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Eight Below Movie
I really appreciate this movie and even the dogs on the movie. I am so really surprise with the movie, because dog’s thinks like a human in the movie. They make a way on how can they live in the middle of the storm. Protect each other and help each other and in this kind of movie you can really see that dog’s are man’s best friend, because the main character in the story really make a way to go behind their dog’s even though they are to far from them. I can see also that those dog’s did not left each other, especially when one of their companion get wounded but still they did not leave it and instead the one dog find a way on how to told their friend man that there are still dog left in which it is wounded. This is so really interesting story and movie that people can really get so much lesson to it.
Band of the Tugbok National High School
This is our drum & lyre corp. in our school at
Gunmen
The Quezon City Police District named the fatalities as Rommel Malate and RJ Barboza.
Investigations showed that Barboza was standing in front of Malate's mini-store in Sitio San Gabriel, Barangay Batasan Hills around 8 p.m. when two gunmen on board a blue Toyota Revo fired at them.
The gunmen sped off after the shooting and evaded policemen who responded to the crime scene.
The police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.
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Reformatting
We are already done formatting those 3 laboratories here in school. We only have 1 laboratory left. We do hope that we can make to finish this tomorrow morning so that during tomorrow afternoon we are free to do what we wanted to do. Actually that laboratory is almost done but the image is not yet don, because my boss told me this very morning that the image for the asrock motherboard is not yet finish, because there is a virus left on it. So we decided to move on to the other laboratory and tomorrow we will going to back again to that laboratory and then we will going to continue what we have not yet done today.
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Surigao del Norte grenade attack
Nine people have been wounded in a grenade attack in Surigao del Norte province, the military said Saturday.
An unidentified person lobbed the grenade into a public area in the town of Claver late Friday, said regional Army spokesman Major Armand Rico.
The explosion caused panic and wounded nine people, he said, adding that the the suspect has not been caught and the motive for the attack is unknown.
The explosion came amid tightened security in the southern Philippines, where the military has been locked in intense gunbattles with Muslim separatist rebels since August.
Nokia 7710
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| Network | GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 |
| Dimensions | 143mm x 128mm x 70mm |
| Weight | 189g |
| Storage | 90 MB |
| Expansion | 128 MB MMC provided, support up to 512 MB |
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| Platform | Symbian Series 80 |
| Battery | type with 3 hours talk time and 216 hours standby time |
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Latest Apple iPod nano spy
The latest spy shot of what is rumoured to be the new iPod nano has turned up on the web days ahead of the expected launch on 9 September.
The photo, which gadget sites are claiming is the most genuine yet, matches the description of the nano described by Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, some weeks ago.
According to AppleInsider; "The report claims that the new nano is wrapped entirely in aluminum, but that it will come in 'more vibrant' colors than the light-tinted models on sale today - one of which is the coppery orange that was used for the second-generation iPod shuffle".
Philippine banks mainly stable
Philippine banks remain stable and largely immune from shock waves caused by the US credit crisis, economic managers said Thursday.
While the US and European governments moved to bail out troubled financial institutions, the Philippines remained basically unscathed, said central bank deputy governor Nestor Espenilla.
"In the US and Europe they are talking bailout primarily because the issues there have deteriorated into solvency questions," Espenilla told reporters.
"In the Philippines this is not the case because our banks have no solvency issues at this time," he said.
However, a number of Philippine banks do have some exposure to collapsed US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Espenilla said the central bank remains committed to provide "liquidity loans" to the financial sector if needed.
Thats the way it is lyrics by: Celine Dion
and I see what you're going through yeah
It's an uphill climb, and I'm feeling sorry
But I know it will come to you yeah
So don't surrender coz' you can win
In this thing called love
When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, no
But it's plain to see, if we stick together
You're gonna find the way, yeah
So don't surrender coz' you can win
In this thing called love
When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
(That's the way it is)
When life is empty with no tomorrow
And loneliness starts to call
Baby don't worry, forget your sorrow
'Cause love's gonna conquer it all, ALL!
When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
Don't give up on your faith
love comes to those who believe it
and that's the way it is.
That's the way it is
That's the way it is, yeah
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is.
