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PNB - Philippines National Bank PGH - Manila PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year
The Daily Tribune  | 02/09/2010 | Philippine National Bank (PNB) closed last year with an unaudited net income of P2.2 billion, doubling its previous year’s record of P1.1 billion, the bank said in a statement. | Strong... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) plant along Edsa , Quezon City , Philippines , March 7 , 2009 MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm
The Daily Tribune  | 02/09/2010 | Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. units Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) plan to put up a new holding company called Newco to consolidate th... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Former president Joseph Estrada who had his birthday celebration in   Settlement House ( Association De Damas De Filipinas ) , an orphanage for children of unwed mothers located in Paco ,  Manila  City , Philippines , April 18 , 2009. Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda

The Daily Tribune | MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estrada-Jojo Binay at Plaza Miranda... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Weather - Hot weather - Temperature Pagasa warns of drier, hotter months ahead
The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Several provinces affected by drier than normal conditions have started to recover, but the state weather bureau warned that the impact of the so-called El Niño phenomenon will persist ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Philippine opposition Senator Panfilo Lacson, left, joins a prayer vigil for the safety of Rodolfo Lozada Jr., a witness in a Senate corruption inquiry that has implicated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband, in front of the Senate building in suburban Manila on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008. Lozada was facing an arrest warrant from the Senate for failing to attend last week's hearing when police whisked him out of Manila airport after he returned from an official trip abroad, authorities and his family said. Sign at right reads "Cannot bare this rotten government!" (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Ping’s ‘asylum’ an option
The Daily Tribune | By Michaela P. del Callar | 02/09/2010 | Lawyers for the senator on the run, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, in a TV interview yesterday, brought up the idea of the senator seek... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
APRIL 18, 2009 , MANILA CITY, PHILIPPINES - FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH " ERAP " ESTRADA  READING A WELCOME SONG FOR HIM AS HE CELEBRATED HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY IN ASSOCIATION DE DAMAS DE FILIPINAS WITH THE CHILDREN AND CARE TAKERS OF , A TALK ABOUT ORPHANAGE WHICH WAS FUNDED BY ESTRADA ON HIS TERM TO BE RENOVATED IN 45 DAYS AFTER IT WAS BURNED LAST DECEMBER 3, 1998 WITH 29 PERISHED CHILDREN AND CARE TAKERS. IT HAS BEEN HIS EFFORTS TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR ON THE SAID ORPHANAGE. Erap meets with Mindanao leaders, skips PDI debate
The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada yesterday skipped the presidential debate sponsored by the Philippine Daily Inquirer at the University of the Philip... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo salutes the troops upon arrival in Legazpi city, Albay province, 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 to oversee readiness for possible eruption of the restive Mayon volcano. Tens of thousands of evacuees are expected to spend Christmas in different evacuation centers after the country's most active volcano began spewing ash last week coupled with continuing lava flow. (AP Photo/Mike Alquinto) Arroyo launches 'super region' project in Batangas

Inquirer | BATANGAS CITY, Philippines -- President Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday afternoon launched the Urban Luzon Beltway Super Region at the multipurpose gymnasium of the Universi... (photo: AP / Mike Alquinto)
Fran Drescher, left, and Sharon Osbourne 'The Nanny' Star Recast As Diplomat, Politico, and TV Talk Host?

ABC News By DEVIN DWYER | Feb. 8, 2010 | She's known worldwide for her nasal voice, New York accent, and starring role in the sitcom "The Nanny," but now actress has recast hersel... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello, file)
Singtel  -  Singapore Telecom Company (ps1) Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 per cent
m&c | Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, or SingTel, said Monday that its mobile customer base in the Asia-Pacific expanded to 285 million by the end of December, ... (photo: WN / patricia)
Medicines - Pharmacy - Drugs DOH to release new list of drug price cuts

Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—A new round of drug price reductions would be announced soon, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said. | Cabral said the Department of Health would r... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Department of Environment and Natural Resources - DENR - Government Agency - Philippines DENR shuts down Bulacan bunker oil plant
Inquirer | ANGAT, Bulacan, Philippines -- Environment Secretary Eleazar Quinto on Monday closed a factory producing bunker and industrial oil in the upland village of Pulong Yanto... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Senator Noynoy Aquino Aquino spends 50th birthday with Payatas students
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III on Monday celebrated his 50th birthday with students of an elementary school 'squatti... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Arrival Terminal 3 at Dubai Airport Fewer people worldwide took flights last year

USA Today Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Charles Crowell, Bloomberg News Emirates planes taxi at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United A... (photo: Creative Commons / Augapfel)
President-elect Barack Obama gestures during a news conference introducing members of his economic team, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 in Chicago. Ozawa requests 'sufficient time' for Obama meeting if he goes to U.S.+

Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa said Monday he has asked that the United States give "sufficient time" f... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A man walks past a screen showing the European stock markets fall in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. The Paris stock exchange briefly suspended calculating the benchmark CAC-40 index on Wednesday amid a massive influx of sell orders that caused it to plummet nearly 8.2 percent, an exchange spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)hg3
European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger
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Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
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PNB - Philippines National Bank PGH - Manila
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year
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 A rescuer walks outside collapsed houses following a powerful quake that hit Japan´s northwest coast in Kashiwazaki, Monday, July 16, 2007. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan´s northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least f
Strong earthquake hits off southern Japan coast
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Singtel  -  Singapore Telecom Company (ps1)
Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 per cent
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