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1 hr ago | The Straits Times

Manila to stop giving new licences to Singapore maid agencies

Singapore maid agencies are being barred from taking out new licences to source for workers in the Philippines in a move by Manila to crack down on firms flouting its rules.

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2 hrs ago | Vancouver Courier

Coca is good for what ails you - in Peru

That's because the Peruvian city and UNESCO World Heritage Site is perched vertiginously at 3,400 metres in elevation, and nothing combats the effects of altitude sickness quite as effectively as this leafy member of the plant family Erythroxylaceae.

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6 hrs ago | Sun-Star

Students drawn to Johndorf's downtown condo

SINCE many of their clients are college students from neighboring provinces, Johndorf Ventures Corp. , developer of 148 Residences condominiums in downtown Cebu City, turned over units to the first batch of homeowners in time for the school opening.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Scoop

Chch Childrena s Photographs to be Exhibited Internationally

This week the voices of Christchurch children will take centre stage in the Philippines with the UNICEF NZ children's photographic exhibition 'Christchurch: See Through my Eyes' on display at Yuchengco Museum in Manila.

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Sun-Star

Espina: CCCI tourism: then and now

JUNE is Tourism Month in In My Diary. The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry's tourism team has come a long way.

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Asia News Network

TOULOUSE, France: Cebu Pacific to buy plane for long-haul flights

The Philippines' budget carrier Cebu Pacific is looking into purchasing one of today's most advanced passenger jet liners, as it expands its fleet by buying new planes capable of longer flights to new markets.

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Related Topix: France, World News, Philippines, Asia Travel, Travel, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 787, Airbus A350, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330

Sun Jun 16, 2013

ABS-CBN News

Phil more expressive than girlfriend Angel Locsin

Phil Younghusband and Angel Locsin at the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night.

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Sun-Star

PAL opens a new office

PHILIPPINE Airlines continues its tradition of providing the best passenger experience as they open another office in Cebu City.

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Customer Interaction Solutions

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky., Tim Preston column

I recently mentioned that Maria Lemaster from Maria's Manila Asian Market was planning to bring a sample of some of the foods she grew up with, and sells at her store, into the newsroom.

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Sun-Star

Conflicting stand stalls road widening

CONFLICTING stands between the City Government and the Bases Conversion Development Authority continue to stall the circumferential road widening project.

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MindaNews

Lumbia (airport) on my mind

Paulita Roa Special to MindaNews CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - On June 15, 2013, the iconic Lumbia Airport of Cagayan de Oro City ceased its domestic flight operations and was closed for good.

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ABS-CBN News

Galactic melodies open Manila Symphony's season

The Manila Symphony Orchestra recently launched its concert season at the Cultural Center of the Philippines with planetary inspired melodies.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Sun-Star

Padilla: Philippine - " American Friendship Day Celebration just around the bend

ONE OF the most significant international event being celebrated in our country is the Philippine - American Friendship Day set on July 4. The red letter day is just around the bend, at least 18 days from today.

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Sun-Star

Karlo Nograles: Fathering two 'families' in style

FATHER'S Day is made even better with the British retail giant Marks & Spencer recently unveiling an even bigger store in SM Lanang Premier-the second in Davao and the latest and first of its concept store design in the Philippines.

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Sun-Star

3rd Asean Dengue Day launched

THE Department of Health yesterday launched the 3rd Asean Dengue Day at the Cebu City Hall in an effort to bring down dengue cases amid the rise of dengue cases in the Visayas and Mindanao.

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Sun-Star

Cruz-Busto: Good to be back

IT'S been months since I last wrote a piece. I just retreated and there were many reasons for that.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Sun-Star

Kalanggaman Island had 13,000 visitors in...

ALMOST 13,000 domestic and foreign tourists have visited Kalanggaman islet, the jewel destination of Palompon, Leyte during the summer months of April and May. In an interview with Raoul Bacalla of the municipal eco-tourism office, he said the arrivals last April for domestic tourists were 5,474 and 485 foreign.

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Sun-Star

Cebu joins in Russia Day celebration

The Russian Federation and the Republic of the Philippines continue to enjoy mutual relations as evident in the 26.90 percent gains of Russian tourist arrivals in the country and 90.09 percent growth in Cebu in the 1st quarter of 2013 over the same period last year.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Government and Taxes

FNF Philippines and Liberal Challenges 2013-2016

Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Manila office held a good conference, "Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila.

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AVHerald

Cebu Pacific A319 at Manila on Jun 13th 2013, runway excursion

A Cebu Pacific Airbus A319-100, registration RP-C3197 performing flight 5J-448 from Iloilo to Manila with 95 passengers, landed on Manila's runway 24 at about 16:12L in heavy rain but temporarily veered off the runway destroying 5 runway lights before coming to a stop on the runway.

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