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decorated.
Manny Pacquiao picks up his third world title after
getting the judges’ nods in a split-decision victory over
Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday in Las Vegas. No Filipino has
won in a heavier weight division since 1982, and no Asian
has ever won world championships in three weight
divisions. Strapped on Pacquiao are the
super-featherweight belts of the World Boxing Council (WBC),
the WBC International and Ring Magazine. --AP |
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Shimao offer on Fort Boni nixed |
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THE Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), invoking a
technicality, has rejected Chinese developer Shimao Group’s
unsolicited proposal for an 8-hectare property in North
Bonifacio that it previously reserved for the Chinese
conglomerate. |
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‘Politics’ in House dividends inquiry |
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THE Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has dismissed the legislative
inquiry as “so much politics,” but the House Oversight
Committee allegedly found evidence the monetary authorities
intentionally understated its annual dividend declarations
by up to P10 billion for several years now. |
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US
Supreme Court hears FM victims’ case on $35-M assets |
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THE 9,539
Filipino registered victims of martial law, who in 1995 won
a $2-billion damage award from an American court from the
late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s estate, criticized the role
of the US Solicitor General in blocking their claim to $35
million of Marcos assets whose ownership issue is now with
the US Supreme Court. |
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BPOs
still top generator of jobs |
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BUSINESS-process outsourcing companies remained the biggest
source of employment for Filipinos, even outside the
metropolis, data from the recent International ICT Awards
revealed. |
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Prices of oil products up 50 centavos |
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CITING the
continuous increase in world oil prices, local oil companies
adjusted over the weekend pump prices of diesel, gasoline
and kerosene by half a peso.
Oil
companies Chevron Philippines Inc., Petron Corp. and
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. adjusted their respective
pump prices Saturday morning, while Total (Philippines)
Corp. did so Sunday morning. |
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Nene
wants FTI mess probed |
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THE Food
Terminal Inc. (FTI) was a concept born decades ago of a
desire of the government to lower the prices of food in the
metropolis by providing a common bagsakan area with
concessional fees, cold storage for agricultural products
and food processing. |
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‘NO greater
love...’ This is the title of a giant oil painting by Joey
Velasco that is part of an exhibit at the Baguio Convention
Center. This contemporary crucifixion depicts Christ hanging
from a Meralco post, with a boy and a girl trying to reach
Jesus, as if imitating his outstretched arms, and offering a
drink and a sampaguita lei.
--MAURICIO VICTA |
