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                    [Title] => Not-so-secret obsession
                    [Summary] => Sigh. The Philippines not only remains in the list of non-cooperative nations of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force but also in the United States’ Special 301 watchlist of intellectual property violators.


Being in the first list means banking transactions to and from the Philippines will be subject to, uh, delays because of closer monitoring for possible money laundering.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => Pinoy soap in Kenya
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa.


Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited love) with actress Kristine Hermosa in it is now being shown on Kenyan TV.
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Did you know 2: Sales of cement – a quick indicator of construction activity – has grown by 15 percent, year-to-date.


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                    [Title] => The secret ingredient
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: The secret ingredient in good hand-made paper is overly ripe okra. You see, the mucilage in okra binds the cellulose of fibers like abaca, which has been broken down to a pulp to form the paper.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-04-15 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => He’s so vain
                    [Summary] => Bank notes 1: Not content with undergoing liposuction – the real reason for his dramatic weight loss – this head of a financial institution decided to also have a hair transplant. The guy admittedly looks good on TV these days (but don't tell him that because he's already exceedingly vain).
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Bank notes 2: President Macapagal-Arroyo has yet to appoint the replacement of Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp.
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                    [Title] => 24-hour punching bag
                    [Summary] => SGV & Co. managing partner Cesar Purisima no longer has to go to the Tower Club to exercise. You see, SGV now has a gym – at 100 square meters, really small – at the not-sound-proof second floor (right beside the training rooms).


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Not-so-secret obsession

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | May 18, 2004 - 12:00am

Sigh. The Philippines not only remains in the list of non-cooperative nations of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force but also in the United States’ Special 301 watchlist of intellectual property violators. Being...

Business

Pinoy soap in Kenya

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | July 15, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa. Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited...

Business

The secret ingredient

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | April 15, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: The secret ingredient in good hand-made paper is overly ripe okra. You see, the mucilage in okra binds the cellulose of fibers like abaca, which has been broken down to a pulp to form the paper....

Business

He’s so vain

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | November 26, 2002 - 12:00am

Bank notes 1: Not content with undergoing liposuction – the real reason for his dramatic weight loss – this head of a financial institution decided to also have a hair transplant. The guy admittedly looks...

Business

24-hour punching bag

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | October 17, 2002 - 12:00am

SGV & Co. managing partner Cesar Purisima no longer has to go to the Tower Club to exercise. You see, SGV now has a gym – at 100 square meters, really small – at the not-sound-proof second floor (right...

Business