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Remember Me this Way by: Jordan hill
We find a special friend
Who never lets us down
Who understands it all
Reaches out each time you fall
You're the best friend that I've found
I know you can't stay
A part of you will never ever go away
Your heart will stay
I'll make a wish for you
And hope it will come true
That life would just be kind
To such a gentle mind
If you lose your way
Think back on yesterday
Remember me this way
Remember me this way
Hmm……….. this way
I don't need eyes to see
The love you bring to me
No matter where I go
And I know that you'll be there
Forever more apart of time, you're everywhere
I'll always cares
(Repeat )
And I'll be right behind your shoulder watching you
I'll be standing by your side and all you do
And I won't ever leave
As long as you believe
You just believe
(Repeat )
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Fallin lyrics by: Janno Gibbs
our litle conversation
are turning into little sweet sensation
and they're only getting sweeter everytime
our friendly get togethers
are turning into visions of forever
if i just believe this foolish heart of mine
i can't pretend
that i'm just a friend
'cause i'm thinking maybe we were meant to be
chorus:
i think i'm fallin', fallin' in love with you
and i don't, i don't know what to do
i'm afraid you'd turn away
but i'll say it anyway
coda:
i think i'm fallin... for you
i'm fallin' for you...
whenever we're together
wishing that goodbyes would turn to never
'cause with you is where i'll always wanna be
whenever i'm beside you
all i really wanna do is hold you
no one else but you has meant this much to me
i cant pretend
that i'm just a friend
'cause i'm thinking maybe we were meant to be
(repeat chorus 2x)
coda 2:
I think i'm fallin'... for you
I'm fallin' for you
I'm fallin', i'm fallin' for you
I'm fallin', i'm fallin for you
and i don't know what to do, yeah
fallin', i'm fallin' for you
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North Korea backing away from nuclear deal
The North said it had begun work to rebuild the Soviet-era Yongbyon nuclear plant, which made bomb-grade plutonium. The plant previously was being taken apart under a much-delayed disarmament-for-aid deal it reached with five countries, including the United States.
"The DPRK (North Korea) neither wishes to be delisted as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' nor expects such a thing to happen," the North's official KCNA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
Work has been under way to restore Yongbyon's nuclear facilities "to their original state," the spokesman said.
In Washington, the United States reacted calmly to the announcement, saying North Korea had not yet made the plant operational.
"They have not got to that point yet. We would urge them not to get to that point," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said when asked about North Korea's statement.
He urged Pyongyang to agree to a mechanism to verify the claims it has made about the extent of its nuclear program.
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Today writing became so very important. Right? Imagine the community that doesn’t know how to write. As we all know writing will be part of our daily activity whether you are a student or an employee already.
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NAIA-3 intl flights
"Now that we will be flying both domestic and international services under one roof, we will be able to see some operational efficiencies and offer our passengers an even better product," CEB president and CEO Lance Gokongwei said in a statement released Friday.
"NAIA-3's opening is a welcome development for us especially since we have outgrown both the domestic passenger terminal and NAIA-1. As the country's fastest growing airline, we are very pleased to be offering our passengers a much improved airport facility," he added.
At present, CEB flies to 24 domestic and 16 international destinations, operating a total of 1078 flights per week.
At the new terminal, the airline has been allotted 28 check-in counters and nine boarding gates, up from sharing 22 counters and four gates with other airlines at the old Manila Domestic Airport terminal.
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Pacquiao Day in Bacolod
The People’s Champ’s day, which will be celebrated every July 17, was declared through an executive order signed by Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Wednesday.
“Pacquiao has, in the world of sports, consistently exemplified the best of the Filipino people, giving the whole nation honor and a reason to be proud,” said the executive order.
It added: “By his grit, discipline and determination, he has proven beyond dispute that he is indeed best “pound for pound” boxer in the world today and rightly declared as the “People’s Champion.”
Pacquiao, meanwhile, was expected to fly to the city to receive the “Bugal sang Bacolod” award from the local government.
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Students hold anti-oil price hike
Student activists continued their protest against skyrocketing prices of petroleum products Friday. This time, they threw lubricants at the office of oil giant Petron Corp. in Makati City.
Members of Anakbayan, a youth activist group, condemned the oil firm as they tried to breach the perimeter of Petron. Security guards, however, were able to prevent them from getting near the building.
Andrew Zarate, Anakbayan-Natinal Capital Region spokesman, said the group will continue to hold protests until oil companies are forced to bring down the prices of their products.
During the protest, students cited the hardships that their parents have to endure so that they can cope up with the rising prices of basic goods caused by high oil prices.
After a 30-minute program, the activists marched on toward the Petron building and threw oil inside small plastic knotted bags.
