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PNOC EC majority for sale

by Roderick T. dela Cruz
The Finance Department has postponed the privatization of major government assets to the first quarter of 2010 but raised the stake for sale in PNOC Exploration Corp. to 60 percent to attract more bidders and raise as much as P15 billion.

Subic revenue collections hit P4.9b in 11 months

by Cecille Garcia
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said Monday that the free port collected P4.88 billion in duties and taxes in the first 11 months of the year, up slightly from P4.82 billion year-on-year.

BDO Leasing to buy San Miguel shares

by Jenniffer B. Austria
BDO Leasing and Finance Inc., a unit of Banco de Oro Unibank Inc., is investing up to P1.3 billion in the preferred shares of food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp.

A good year for desktop Linux

2010 is going to be a good year for Linux on the desktop.
No, tens of millions of Windows users aren’t going to see the light and suddenly switch. Inertia and resistance to change make a massive migration highly unlikely. At the same time, Microsoft has managed to stem the erosion from its Vista-fueled disaster, first by extending the commercial life of Windows XP on netbooks, then by releasing Windows 7.

Semirara gets more coal mining blocks in Antique

Eurostar shuts down rail services indefinitely

Poll: Legarda catches up with Roxas

SENATOR Benigno Aquino III kept his double-digit lead in the latest presidential survey released Monday by Pulse Asia, but Senator Manuel Villar and former President Joseph Estrada made significant gains in the Dec. 8 to 10 survey compared with an earlier survey.

Ampatuan slams NBI for ‘circus spectacle’

by Roy Pelovello and Rey E. Requejo
THE main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao on Monday asked the Quezon City court trying his case to cite Justice Department and NBI officials for contempt for turning his preliminary investigation last week into a “circus spectacle.”

A spectacular show. Glowing lava continues to flow down the slopes of the Mayon Volcano Sunday night, seen here from Legazpi City. BULLIT MARQUEZ, AP

Only 3 in 10 respondents have complete Senate list

Exports still in long, arduous recovery mode

Police force sacked after raid

Mayon turning up the heat

Unlimited phone call promotions withdrawn

Gas, diesel prices cut

Dogs, cats likened to gas guzzlers

Gilas faces former import

by Rey Joble
CJ Giles, a former reinforcement of the Smart-Gilas team, and Nate Johnson, an ex-import of the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association, will be the two familiar players the nationals will encounter when they compete in a strong tournament in Dubai early next year.

RP boxers receive incentives

by Ronnie Nathanielsz
MEMBERS of the boxing team to the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Laos have already received the incentives promised them by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, headed by its president Ricky Vargas and chairman Manny Pangilinan.

Interim champ coming home

by Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE Philippines’ newest interim world champion Johnreil “Quadro Alas” Casimiro arrives at 5:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve aboard a Philippine Airlines flight from Los Angeles, following his 11th-round knockout victory over highly-favored Cesar Canchilla at the National Stadium in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua on Sunday.

Orduna sweeps top karting awards

JOEY Orduna of Ready2Race completed his historic quest as the first and the youngest karter to capture both the Karter of the Year and Junior Karter of the Year crown in a single season.

Alabang Jungolf Challenge today

Satisfaction

Lawyers and judges

A cherished Christmas gift

The 2009 UP Lantern Parade

Feeding the mind

A normal kind of girl

by Gigi Muñoz David
Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad has not made up her mind about what to give her boyfriend for Christmas.

Best frozen yogurts

Merry Christmas

Lakas stops defections; NP gains

by Fel V. Maragay
A good number of political butterflies may have shifted alliances as the opposition Nacionalista Party and Liberal Party try to beef up their forces for the 2010 elections.

Makati club poll bodes well for Gibo

by Joyce Pangco Pañares
The business community seeks an intelligent platform in the 2010 presidential elections, judging from the outcome of a recent survey conducted by the Makati Business Club, according to Malacañang.

Santiago slams disqualification case

Liberals out to save Lim candidacy

Estrada stronghold challenged

San Juan’s congressional bet, Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito, is unopposed but his mother Guia Gomez has four challengers in her bid to replace him.

A kidney donation may be a gift of life

Airport cops swarm terminals

Sigourney Weaver takes audiences farther away in ‘Avatar’

Sigourney Weaver who has long been regarded as one of the best actresses working today, enjoying iconic status for her portrayal of Ellen Ripley in the Aliens franchise, stars anew in Avatar, a sci-fi breakthrough from filmmaker James Cameron.

Piolo not ready for marriage