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Months before the big move to Sucat, Parañaque, I began taking random snapshots on my cellphone of varied sights and sounds in the original Philippine STAR office in Port Area, where the newspaper was based for 37 years, not only as a way of remembrance and posterity, but in view of the possibility that they can be rolled out for occasions like this present project.

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Dalawang fire volun­teer ang nasugatan matapos na bugbugin ng dalawang lalaki nang maubusan ng tubig habang inaapula ang isang sunog sa Port Area, Manila kahapon ng hapon.

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A project that would extend the Light Rail Transit Line 2 to Manila's port area has seen its cost surge by around 70% — or from over P10 billion to P17 billion — after over a decade of delay, according to the LRT Authority. 

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Around 1,800 families in Manila were left homeless yesterday after fires struck Port Area and Tondo.

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The largest real estate asset of the Government Service Insurance System, located at the Port of Manila, is being readied for auction for a minimum bid price of P20 billion.

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Dalawang fire volun­teer ang nasugatan matapos na bugbugin ng dalawang lalaki nang maubusan ng tubig habang inaapula ang isang sunog sa Port Area, Manila kahapon ng hapon.

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A project that would extend the Light Rail Transit Line 2 to Manila's port area has seen its cost surge by around 70% — or from over P10 billion to P17 billion — after over a decade of delay, according to the LRT Authority. 

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Around 1,800 families in Manila were left homeless yesterday after fires struck Port Area and Tondo.

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The largest real estate asset of the Government Service Insurance System, located at the Port of Manila, is being readied for auction for a minimum bid price of P20 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2018-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804771 [AuthorName] => Mary Grace Padin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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