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Radiation is one of the reasons why some of the young teenagers now are having some problem in there eyes. Because as we all see people now and even the young generation are now being expose in the technology especially when it comes to computer. And this problem can be solve in many ways and one of it is, by wearing an eyeglasses.
Some of the website now days are now selling a various kind of product including eyeglasses. They are selling eyeglasses with different styles such as; Incredible Stylish New Frames From Zenni. Zenni Optical was on FOX news!. Zenni Optical $ 8 Rx Eyeglasses, I can assure you that there product are high quality and very affordable only.
ECS A780GM-A Black Gaming
If you want to play a game that is really fascinating but your motherboard cannot support this kind of game and then you can use this kind of motherboard. This kind of motherboard is really design for gaming purposes. So if you want to play your game and then use this motherboard.
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Massive wildfires threaten two California towns
The most imminent danger was to homes around Goleta, near Santa Barbara, where flames were fast approaching 2,600 homes and transmission lines supplying power to 100,000 people on the central coast.
All told, some 3,000 residences had been evacuated in and around Goleta, a town of about 30,000 people, and officials said the threat to life and property had made it the state's top firefighting priority, despite more than 1,000 other blazes burning across the state.
"The entire sky here in Goleta is black with smoke and we're evacuating several more locations," Cal Fire spokeswoman Karen McKinley said on Thursday evening of the Gap Fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon and had charred more than 2,400 acres.
Asked how close the flames were to the nearest homes, she said: "It may be at them right now. This is a critical moment."
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Fire razes
Security guards said a loud explosion was heard before fire broke out after midnight in one of the rooms at the College of Information Communication and Technology compound.
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LCD Monitors
Enjoy lifelike, finely detailed graphics and video with I-Inc's iW171ABB 17-inch WXGA+ LCD Monitor. This attractive widescreen monitor provides 250-nit brightness, 500:1 contrast and 16.2 million displayable colors for oustanding picture quality. And you'll enjoy streak and ghost-free images while watching movies and playing games, thanks to the I-Inc iW171ABB's 8ms response time. You'll also be able to connect your computer to this monitor with VGA connections. The I-Inc iW171ABB 17-inch WXGA+ LCD Monitor delivers a complete visual display experience to your desktop.
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Year-old boy, 3 others die in Cebu landslide
The recovery of Edwin Galla Jr.'s body increased the death toll from the landslide to four. Two other children identified as Nathaniel and Errol, both surnamed Cañete, and a certain Florence Galla, were also killed by the soil collapse brought by heavy rains.
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Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 desktop hard drive features innovative perpendicular recording technology and is the first drive on the market to provide capacities up to 750 GB. Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives deliver superb performance, efficiency, speed and durability for all your application needs.Read the full article>>
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Three more fishermen from Negros Occidental
Three more fishermen were rescued in Aroroy town in Masbate Tuesday bringing to nine the number of fishermen rescued after more than 100 fishermen were reported missing in Romblon and Masbate at the height of Typhoon "Frank's" onslaught.
The latest three rescued were identified as Esmeraldo Mata, 40 and Pedro Delacruz, 53 of Cadiz City and Andres Cabus, 42 of Escalante City.
The three were part of the crew of fishing boat F.B. Laura Roland which was reportedly owned by a councilor in Cadiz City.
The three fishermen said their boat went to the side of Olontoya island in Capiz province to attempt to seek shelter from typhoon "Frank". They were surprised however that their location made them more exposed to strong winds and huge waves.
They said the strong waves caused their vessel to capsize then sink Friday morning.
"Hindi na makaya ng aming sasakyan at bumaligtad," said Mata.
"Naka-anchor kami tapos sobra ng lakas ng hangin, nasira ang engine room at doon nakapasok ang tubig," said Cabus.
The three survivors said they floated for three days and two nights with the other 11 crew members holding on to floating lumber. One by one however their fellow crew members disappeared from their sight, they said.
Oil
" What would be the possible thing that the people can contribute about it?" Yes, I am really thinking about that question so that people can help what are the problem with this matter. Because if we look our community right now, some states and country are now starting to be chaos its because of the very high price of the rice and the gasoline. And if we take a look to those young children in our community they are so innocent about this and some of the young children now starting to work so that they will have money to buy food, but still the money that they earn is not enough to buy a food. How much the 1 kilo of rice cost now??? from the past year rice are almost 15 per kilo but now oh my God. I am only 18 yrs old boy but I say this words its because we are also suffering by this very high prices of products. So thats why i am asking a question what will be the possible things that we can made to contribute about this matter.
