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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
A luxury car with butterfly doors on display at the Heatwave Carshow at SM Megatrade Hall, Mandaluyong, Philippines on December 5, 2008
Evasion   Luxury   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Luxury vehicle
 Malaya 
Luxury car buyers in 'cautious mood' due to govt's tax drive
Fri 30 Jul 2010
BY IRMA ISIP Luxury car distributor Wellington Soong yesterday said the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) crackdown against tax evaders has dampened interest of buyers. Soong, whose companies are the... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Bags of rice being delivered to  rice retailers in Cavite, Philippines
Agriculture   Importation   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Rice
 Inquirer 
BIR to probe rice traders, agri execs
Thu 29 Jul 2010
MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will investigate traders and officials involved in the massive importation of rice to ensure that the government gets its fair share of taxes... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Passengers seen in Baliwag Transit Inc. provincial bus terminal located in  Cubao - EDSA , Quezon City , Philippines , April 12 , 2009.  Inquirer  Thu 29 Jul 2010
New MMDA boss accuses bus companies of payola
MANILA, Philippines—Three days into job, the head of the Metro Manila Development Authority, Francis Tolentino, accused three bus companies of paying off its enforcers on a monthly basis. Speaking in... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Bus   Companies   Manila   Photos   Wikipedia: Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Rice - Commodity  Inquirer  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Palace studying rice distribution
MANILA, Philippines—The government is studying a proposal for the National Food Authority to distribute rice to poor households instead of leaving it to rot in warehouses, Malacañang said yesterday.... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Filipinos   Photos   Poverty   Rice   Wikipedia: National Food Authority (Philippines)
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Philippine peso - US dollar - Currencies Inquirer Thu 29 Jul 2010
Peso appreciates as appetite for US dollar dips
MANILA, Philippines -- The peso strengthened further Thursday against the US dollar, benefiting from the generally anemic appetite of investors for the greenback. The... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Investors   Peso   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: United States dollar
Gas station - Fuel Inquirer Thu 29 Jul 2010
Fuel supply in Metro normal -- DoE
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Energy assured the public on Thursday that fuel supply has already normalized in Metro Manila already normalized, after the... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Diesel   Manila   Photos   Pipelines   Wikipedia: Fuel
Filipino commuters in Pasay MRT Station, Philippines Inquirer Thu 29 Jul 2010
MRT, LRT fare hike first a 'test' for Aquino – solon
MANILA, Philippines – The proposed increase in the fare of both Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) could be the first test to President Benigno Aquino... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Fare   Philippines   Photos   Transit   Wikipedia: Manila Metro Rail Transit System
A filipino man being assisted by the Commission on Election ( COMELEC ) official personnel who handles the Smartmatic PCOS machine in a precinct of Commonwealth Elementary School for the national and local election , Quezon City , Philippines, May 10 , 2010. Inquirer Thu 29 Jul 2010
Ombudsman suspends Comelec execs
MANILA, Philippines -- The Office of the Ombudsman preventively suspended officials of the Commission on Elections in connection with the canceled award to OTC Paper... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Comelec   Manila   Ombudsman   Photos   Wikipedia: Commission on Elections (Philippines)
Rice - Food - Staple - Commodity Inquirer Thu 29 Jul 2010
Arroyo exec defends surplus rice imports
MANILA, Philippines – Importing rice was a 'policy call' of the previous administration to ensure an adequate supply of the staple in the country so that Filipinos will... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Imports   Philippines   Photos   Rice   Wikipedia: National Food Authority (Philippines)
Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is escorted as he attends a mass at a church in downtown Manila, Philippines on Monday March 22, 2010. Pacquiao, who retained his WBO welterweight crown after defeating Joshua Clottey of Ghana in Texas, said he is still open to fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. but is waiting for his challenge and for promoters to iron out a row over drug testing. He will be running for congress in the May elections. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) The Examiner Thu 29 Jul 2010
Forbes, Facts & Fiction:Pacquiao ranked as more popular than Tom Cruise but less than Mayweather,Jr.
Headline celebrity and now Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao(R) arrives with local television talk show host Lucy Torres (L) for the session of congress ahead of the... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Celebrity   Entertainment   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Manny Pacquiao


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