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Weather Bulletin

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

  Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Eastern Luzon.

Metro Manila

Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers
22°C to 31°C
Moderate to Strong:
Northeast
Manila Bay:
Moderate to Rough

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PCSO Lotto Results
Lotto Results 11/30/2009
Megalotto 6/45: 24 29 39 30 42 32
Swertres: 605 * 116 * 261

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Manila Business

Chevron, 7-11 partnership

CHEVRON Philippines Incorporated (CPI) and the operator of 7-11 convenience store has teamed up to further strengthen their presence in the country.


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Investor confidence in Makati stays: Binay

THE country’s financial district remained a safe haven for investors despite the daring daylight robbery of a high-end watch store inside a posh shopping mall Sunday by heavily armed suspects, Makat


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Palace is open for ideas vs criminality

MALACANANG will be willing to hear proposals and suggestions from the business groups on how to prevent crime particularly in the business communities.


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Agoda checks in with PayPal

AGODA, Asia's leading and fastest growing online hotel reservation service, recently announced that customers booking at www.agoda.com now have the option to pay for their hotel accommodation using Pa


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Farmers on converted San Miguel shares

A MAJOR coconut farmers group assailed the decision of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) allowing the conversion of 27.63 percent of common shares stocks at San Miguel Corporation


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Emerson Network Power appoints Mendoza as biz dev’t director

MANILA -- Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, announced the appointment of Raymund Mendoza as director business d


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Gov’t concerned with corruption, US bizmen

MALACAÑANG instructed Trade Secretary Peter Favila to talk and reassure foreign businessmen operating in the country led by the members of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham).


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Russians to discover RP’s beauty

THE Department of Tourism (DOT), with its aggressive campaign to lure more tourists in the country, hosts the Directors Tour Program of Capital Tour from Russia.


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Assistance for typhoon-affected workers

AT LEAST 1,450 workers in three regions will be assisted by the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) upon the activation of its emergency wage employment in areas hardest hit by Typhoon Ondoy.


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PCGG explains conversion of SMC shares

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) defended their move to convert 27.63 percent of common shares stocks at San Miguel Corp.


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Mining firm posts growth in production

LISTED Philex Mining Corporation recorded an increment of 10 percent in production for its Padcal copper-gold mine in Benguet in the first nine months of the year.


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Agri’s budget needs adjustment

THE budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) needs to be realigned, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap Monday at the House appropriations committee hearing.


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Prices of goods must stay

WITH Typhoon Ondoy damaging a big chunk of agricultural supplies and the demand remains steady, sellers could not increase the price of their goods.


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Kayaking to link RP provinces

AFTER its successful bird watching project last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is set to highlight the beauty of the Philippines through kayaking.


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Smart lowers domestic call rates

IN RESPONSE to the emergency situation created by Typhoon Pepeng, Smart has temporarily lowered its on-net domestic regular voice call rates to assist subscribers in coping with this extraordinary sit


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