Ifugao lovers ordered to plant trees
Lagawe, Ifugao - While would-be couples from other provinces are busy just preparing papers needed for their weddings, couples here are busy planting trees.
A new ordinance signed by Mayor Caesario Cabbigat requires couples planning to get married to plant five trees before the local chief executive officiates their wedding.
Engaged couples may plant trees on their garden or on a vacant government-owned land.
A certification from the chairman of the barangay where the couple resides would attest that they have accomplished the requirements of the town's ordinance.
Cabbigat said that requiring couples to plant trees before they are allowed to marry would help add trees to their municipality.
He said that it will also teach them how to value their future family because planting trees symbolizes the raising of a child.
Earthquake
It is the kind of calamity that commonly called as the earthquake. This is the kind of tragedy that could made to kill a lot of people in the world. One of the cause of the tsunami is the earthquake. The picture above is the picture catch in one of the country in Asia while it is suffering and facing a very high magnitude of earthquake. As you notice on the picture some of the high infrastructure are destroyed by the earthquake. Even the highways. This earthquake lose a lot of life.
Oil
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, fell 61 cents to 136.07 dollars a barrel after a jump of 2.67 dollars to a close of 136.68 dollars Wednesday at the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent North Sea crude for August delivery eased 54 cents to 135.90 dollars per barrel after a gain of 2.72 dollars to 136.44 dollars Wednesday in London.
"We see a little bit of profit-taking so far in Asia today," said Dave Ernsberger, Asia director of global energy information provider Platts.
"There are at least some people in Asia who think there is good value in selling at these prices."
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Laptop
UGGING around a big-screen MacBook Pro or other large laptop to the local Starbucks may give you a great visual experience on the road, but at close to seven pounds, it could also give you a bad back.
Computer makers are sensing that maybe there is a market opening for smaller laptops. A number of manufacturers have jumped in with what they are calling ultra-mobile PCs or mini-notebooks.
Their creators are hoping to carve out a niche between full-size laptops, which offer large screens, and smartphones, which make up in features and convenience what they lack in size. These computers can do what any other laptop or desktop can do, but they have screens that are not much bigger than a paperback book.
They first gained serious attention last year after Asus began selling its Eee computer. Thanks to its success, a slew of other manufacturers, like Everex, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard, have jumped in and are selling minis ranging from $299 to more than $1,000.
Industry analysts expect mini-notebooks to remain a niche category, especially in the United States and Western Europe, where many people can afford to spend a few hundred dollars more for a bigger and speedier portable machine while using a smartphone or other device as an adequate substitute.
“This is for people who would have bought a desktop, but buy this to save money,” said Leslie Fiering, a vice president at the research firm Gartner.
Indeed, their availability in the United States has left some analysts scratching their heads. “Why would you want a PC with stripped-down features that make it harder to do your work?” said Benjamin A. Reitzes, a computer industry analyst at Lehman Brothers.
That raises the question: Is cost the only reason to buy this neither-fish-nor-fowl device? Some people may focus on the small screen as a problem. Others may be concerned because some devices store less data and sometimes run out of battery power faster than larger laptops. But the deciding factor in whether you want to buy a mini may be how well you can type on it.
Anyone who has used the Internet on an iPhone or other smartphone knows how much of an effort that is compared with getting to the same Web site from a PC. The shrunken keyboards on the minis can also be difficult for the sausage-fingered. While it isn’t arduous to type in the name of a restaurant while searching a Google map or dashing off a series of text messages, creating a whole document may not be as easy as on a full-size laptop.
rice from Luzon brings down prices in Gensan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Price of rice in the city has dramatically gone done this week.
A P3.50 per kilogram decrease in the price of the most expensive variety of rice and a P5 per kg cut on the cheapest commercial rice were recorded in General Santos City Central Public Market during the past four days.
Aurora Bonjoc, one of the rice retailers in the public market, said that the arrival of a new variety of commercial rice from Luzon over the weekend pulled down the prices of local rice variety here.
"Nakabili kasi kami ng murang variety ng bigas mula sa Luzon. Doon na kami nag-aangkat ng bigas kasi mas mura ang bigas na galing ng Luzon," said Bonjoc.
The cheapest rice available in the city was now beng sold at P38 a kilo from P43 per kg last week. Rice of higher grade, meanwhile, was being sold at P44.50 from P48 per kilo a week ago.
