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Weather Bulletin

Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 29 November 2009

  Northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Eastern Luzon.

Metro Manila

Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers
23°C to 32°C
Moderate to Strong:
Northeast
Manila Bay:
Moderate to Rough

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PCSO Lotto Results
Lotto Results 11/28/2009
6Digit: 4 7 8 6 5 4
Lotto 6/42: 19 05 15 42 27 40
PowerLotto: 38 41 42 33 50 03
Swertres: 006 * 314 * 393

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Manila Business

Lopez Group on remaining Meralco shares

THE Lopez Group is not yet keen on selling its remaining stake in the country’s largest power distribution utility Manila Electric Company (Meralco).


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Saudi needs 1T nurses

ABOUT 1,000 nurses are now in demand in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 


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Meralco mulls borrowing money to pay maturing debts

POWER retailer Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will consult its new partners first if it should secure new loans to finance its maturing debts amounting to P7 billion to P8 billion.


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DPWH hires 300T workers for infra projects

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported Tuesday that more than 300,000 workers were temporarily employed in the different infrastructure projects of the agency nationwide.


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Eastern Petroleum to put up 3 mega stations

INDEPENDENT oil player Eastern Petroleum (EPC) is infusing over P250 million in fresh capitals for the construction of three mega stations this year.


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Flying V, US firm to put up CNG refilling station

UNITED States-based Callandra LCNG Fuels Corp.


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Province appeals ruling on Peza’s tax case

THE Bataan Provincial Government has petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse a ruling of the Court of Appeals (CA), which declared that the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) is exempt fro


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Government on IMF projection

THE Department of Finance (DOF) on Thursday said the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) projection of a one percent contraction this year will only happen if the Philippines does not do anything.


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DepEd to hire 9,403 teachers

AS PART of its effort to beef up its workforce and further improve the teacher-student ratio in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) will hire 9,403 teachers at Friday’s 111th Independen


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Arroyo lauds Chinese economy

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday credited the Chinese economy for leading the Philippines and Asia out of the global economic crisis.


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16M Pinoys are ‘self-employed’

MORE than 16 million or 50 percent of the country's workforce are now in the informal sector or the “self-employed” Filipinos, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) said Wednesday.


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Customs to set up station at Kalibo airport

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) will set up a station at Kalibo airport in Aklan Province soon in view of the influx of foreign tourists visiting the world-famous Boracay Island.


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Seaoil to pursue listing of shares in PSE

INDEPENDENT oil player Seaoil Philippines Inc. (SPI) is still keen on pursuing the listings of its shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).


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San Miguel hikes stake in Bank of Commerce

FOOD and beverage and power conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has infused P2 billion more in the Bank of Commerce bringing its total stake to 51 percent.


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Meralco rates to drop

DUE to lower fuel cost, generation charges of power retailer Manila Electric Company (Manila) will decrease again by another 80 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh).


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