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Cake design
and cooking demo at Expo
This student was among those
taking up culinary arts who took part in a cake design
competition during the first-ever Manila Food and Beverage
Expo organized by Worldbex Services International. World
chefs were also around to participate in a cooking demo
during the event. The expo likewise featured different
cookwares from different suppliers and manufacturers on
display at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
--NONIE REYES |
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Buñag goes, scores bosses |
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NINE days
after saying that Internal Revenue Commissioner Jose Mario
Buñag would keep his post pending a Palace “review” of the
performance of agencies in the fiscal sector, Malacañang
unceremoniously sacked its chief taxman on Wednesday. It
offered him an ambassadorial post, which he declined, saying
he’d rather go back to the private sector. |
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DOF
reveals data that broke fiscal back on Buñag’s fate |
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THE numbers
were already heavily stacked against Bureau of Internal
Revenue chief Jose Mario Buñag in the first three months.
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It
pays to be clean, RP business told |
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THE British
government has urged Philippine private companies to
participate in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
program, now at the level of $5 billion in transactions, to
help global efforts to address the effects of
climate-change. |
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Unicef hails RP move to recall Wyeth milk |
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THE Bureau
of Food and Drugs’ (BFAD) order to recall milk products by
American company Wyeth, is a “good sign” of government’s
vigilance to make sure that food given to children are safe,
the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef)
said. |
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Poor, but hostage to infant formula ads’ ‘deception’ |
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IN Sitio San
Roque in barangay Pag-asa,
Quezon City,
the site of a malnourished baby being carried by a mother
surrounded by diminutive shanties is not rare. |
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Potential port bidders raise more issues |
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COMPANIES
interested in running the Manila North Harbor, one of the
country’s busiest ports, have raised several questions on
the process of its privatization. |
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Now,
Globe users can search with Yahoo service
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GLOBE
Telecom has forged a strategic mobile partnership with
Yahoo!.
Under the
terms of the agreement, Globe will distribute Yahoo!’s
popular mobile search service, Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo! Go
for Mobile and other mobile Internet services on the myGlobe
WAP site. |
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Court of the people.
Chief Justice Reynato
Puno addresses the Quijano de Manila forum at Cherry
Blossoms Hotel in Manila. Among other issues on the bench
and bar, the Chief Justice revealed an ongoing review of
the internal workings of the Judicial and Bar Council,
particularly its selection process to fill up vacancies in
the Judiciary. --NONIE
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