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                    [Title] => PLDT ties up with HK telco giant for new undersea cable project
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Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with Hong Kong-based PCCW Global to put up a new international fiber optic cable system that would connect the Philippines with 17 international destinations.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-08-22 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
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                    [Title] => Landbank opens loan facility for bamboo sector
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State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has opened a loan facility to aggressively support the development  of the bamboo industry in the country and to help the Philippines becomes one of the leading producers of bamboo products in the medium-term.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-02-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
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                    [Title] => More educated women marry their kind
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Women with university degrees are not only more likely to get married, but they are most likely to marry someone with a similar level of education.
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                    [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias
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                    [Title] => Complaints of abuses hound Task Force Abra
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Bangued, Abra — Complaints of abuses by policemen of the Task Force Abra is hounding the government’s move to thwart violence in the conflict-stricken province.  


Local residents as well as visitors are complaining about how members of the Police Regional Mobile Group (RMG) and the Special Action Forces (SAF) are questioning everyone at checkpoints.


                    [DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao
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                    [Title] => 4 illegal fishermen named fish wardens
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CEBU — Four fishermen found guilty of dynamite fishing have been appointed as "fish wardens" instead of being meted prison terms by a regional trial court in Bogo town, which a US-based environment group hailed as "creative penology."


In a statement, the Washington-based International Network for Environmental Compliance (INEC) said the recent decision of Judge Antonio Marigomen introduced the idea of "creative penology" against illegal fishing. 


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                    [Title] => Banana wine, anyone?
                    [Summary] => Banana wine is one of the latest processed products of banana to enter the market. Like any new product, finding a niche market for banana wine is a challenge – but not in Malawi, where the large Catholic community has proven to be a very lucrative market.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => 2 banana varieties found suitable for chips, catsup
                    [Summary] => Due to serious diseases such as banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), fusarium wilt, black Sigatoka, bugtok, there is a tremendous decrease in banana production in the country, particularly the saba variety which serves as raw material for banana chips and catsup making. The same problems confront the banana growers in other countries in Asia, in Africa and in Australia.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-09-04 00:00:00
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PLDT ties up with HK telco giant for new undersea cable project

By Lawrence Agcaoili | August 22, 2014 - 12:00am

Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with Hong Kong-based PCCW Global to put up a new international fiber optic cable system that would connect the Philippines with 17 international...

Business

Landbank opens loan facility for bamboo sector

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 16, 2014 - 12:00am

State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has opened a loan facility to aggressively support the development  of the bamboo industry in the country and to help the Philippines becomes one of the leading...

Agriculture

More educated women marry their kind

By Mel Tobias | October 3, 2010 - 12:00am

Women with university degrees are not only more likely to get married, but they are most likely to marry someone with a similar level of education.

Complaints of abuses hound Task Force Abra

By Artemio Dumlao | January 14, 2007 - 12:00am

Bangued, Abra — Complaints of abuses by policemen of the Task Force Abra is hounding the government’s move to thwart violence in the conflict-stricken province. Local residents as well as visitors...

Nation

4 illegal fishermen named fish wardens

July 31, 2006 - 12:00am

CEBU — Four fishermen found guilty of dynamite fishing have been appointed as "fish wardens" instead of being meted prison terms by a regional trial court in Bogo town, which a US-based environment...

News Commentary

Banana wine, anyone?

November 13, 2005 - 12:00am

Banana wine is one of the latest processed products of banana to enter the market. Like any new product, finding a niche market for banana wine is a challenge – but not in Malawi, where the large Catholic community...

Agriculture

2 banana varieties found suitable for chips, catsup

September 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Due to serious diseases such as banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), fusarium wilt, black Sigatoka, bugtok, there is a tremendous decrease in banana production in the country, particularly the saba variety which serves...

Agriculture