Plywood, lumber prices rise 30% due to log ban
By Marianne V. Go | February 23, 2011 - 12:00am
Prices of plywood and lumber have risen by 30 percent following the imposition of a total log ban which now covers even the primary forests included under industrial forest management agreements (IFMAs).
Business
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Mandaue inspects public market
By Jose P. Sollano | September 12, 2010 - 12:00am
The Mandaue City government has intensified its campaign against delinquent stall holders and vendors at the city public market who deceive customers with tampered weighing scales.
Cebu News
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Gun amnesty extension sought
By Michelle Zoleta | October 23, 2009 - 12:00am
Another month extension to avail of the gun amnesty is being requested by stakeholders and gun holders in this city for them to fully complete the requirements set by the Gun and Explosives Division of the Philippine...
Nation
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LTFRB won't certify operators without SSS registration
By Dennis Carcamo | May 11, 2009 - 1:17pm
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said today it will not issue a certificate of franchise to public transport operators who are not registered with the Social...
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Lost investment

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | April 27, 2009 - 12:00am
Last week I was informed by snail mail that the company where I took out a memorial service plan, fully paid about two years ago, had been taken over by another company, and that my final departure arrangements were...
Opinion
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4 more pre-need companies on brink of collapse
By Aurea Calica | February 11, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -- Four more pre-need companies are on the verge of collapse, one of which was already paying off plan holders with medicine and cooking gas because it no longer had funds to deliver the promised...
Headlines
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Mindanao planholders sue Legacy Group for syndicated estafa
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | February 2, 2009 - 12:00am
Around 800 Mindanao-based plan holders, with a combined investment of over P1 billion to the Legacy Group’s pre-need firms, are joining the growing list of disgruntled investors that are suing the troubled...
Headlines
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Dashed hopes, shattered dreams
January 20, 2009 - 12:00am
The hopes and dreams of housewives, teachers, overseas contract workers and many ordinary Filipinos have been shattered once again with the sudden closing of three pre-need companies. According to sources, Legacy...
Business
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BI blacklists 310 Chinese investors
By Ghio Ong | November 3, 2008 - 12:00am
More than 310 Chinese suspected of having withdrawn their investments and their 404 dependents have been blacklisted and ...
Headlines
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What I won't leave home without when I go to Russia
By Kay Malilong-Isberto | October 28, 2008 - 12:00am
It was a hot and humid afternoon. I was tinkering with the router and trying to figure out why I could not get an Internet ...
Freeman Opinion
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