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Philippines: NAPC assures wide reach of microfinance service
MANILA — Positive attitude, enthusiasm, and perseverance are the driving factors that made Domingo Mondragon, a “Tindahan Natin” outlet owner, Angel Narito, proprietor of Argie?s Bakery and Mini Grocery, and Rodolfa Tongco, a buy-and-sell agent, succeed in building their own businesses through the National Anti-Poverty Commission?s (NAPC) microfinance assistance.
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Giant China shipping firm to invest $3 billion in Philippines
MANILA — China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), one of the world?s shipping giants, is pouring $3 billion into a shipping complex development project in Sangley Point, Cavite which the company eyes as its main hub in the Southeast Asian region.
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Philippines: Largest follow-on stock offering in history, market bull run continues
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo graced today, June 18, the listing of some 3.13 billion common shares of stock of Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGGI) worth P17.8 billion at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Makati City, as stock prices vaulted to new record highs.
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Child advocates to hold rally today for Grecil
Karapatan Southern Mindanao, along with children's rights advocate, will be staging an indignation rally here today to demand justice for Grecil Buya Galacio, the girl killed allegedly by the military in New Bataan, Compostella Valley Province, last March 31.