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Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 30 November 2009

  Northeast monsoon affecting Luzon and Eastern Visayas.

Metro Manila

Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers
24°C to 32°C
Moderate to Strong:
Northeast
Manila Bay:
Moderate to Rough

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Lotto Results 11/29/2009
Superlotto 6/49: 21 04 32 09 02 48
Swertres: 557 * 576 * 367

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Business

Skeptics wrong: guv

EVEN as other major projects may temporarily be shelved due to global financial meltdown, Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar S.


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Infra to boost RX economy


NORTHERN Mindanao officials are eyeing big-ticket “relevant infrastructure projects” as principal driver in pump-priming Mindanao’s largest regional economy amid its declining performance as a r


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Coffee company with a conscience


ONE of the more successful franchises in the coffee business is now here in Cagayan de Oro.


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Franchising to mitigate effects of crisis


FRANCHISING can be an effective way to combat the ill effects of the current global financial crunch, the chairperson of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) said on Thursday.


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MFIs, MBAs urged to go into Islamic finance


TO CONTINUE "performing miracles in the field of microfinance" in Mindanao, a microfinance expert is encouraging microfinance institutions (MFIs) and mutual benefit associations (MBAs) in Mindanao to


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Iligan C-3 15.17% done

A TOP official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported that the construction of the Iligan City Circumferential(C-3) Road Project is 15.17 percent complete as of April this year


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Best Expo ’09 seen to bring in new money

IT IS full speed ahead for the campaign to make Northern Mindanao as a hub for investment and tourism, according to a top official of a local business chamber.


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CEB now flies Davao-Cagayan de Oro

GOING to Cagayan de Oro from Davao and vice versa will now be a breeze fast and easy. Gokongwei-owned airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) flies direct from Davao to Cagayan de Oro today.


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Northern Mindanao gains P63M from mining industry

TOTAL sales of P63.04 million in various mineral products have been noted in Northern Mindanao by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last ye


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NGCP to invest P10.32-B for transmission projects


OZAMIZ CITY -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has announced it is investing P10.32 billion in the next three years to keep its power transmission capacity in step with growing


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Coco industry decline worries Bukidnon lawmaker


A HOUSE committee member on Food and Agriculture has expressed concern over the declining coconut industry of the country.


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Regional exports dip by 10% in '08


ALTHOUGH the export sector in the region dipped by almost 10 percent last year, Northern Mindanao remains the largest economy in Mindanao and the third highest in the country, reports from National Ec


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Airport project to be completed on schedule


AN OFFICIAL of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said Monday the P7.8 billion Laguindingan Airport is now almost one third complete.


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SBC now lends to farm-level agri-businesses


STATE-run Small Business Corporation (SBC) is now poised to extend financing programs to farm-level agri-businesses across the country.


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