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                    [Title] => Phinma CEO transfers to 8990
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Phinma Property Holdings Corp.president and CEO Willie Joven Uy  will move to another housing developer, 8990 Holdings effective Feb. 1, industry sources said.

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Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause.

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Mass housing developer 8990 Holdings is gearing up for global expansion after strengthening its foothold in various parts of the country.

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Wildlife activists are applauding the arrest by Tanzanian authorities of a Chinese woman for alleged ivory smuggling but caution that it's a small step toward stemming the "slaughter of industrial proportions" of elephants.

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‘Endless Summer’ is no longer just a 1960s surfing documentary or a stressed worker’s mid-meeting daydream – it’s now an unsettling Philippine reality.

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A high rate of elephant poaching in parts of Africa was unchanged in 2014 compared to the previous year, meaning that a continued decline in elephant numbers is likely, according to a study released yesterday at a conservation meeting in Botswana.

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Body odor is among 52 criteria that officials at San Diego International Airport use to judge taxi drivers. Taxi drivers say that smacks of prejudice and discrimination.

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Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with Hong Kong-based PCCW Global to put up a new international fiber optic cable system that would connect the Philippines with 17 international destinations.

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Phinma Property Holdings Corp.president and CEO Willie Joven Uy  will move to another housing developer, 8990 Holdings effective Feb. 1, industry sources said.

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Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause.

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Pope Francis denounced the conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in during a visit to one of Nairobi’s many shantytowns yesterday, saying that access to safe water is a basic human right and that everyone should have dignified, adequate housing.

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Wildlife activists are applauding the arrest by Tanzanian authorities of a Chinese woman for alleged ivory smuggling but caution that it's a small step toward stemming the "slaughter of industrial proportions" of elephants.

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‘Endless Summer’ is no longer just a 1960s surfing documentary or a stressed worker’s mid-meeting daydream – it’s now an unsettling Philippine reality.

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A high rate of elephant poaching in parts of Africa was unchanged in 2014 compared to the previous year, meaning that a continued decline in elephant numbers is likely, according to a study released yesterday at a conservation meeting in Botswana.

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Body odor is among 52 criteria that officials at San Diego International Airport use to judge taxi drivers. Taxi drivers say that smacks of prejudice and discrimination.

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Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with Hong Kong-based PCCW Global to put up a new international fiber optic cable system that would connect the Philippines with 17 international destinations.

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