Wonder Girls at the Sony Ericsson media launch in Singapore. (Photo courtesy of JYP Entertainment)

K-pop quintet Wonder Girls are the new “digital brand ambassadors” of mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson in the Asia-Pacific region.
The group was in Singapore last March 9 to talk about the features of Sony Ericsson’s new phones.
Early this year, Sony Ericsson [...]

BACOLOD CITY (PNA) — The Bacolod City government is seeking approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), through Chairman Jose Melo, for exemption from expenditure, including donations, for its various projects which are in line with the implementation of its institutionalized programs and services.
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CEBU (PNA) — Cebu-based Southern Partners and Fair Trade Center, Inc. (SPFTC) has signed a grant contract with the Japanese Government to upgrade its mango processing facilities and provide new equipment in its Naga City, Cebu plant.
SPFTC Managing Director Geraldine M. Labradores and Ambassador Makoto Katsura signed the agreement Wednesday at the Japanese embassy in [...]

Malacanang has taken a direct hand in solving tax evasion and smuggling problems to raise more money for the government, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Joel Tan-Torres announced Thursday.
Tan-Torres said President Arroyo has formed a committee to review, assess and evaluate tax cheating cases filed in the courts but which were subsequently dismissed.
In signing [...]

The Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) was officially turned over to Department of Tourism (DoT) as an attached agency, from the Board of Investments of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), during rites held in Malacañang recently.
The ceremony was attended by Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, out-going DTI Secretary Peter Favila, and PRA Chairman Edgar Aglipay.
Durano [...]

All 17 Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) nationwide will gather in Baguio City on March 25 and 26 to explore the possible increase in minimum wages in various regions.
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President Arroyo is set to sign a proclamation declaring a state of calamity in Mindanao where a long dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon has already severely damaged agriculture and triggered power outages.
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The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) reported that three lucky winners would get more than P27 million each as their share of the P83,154,092.40 jackpot of the SuperLotto online lottery draw last Tuesday night.
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