railways to explore investment opportunities in the railway business.
Global airline industry suffered $5-b losses in ?08
By Roderick T. dela Cruz
The airline industry carried the weight of the global economic recession in December, as both passenger and cargo volumes showed decline.
Manila Water, Cebu approve supply deal
Manila Water Co. Inc., the water utility firm of conglomerate Ayala Corp., is looking at a bulk water supply project in the province of Cebu.
Economy seen growing over 4% this year amid crisis
A leading Filipino economist yesterday said the country’s gross domestic product economy will manage to rise above 4.0 percent this year, despite the deterioration in financial markets that forced the International Monetary Fund to revise its global growth outlook to its lowest rate since World War II.
PLDT says ?09 income to increase on tax cuts
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., the nation’s biggest company by value, said its profit will rise this year, largely because of lower taxes.
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Oscar predicts Hatton victory
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton believes he can beat Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao in their showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2.
Game 1 win an eye opener for Cone
By Reuel Vidal
THE first game of the best-of-seven finals series of the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association was more than a win for Coach Tim Cone; it was an eye opener of sorts.
Gerry insists: I?m still bantamweight champ
WORLD Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Gerry Peñalosa insists he hasn’t relinquished his 118-pound title, even though he is moving up in weight in a planned title fight against WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez.
Shin Dong Pa makes Uptown21 his 2nd home
By Rey Joble
IN HIS checkered basketball career spanning nearly a decade representing Korea in major Asian basketball tournaments, Shin Dong Pa became a legend and earned the admiration of his Filipino counterparts and basketball enthusiasts in the region.
Dragons dethrone Chiefs
On verge of history
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The other side of the road scandal
More than a year before the alleged rigging in the bidding of the World Bank-funded $33 million National Road Improvement and Management Program erupted into a full-blown controversy, there were already moves by some senators to investigate the anomaly. In fact, the committee on economic affairs, then chaired by Senator Loren Legarda, started the inquiry but was able to conduct only one public hearing, which was held on Nov. 26, 2007. Of the officials from several agencies invited to the hearing, only one—a representative from the Commission on Audit—showed up.
Blessed are the poor in spirit
By Teodoro Bacani Jr.
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