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Remember the case of the P403-million Metro Cebu overpriced streetlights in 2007? Remember how 1,800 decorative lampposts were erected in Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu Cities at P224,000 apiece, when the unit cost was only a third at P83,000?

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DARK EDGES: This week of the SONA looks a bit grim in a way. But we do not read anything into it.

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The recession has hit the Starbucks international chain of coffee shops badly.

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The recession has hit the Starbucks international chain of coffee shops badly.

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