| Mon, 8 Feb 2010 No-holds-barred forum | MANILA, Philippines—Like the Filipino delicacy balut, the first Philippine Daily Inquirer presidential debate was not for the faint-hearted. | Pointed and witty queries ranging from the price of 'galunggong' and salted eggs to Charter change and the budget deficit, sh... | MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm | 02/09/2010 | Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. units Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) plan to put up a new holding company called Newco to consolidate the Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Co. (PLDT) group’s stake in d... | Filipinos among those planning for more savings in H1 — poll | 02/09/2010 | While consumers across Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa feel more optimistic on the coming six months, many are not letting up in terms of stocking up their coffers, according to the latest MasterCard survey on consumers’ saving priorities. | The surv... | ‘We don’t want surprises,’ UK exec says on RP rules | By Michaela P. del Callar | 02/09/2010 | A visiting British trade official yesterday warned that the Philippines stands to lose more foreign investments to its Southeast Asian neighbors if the government fails to institute economic reforms and strategies that will boo... | Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda | MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estrada-Jojo Binay at Plaza Miranda, Manila with Mayor Lito Atienza. The Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas team at ... | Pornographic | NO HOLDS BARRED | 02/09/2010 | The last few days saw a flurry of denials regarding the supposedly developing —if not already developed —political alliance between presidential- wannabe-so-badly Manny Villar and Gloria Arroyo. A reaction, perhaps, to the text message t... | Marine in court martial over Erap biopic CDs cleared | By Mario J. Mallari | 02/09/2010 | A Marine lieutenant, who was court martialled for distributing compact discs of deposed President Estrada’s biopic in 2006, was cleared of two of the three charges of violations of the Articles of War. | Navy spokesman. Lt. Col. Edga... | | |
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