Thousands of tons of Sinandomeng rice from the provinces of Isabela, Nueva Ecija and Aurora provinces have arrived in Mindanao. Rice retailers opted to buy the rice form the Luzon provinces because it is much cheaper that rice from Mindanao. The rice from Luzon was only being sold at P1,950 per sack compared to the more than P2,000 per sack of rice from rice dealers in Mindanao.
PBB Teen Edition Plus Big Winner
"True-Blue Atenean" Robi Domingo of Quezon City was the Second Big Placer, while Nicole Uysiuseng, the 17-year-old Cebuana "In-Chick" and Beauty Gonzales, the 16-year-old "Rebellious Beauty" of Dumaguete were declared Third and Fourth Big Placers, respectively.
Falcon got 620,934 votes, or 36.21% of the public text votes; Domingo got 588,116 votes (34.39%); Uysiuseng got 314,582 votes (18.39%); and Gonzales got 186,523 votes (10.91%).
Falcon will follow in the footsteps of teen star Kim Chiu, whose showbiz career got a headstart after winning the first edition of the hit reality show franchise.
Ten other housemates were also part of the second season: Alex Anselmuccio, 18, the Italian Valentino of Milan; Jieriel Papa, 16, the Bubbly Girl of Davao; Jolas Paguia, 18, the Gentle Giant of Davao; Marc Josef Elizalde, 16, the Lethal Lasallite; Kevin Flood, 18, the Spanish Stallion of Madrid; Linda Backlund, 16, the Bikini Babe of Iriga; Arnan "Nan" Clenuar, 17, the Junior Kengkoy of Davao; Priscilla Mae Navidad, 17, the Deaf Dreamer of Davao; Rona Marie Libby, 16, the The Prisoner's Daughter of Dumaguete; and Valerie Weignmann, 18, the Dazzling Doll of Germany.
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6 die, 16 hurt as truck falls into Cotabato ravine
Six people died while 16 others were hurt after a truck plunged into a deep ravine along a highway in President Roxas town in North Cotabato, a radio dzMM report said Tuesday. Three of the fatalities were identified as Erlinda Gregorio, Glen Gregorio and Tata Maselonia. Three other victims died in hospital, the report said. The victims were passengers of an Isuzu Elf truck that initially hit a tricycle along the highway in Barangay Mabuhay. Police said the truck lost its brakes before hitting the tricycle.
Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
6.3-magnitude earthquake
Former congressman Butch Abad told ABS-CBN News that he was in area when the quake struck. He described it as "particularly strong" but had no information on any damage or casualties.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake had a magnitude of 6.3 with an epicentre about 76 kilometers west of the Batanes town of Basco.
The quake was felt strongly in Basco but was barely noticeable in the northern provinces of the Philippines' main island of Luzon, the institute said, adding that aftershocks were expected.
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DOF database
While Congress has the power to require an Executive office to submit records and pertinent documents when Congress performs policymaking and oversight functions, the demand by Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella for the DOF’s One-Stop Shop (OSS) Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center to release to his office its entire database could jeopardize the welfare of private businesses, according to highly reliable sources.
Efforts to reach the center’s executive director Ernesto Hiansen at the weekend were in vain, but the sources said Hiansen was reluctant to release the database to the committee because Fuentebella had made very sweeping claims of “continuing anomalies” in the tax-credit system without giving specifics.
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Argument over Dog
Due to a misunderstanding brought about by a dog, a family driver was wounded after he was shot by his neighbor who is a policeman in Granada Heights Subdivision, Barangay Granada in Bacolod City 9 pm Thursday night.
The victim identified as Norberto Alvior, 49, survived from six gunshot wounds in his gut and thighs. He is still recuperating at the Doctor's Hospital.
The suspect, identified as Police Officer Nicholas Tancinco of Police Station 1, surrendered to authorities shortly after the shooting incident.
Inspector Renato Ofamen, Police Station 5 chief, in an interview over ABS-CBN Bacolod, said that the suspect's son was reportedly wounded after he (son) was attacked by the victim's dog prior to the shooting incident.
Angered by the incident, the cop-suspect went to the dog owner's house and confronted the Alvior family.
Alliance Global profit
Consolidated revenues for January to March reached P7.3 billion, or an increase of 26 percent year on year.
"The company registered strong earnings in the first quarter inspite of the challenges that face our economy," AGGI president and COO Kingson Sian said.
Property developer Megaworld posted a record first quarter profit of P1.012 billion driven by the strong real estate sales of its mid-income residential and business process outsourcing office space developments.
