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Former president Joseph Estrada  who had his birthday celebration  was given a birthday program by children of    Settlement House ( Association De Damas De Filipinas ) , an orphanage for children of unwed mothers located in Paco ,  Manila  City , Philippines ,  April 18 , 2009.
Candidates   Debate   Philippines   Photos   Politics  
 Inquirer 
Estrada a no-show; handlers say PDI 'biased'
| MANILA, Philippines—Was it a case of conflicting schedules or a snub? | Explaining his absence at an Inquirer-sponsored debate of presidential candidates at the University of the Philippines in Dili... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Philippines Sen. Richard Gordon, also the head of the Philippine National Red Cross, speaks to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday March 18, 2009.
Law   Philippines   Photos   Senator   Youth  
 Inquirer 
Gordon: Youth offenders' law a mistake
| MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Richard Gordon promised to review the Youth Offenders' Law if he becomes president, noting that criminals use children as their legmen to evade prosecution. | 'The law was a... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
PNB - Philippines National Bank PGH - Manila  The Daily Tribune 
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year
| 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)
Financial   Philippines   Photos   Pnb   Profit  
Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) plant along Edsa , Quezon City , Philippines , March 7 , 2009  The Daily Tribune 
MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm
| 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)
Business   Electric   Meralco   Philippines   Photos  
Top Stories
Billboard - Senator Manny Villar The Daily Tribune
Questions Villar must answer
| FRONTLINE | 02/09/2010 | Manny Villar makes much of his being poor, and of his no longer being a businessman from the time he joined the House of Representatives as a c... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Business   News   Philippine   Photos   President  
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. The Daily Tribune
Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda
| MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estra... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Philippine   Photos   President   Radio   TV  
Weather - Hot weather - Temperature The Daily Tribune
Pagasa warns of drier, hotter months ahead
| 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... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Elniño   Pagasa   Philippines   Photos   Weather  
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) The Daily Tribune
Ping’s ‘asylum’ an option
| 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)
Asylum   Crime   Philippines   Photos   Warrant  
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. The Daily Tribune
Erap meets with Mindanao leaders, skips PDI debate
| 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)
Debate   Delegations   Erap   Leaders   Photos  
Softdrinks ABC News
Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
By CHRIS EMERY | Contributing Writer, | Feb. 8, 2010 | Regular consumers of sugary soft drinks are at higher risk for pancreatic cancer than fruit juice drinkers or the g... (photo: WN / sweet)
Cancer   Consumers   Fruit   Photos   Softdrinks  
Japan China
- JAL to stay with American, end Delta talks-source
- Nikkei hits 2-mth low as exporters fall, Toyota dips
- Top of the fair trade fashion tree
- Japanese company admits faking safety reports on seats it ma
Coca Cola -Softdrinks
Earnings Preview: Coca-Cola 4Q results
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- China mounts fight on fake invoice crackdown
- Buy more tickets and resell to earn money
- Stimulus the saviour
- Romantic note
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
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Malaysia Korea
- Resorts World Singapore casino to open this week
- Sime Darby will consider good tie-ups
- Land owner produces proof of neighbours' illegal acts
- Islamic finance offers London a chance it must not miss
Cake - Food - Sweet
Incentives for producers of sweet stuff
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- Non-singing Simon says: You're rubbish, then pockets a p
- Hainan fears real-estate bubbles -
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- Valdez, Alaska, becomes a Cree LED City
Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
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Indonesia Philippines
- Good response to Indonesia bonds
- Filipinos among those planning for more savings in H1 — poll
- European, US stocks stabilize but debt fear hovers
- A look at global economic developments
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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- DUE TO FIRMER PESO, BASE EFFECTS--> Local biz confident of a
- ADAPTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE --> MPIC-Piltel consolidates shares
- Philippine bond yields inch up on global jitters
- The mysteries of money and politics UN forensics experts hav
PNB - Philippines National Bank PGH - Manila
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year
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Singapore Vietnam
- Resorts World Singapore casino to open this week
- Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 p
- Samsung C&T wins Singapore LNG construction deal
- Singapore awards contract for first LNG terminal to Samsung
Singtel  -  Singapore Telecom Company (ps1)
Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 per cent
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- Major cultural park gets facelift ahead of Tet
- China, Vietnam to set up new trade zone
- Ex-mayor helps Fort Collins man share life story
- The Final Frontier: Investing in Ghana
Lotte World - Department Store - South Korea
Second Lotte shopping center to open in city soon
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