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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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PLDT, Lopez finalize deal

by Jenniffer B. Austria
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. yesterday said it extended an P11.2-billion loan to First Philippine Utilities Corp., a wholly-owned unit of First Philippine Holdings Corp., as part of an agreement to purchase an additional 6.7-percent stake in Manila Electric Co.

Filinvest Land raises P5b from bond issue

Filinvest Land Inc. has successfully raised P5 billion from the sale of retail bonds to finance the company’s mass housing projects.

Waterfront eyeing P2-b loan to fix hotel units

Hotel operator Waterfront Philippines Inc. plans to borrow P2 billion to restructure debt and renovate its hotels, it said in a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange.

No luster in Chrome OS

SOMETIMES, less isn’t more—it’s just less.
This was certainly the way I felt when I fired up an early open source demo of Google’s Chrome operating system that became available for download last week.

BSP sees hot money slowing next year

CAB says international travel to improve in 2010

12 reporters among 45 killed in Maguindanao massacre

FORTY-FIVE people were yesterday either beheaded or shot dead in a remote village in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao after they were seized by more than 100 men believed to be policemen and militiamen allegedly led by a relative of the Ampatuan clan, officials said.

Escudero to announce independent run for VP

SENATOR Francis Escudero is expected to announce that he is abandoning his quest for the presidency in 2010 and running instead for vice president with no party affiliation, his former campaign manager said yesterday.

Blast from the past. A convoy of military vehicles rolled on the street of Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, in August 2008. Government troops, backed by bomber aircraft, shelled Muslim rebels’ stronghold for three days after the rebels attacked civilian communities. Pat Roque, AP

Nacionalistas scramble to mend fences with leftist groups

Current, former senators lead in Standard opinion poll

Smaller oil firms raise pump prices by P1.50

Underweight children increasing

Another award awaits CNN’s Hero of Year

Manila may import 3 million tons of rice

Sosa’s camp wants rematch

by Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE camp of former WBC light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa is complaining over his second-round TKO loss to Filipino Rodel Mayol in Chiapas, Mexico, claiming that the head-butt which initially stunned the Mexican and opened up a cut on his cheek, caused his defeat.

Lining, Martinez make main draw

by Rey Joble
SEVENTEEN players and counting for the Filipino cue artists in the World Ten Ball, Championship.

Purefoods vows to improve its defense

THE quest for the first back-to-back victory in the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup remains elusive for the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.

V League semis starts

IN a repeat of the first conference’s Final Four, University of Santo Tomas battles Far Eastern University and San Sebastian College collides with Adamson today in a pair of best-of-three matches ushering in the semifinal round of the Shakey’s V-League Season 6 second conference at The Arena in San Juan City.

Blue Thunder tame Cougars

Commend, not condemn

The Liberal Party mafia

Noynoy’s primary asset

Loren’s ever-changing civil status

A feel-good year
by Antonio C. Abaya

In her own words

by Dinna Chan Vasquez
Only a woman who is very confident about herself can face a roomful of lifestyle editors and writers without makeup.

Metro Manila’s best hotel buffets

Ingenious ways of using your microwave

Cebu’s mass transport dilemma

by Ferliza C. Contratista
CEBU CITY—Officials here remain locked in a wrangle over which mass transport system to build in Metro Cebu, with the camp of Mayor Tomas Osmeña is pushing for the Bus Rapid Transit and Rep. Eduardo Gullas going for the Mono Light Rail Transit.

Bets urged to register early

by Joel E. Zurbano
THE Commission on Elections is reminding candidates for national positions to file their Certificates of Candidacy now and not wait until the last day before the Dec. 1 to submit them.

PhilHealth sets unified ID system

Govt can take over Diwalwal mine

Party-list must name nominees

P20-b dike to ring Laguna de Bay

The Public Works Department has mapped out the route of a P20-billion ring dike around Laguna de Bay to tackle flooding in the eastern and southern part of Metro Manila and adjoining provinces.

Aquino banking on actor to enlist volunteers

Car in Ebarle killing found

Kho barred from medicine practice

KC can’t make movies with Binoe, Aga

by Joseph Peter R. Conzalez
KC Concepcion is very proud that Swatch is backing up her advocacy against hunger as ambassador of the United Nations World Food Program in the Philippines. This is the reason why the project KC Cares, Swatch Shares came into being.