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Weather Bulletin

Issued At: 5:00 p.m., 21 November 2009

  At 2:00 p.m. today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 220 kms East of Mindanao (8.0°N, 128.5°E). Northeast monsoon affecting Extreme Northern Luzon.

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PCSO Lotto Results
Lotto Results 11/21/2009
6Digit: 3 6 3 7 7 9
Lotto 6/42: 18 31 24 32 16 14
PowerLotto: 39 26 55 23 29 06
Swertres: 861 * 390 * 400

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Cebu Feature

Cebuano builds wood-fired boat


THE Cebuano who developed a multi-cab that runs on wood gas has embarked on a project that is several feet bigger—an ark.


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Tañon unlike any worldwide


THERE’s another reason to protect Tañon Strait.


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Faster growth, but worsening poverty

RAPID economic growth in recent years, perhaps one of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s few and widely acknowledged achievements amid the steady slide in her popularity ratings, could turn out to


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From 1 to 100, how would you grade Arroyo?

AFTER eight years in power, what has President Arroyo accomplished? And what did she fail to deliver?


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Backhoe back on Sapangdaku


AFTER more than a year, 25 quarry operators are again allowed to use backhoe to extract sand and gravel at Sapangdaku River in Toledo City.


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LGUs, Capitol sign SWM pact


MAYORS and heads of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) last Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Cebu Gov.


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Media workers get guide on reporting human rights stories

MEDIA practitioners now have a field guide to aid them in reporting on human rights (HR) in the country.


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Ayala group in Cebu to hold recyclables fair twice a year


FOR many companies nowadays, environmental protection is no longer a trend but a necessity.


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Councilor gives ‘green’ advice


IN the face of the growing need to protect the environment, a Cebu City councilor has urged local retailers to implement “green” strategies.


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Rich dad, poor dad


Investment options many, but cash-rich OFWs still end up broke


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From remittances to revenues


Former OFW, seafarer’s wife find success in business

SOME 30 years ago, Loida Sandalo was receiving regular remittances from her husband, a messman working on a ship overseas.


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Pause at exits


Paradigm shift to check migration

“DO WE want to export labor forever?”


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Separate countries, separate lives


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INFIDELITY, drugs and other social problems plague OFW families


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Clash and culture


Lunatic or just stressed out, Pinoys struggle with life abroad amid weak support system


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When the text messages stop coming, so does the money

OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFW) complain about a lot of things: maltreatment, non-payment of wages and contract violations, among others.


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