Rental income also grew 59 percent to P333.53 million as it sustained the growth of its rental income with a combination of high occupancy rates in both its BPO office spaces and retail developments coupled with an aggressive buildup of its portfolio of investment properties.
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Floods kill 2
A new tropical storm was also forming off the northern Philippines, the government weather station said Friday.
The storm was not expected to hit the country until Sunday according to weather officials.
Two women were washed away as they tried to cross a flooded bridge in the central island of Negros earlier in the week, disaster control officials said Friday. One body had been recovered while the other woman was still missing.
More than 1,130 families were still housed in evacuation centers in Iloilo City, near Negros where they fled to avoid rising waters earlier this week, city hall officials said.
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Tamaraw
Apart from the Philippine eagle, perhaps there is only one other animal that can best symbolize the mass extinction of species that is happening here in the Philippines—the Tamaraw. Once found in the thousands in the island of Mindoro in the early 1900s, it is estimated that fewer than 300 survive today.
The reasons for the dramatic decline in the Tamaraw’s population are many. The three most notable factors which led to it are:
1. the introduction of cattle into Mindoro in the early 1900s 2. rampant hunting of the species and 3. the widespread logging that destroyed much of Mindoro’s forests where the Tamaraws live.In the 1930s, there was an outbreak of the deadly rinderpest disease among the cattle herds in Mindoro. The rinderpest plague eventually spread to the Tamaraws and caused thousands of deaths among them. When the plague subsided, less than a thousand Tamaraws were left.
In the 1960s and 70s, hunters with automatic weapons flew to Mindoro from Manila to hunt Tamaraws for sport.
Pearl Farm Beach in Davao City
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BSP
he Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to hike its key interest rates, with inflation likely to surpass its target of 3.0-5.0 percent for 2008, according to an economist at Swiss bank UBS.
"We pencil in 100 basis points of policy tightening over the next 12 months for the BSP," Edward Teather said in a recent report.
He noted that further policy tightening could come if inflation expectations continued to trend higher, a robust minimum wage increase is agreed, or price inflation in non-commodity items rise above targets.
For this year, UBS sees inflation to average 7.2 percent from an earlier forecast of 6.7 percent after a surprise surge in inflation to a three-year high of 8.3 percent last month.
PEARL FARM BEACH RESORT
he resort's Samal Houses are patterned after the stilt houses of seafaring Samal tribes of the Sulu archipelago. By day, schools of tiny fish frolic between the sturdy poles that support the houses. At night, the sound of the waves are a soothing aid to slumber.
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Diesel
US crude leapt $1.69 to settle at $123.53 a barrel, before hitting an all-time peak of $123.89. London Brent rose $2.01 to $122.32.
Crude prices have doubled in a year and risen sixfold since 2002 on rising demand from China and other developing countries, adding pressure to economies already hard hit by a housing and credit crunch.
US President George W. Bush will ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production when he visits Saudi Arabia next week, a senior White House official said, adding to a slew of recent calls from consumer nations for more oil from the cartel.
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Maintain Rice Price
JAKARTA - ASEAN trade ministers agreed Saturday to help each other during the global food crisis and to take measures to maintain the stability of rice prices and boost production.
"(ASEAN) will help each other in stabilizing the global (food) price and not take steps that will disrupt the price of rice," Indonesian Trade Minister Marie Elka Pangestu said on Elshinta radio.
"Ensuring the stability of rice (price) is the priority," she said.
Pangestu said the ministers had agreed to continue exports provided domestic needs were being met.
"We will not export if our domestic needs are not enough. Like Thailand, they have announced that they have a surplus in rice production and they will not stop exports," she added.
Beaches in Palawan
The exotic beauty of Palawan remains undefiled. Branded as the country's last frontier, Palawan is a sanctuary to an amazing variety of exotic flora and fauna that are found nowhere else. Palawan is also home to Tubbataha Reef, the only national marine park that made it to the World Heritage List and whose grandeur is comparable to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
With more than a thousand islands and islets, Palawan boasts of white-sand beaches, scenic rock formations, underwater rivers and magnificent caves. Other well-known attractions include Saint Paul's National Park which boasts of caves that nestle an underground river; El Nido, a world-class resort famous for its awe-inspiring seascape and limestone cliffs; and Calauit island, home of Philippine and African wildlife.
Also in Palawan is the primordial island of Busuanga, a perfect starting point for sorties to other nearby islands.In Palawan, each day is promising. The sun rises over the South China Sea and soon everything else sparkles, including the smiles of its people.
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