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Income
steady. PLDT
chairman Manny V. Pangilinan briefs the media on the
first-quarter report of the telecom giant at their office
in Makati City. The nation’s largest company by market
value posted a net income of P8.6 billion in the first
quarter of the year, little changed from a year earlier.
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N.
Harbor bidding opened |
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THE
Philippine government has finally opened the bidding for the
privatization of the
North Harbor, one of
the country’s largest terminals. |
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FCDU
assets grow 14%, hit all-time high |
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ASSETS held
by foreign currency deposit units totaled $23.6 billion at
end-2006, nearly 14 percent higher than a year earlier and
representing an all-time high, the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas reported on Tuesday. |
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Govt
fires 1st salvo in big IP case vs. Pfizer |
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THE
Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) on Tuesday
sought the cancellation of Pfizer’s patent over one of its
top-selling anti-hypertensive drugs, setting off the
country’s biggest intellectual property case against the
world’s biggest commercial company. |
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Holcim bullish, sees 13% hike in cement demand on govt drive |
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NORZAGARAY,
Bulacan—Cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines Inc. is
rolling out a new product—Holcim Wallright, a cement mortar,
as it steadily becomes bullish over the future of
construction, which it expects to rise in the next several
months after a steady decline in demand for cement since
seven years ago. |
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top RP construction firms eye slice of Qatar infra biz |
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TOP
Philippine construction firms went on a business matching
mission to Qatar to capture a slice of the booming
infrastructure business and at the same time improve the
image of the Philippines as more a source of expertise and
technology and not so much of domestics. |
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Case
vs. Binay not authenticated |
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THE
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has asked
the Solicitor General’s Office to formally petition the
Office of the Ombudsman to defer the preventive suspension
order on Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay. |
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Masinloc bidders attend prebid meet |
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EVEN if the
transition supply contract to be attached to the
600-megawatts Masinloc Power Plant has yet to be finalized,
most of the investors or investor groups that have expressed
interest in the power plant attended the prebid conference
set by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corp. (Psalm) on Tuesday. |
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CA
affirms constitutionality of CB rule lifting cap on rates |
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THE Court of
Appeals (CA) has affirmed the constitutionality of Central
Bank Circular 905 which removes the ceiling on interest that
may be charged on loans. |
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Logic vs. scams: No raffle, no prize |
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YOU can’t
win if you did not participate in any raffle or contest;
it’s as simple as that. |
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MORE STORIES ... |
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CAMPAIGN
materials brought to Comelec by Atty. Sixto Brillantes,
counsel for Makati Second District congressional candidate
Abigail Binay, are laid out. Some of the campaign materials
that Brillantes showed as evidence against Erwin Genuino
were sunglasses, pictures of roasted calf, boxes of apples,
T-shirts and baseball caps, which under election rules are
considered valuable items that can be grounds for
vote-buying complaints. Genuino's father, Pagcor chief
Ephraim Genuino, has denied that his agency is funding what
rivals called a “lavish” campaign. -- ROY
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