Economy

BOSCH PHILIPPINES OPENING

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Oct 07, 2013

Joseph Hong, managing director of Bosch Philippines initiates the opening of the first Bosch business hub in Davao along Roxas Avenue on Monday. The Germany-based Bosch, one of the global suppliers of industrial tools, technology and services, is completing its coverage of three major regions in the country. (contributed photo)

CHED orders 6 schools closed

CHED orders 6 schools closed

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Oct 03, 2013

Six Bukidnon State University (BSU) external campuses were ordered closed after they were found remiss of the basic requirement to operate an educational institution, a Commission on Higher Education Department official said on Tuesday.

A vendor’s lament

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Sep 29, 2013

Even though he’s selling durian for as cheap as PhP20.00, bomb threats have reduced his gross earnings to as low as PhP1,000.00, an amount that could not even cover Jose Pungyan’s daily working capital. He bought the durian in far-flung Calinan at P8,000.00.

UP Mindanao irked by budget cuts amid fund wastage

UP Mindanao irked by budget cuts amid fund wastage

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Sep 12, 2013

“Government is fooling the students and the people when [President Benigno Aquino] said that government has no more fund for education, when he just distributed it to his political supporters,” said Arian Jane Ramos, Alyansa ng mga Aktibong Kabataan sa UP Mindanao (ANAK UP Min).