Web www.sunstar.com.ph

FOR SALE
House & Lot, Condo, Club share, Memorial Parks (click here)

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 (Philippines)

President Gloria Arroyo and advocates of children’s rights set doves free during the launching of the National Year for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. The ceremony was held yesterday at an orphanage in Manila. (AP photo) AFTER the Cebu exporters, it is now the bankers’ turn to seek exemption from the four-day holiday next month, as they warned of dire results from the long break. The Cebu Bankers Club is asking for a “partial observance” of the Dec. 11 to 14 holiday declared in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit. The holidays and the weekend will mean at least six days without banking services. [full story]