MANILA — San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and Nihon Yamamura Glass (NYG), a leading Japanese manufacturer of glass and plastics packaging today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement under which NYG would gain a minority interest as a strategic equity partner in SMC’s domestic and international packaging businesses.
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Starting today, davaotoday.com will run a series of Q&As with some of the country’s prominent political analysts and activists on the 2007 election. In this first installment, Manuel Quezon III, a historian and political analyst, offers his take on the election and its significance to Filipinos and politicians.
Karlo Nograles, the son of Davao City congressman and staunch Arroyo ally Prospero Nograles, is eyeing a seat in Congress through an OFW partylist group. He maintains that it?s merely by chance that he is the son of Prospero and that he does have a soft spot for OFWs even though he?s not one of them. Some people, however, see his running as just part of the alleged plot to field partylist groups said to have links with Malacanang.
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MANILA — ?The military desperately fumbles with their alibis for they cannot explain why they killed a nine-year old girl. After saying she is a combatant, the AFP points its finger on the father. In dire attempts to cover up their crime, the helpless military cannot even get its own story straight.?
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MANILA — The labor groups, Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) and
Confederation of Independent Unions (CIU) challenge the senatorial
candidates to reveal plans to curb the unemployment problem as the
groups launch the series of “job interviews” of politicians aspiring
for the 12 seats in the Senate.
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