Nigerian officials begin talks to secure Filipinos’ release
May 5, 2007 - 12:00am
SEOUL (AP) — Nigerian officials have begun negotiations with hostage-takers over freeing eight Filipinos and three South Koreans kidnapped in a pre-dawn raid...
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The Wealth of South Korea (Part 1)
By WEALTH MANAGEMENT By Ruben D. Almendras | September 17, 2006 - 12:00am
Ever since the South Koreans started coming to the Philippines in droves, they have now become the top tourists in the country displacing the Japanese, I've always wondered why they are coming to the Philippines,...
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The fuel tank is half full
By BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio | September 29, 2004 - 12:00am
Self-important "VIP" convoys. Chaotic U-turn schemes. Rising fuel prices. A fiscal crisis. Okay, we’ve got a lot of bad things to complain about from behind the wheel. But rather than rant once more...
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5 firms get NFA OK to import rice
July 11, 2004 - 12:00am
The National Food Authority (NFA) yesterday awarded the importation of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to five companies as the government beefs up its reserve stocks for the third quarter. The state-trading...
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Yearend mailbag clearing
By Rey Gamboa | December 31, 2003 - 12:00am
Before we continue answering the letters sent in by our readers as we clear our mailbag prior to the entry of the new year, allow me to first acknowledge some of our readers who just wrote in to express an opinion...
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Baby Bow-tie
By Andy Leuterio | October 29, 2003 - 12:00am
After a few years of offering mainly large vehicles like the Venture and Suburban and mainstream European brands like the Opel Astra and Vectra, GM Philippines finally has a small car to butt bumpers with the likes...
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601,000 jobs created but still short of 2003 target
By Mayen Jaymalin | July 25, 2003 - 12:00am
The government has generated 601,000 local jobs for the first seven months of the year but fell short of the one million jobs President Arroyo pledged in her State of the Nation address last year. But Labor Secretary...
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Empire East in talks with Korea's Daewoo
July 25, 2003 - 12:00am
Empire East Land Holdings Inc., the low to medium-cost housing subsidiary of Megaworld Corp., is in talks with South Korea-based Daewoo Construction Corp. for the development of a residential condominium project...
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45 Pinoy sa 'riot' sa Libya, uuwi na
July 21, 2003 - 12:00am
Papauwiin na sa bansa ang may 45 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na sinasabing nagpasimuno ng kaguluhan sa Libya na kinasangkutan ng grupo ng manggagawang Bangladeshi na ikinasugat ng ilang Pilipinong manggagawa...
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Daewoo to set up $20-M CNG bus assembly plant
By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 13, 2003 - 12:00am
Korean firm Daewoo Industries plans to set up a $20-million compressed natural gas (CNG)-fed vehicle assembly facility in the Philippines, Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez disclosed yesterday. Perez said in a...
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