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                    [ArticleID] => 1346699
                    [Title] => BOC turns over P24-M seized drugs to PDEA
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Customs officials assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency yesterday six sacks of assorted drugs, with a street value of P24 million, hidden in parcels bound for other countries.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140716/shabu-raid-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 939081 [Title] => Alcala sees Phl exceeding 100-MT rice export target [Summary] =>

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said he believes the Philippines can exceed the initial rice export target of 100 metric tons (MT) this year as overseas markets demand for more varieties.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 924317 [Title] => 5M McMuffins served on Nat'l Breakfast Day [Summary] =>

McDonald’s biggest breakfast activation – National Breakfast Day – proved to be a groundbreaking success as 5,000 stores across Asia, Middle East and South Africa joined together to serve 5 million free McMuffins last March 18.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/773/mcdos.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 919616 [Title] => McDonald’s to Celebrate First National Breakfast Day on March 18 [Summary] =>

On Monday, March 18, McDonald’s Philippines will be celebrating the first National Breakfast Day together with 5,000 other McDonald’s restaurants in Asia, Middle East and South Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-14 11:41:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261614 [Title] => Standard Chartered Bank earnings balloon [Summary] => Foreign bank Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) is looking at a double-digit growth rate in terms of net earnings for 2004. That means a minimum 10-percent growth rate would result in a profit figure of $17.16 million.

In 2003, it registered profits after tax of $15.6 million after a meager $1.8 million the year before.

However, bank sources said that the oldest foreign bank in the Philippines was actually looking at a 50-percent growth rate for the entire 2004 to almost $47 million.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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