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MANILA, Philippines -- The national government sold $1.5 billion worth of long-term bonds in the international capital market Thursday morning, thus completing its foreign, commercial borrowing requirement for 2009 early in the year.

The Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday it has opened its National Reintegration Center and all regional offices of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration for retrenched overseas Filipino workers seeking to avail themselves of government livelihood assistance and job placement programs.

MANILA, Philippines—Drug suspect Richard Brodett, one of the so-called “Alabang Boys,” sold drugs and lived in a house where marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms were strewn about.

MANILA, Philippines—Coming all the way from the wildcard phase has its advantages as far as San Miguel Beer coach Siot Tanquingcen is concerned.

The jury is still out on the case of the alleged bribery involving the “Alabang Boys” but already it seems clear that the Department of Justice has some housekeeping to do. The many loopholes in its processes help explain why the burden of responsibility, in this high-profile case, rests largely on the Department of Justice.

MANILA, Philippines—Edu Manzano couldn’t be more emphatic in denying the rumor that he resigned from the ABS-CBN show “Pilipinas, Game KNB?” over the holidays.

THE newly renovated Carpaccio Ristorante Italiano returns to the dining scene to showcase a bigger, brighter and better-tasting Italian menu there is in the city.

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will be transferred under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), a government statement said.