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                    [Title] => Federal Land shelves plan to set up resort in Mactan
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GMA Network senior vice president for Entertainment Wilma Galvante, vice president for Program Management Jose Mari Abacan, vice president for GMA Worldwide Roxanne Barcelona, and vice president for  News Programs and multi-awarded broadcast journalist Jessica Soho  were selected as members of the distinguished panel of jurors in the  39th International Emmy Awards.
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                    [Title] => Leana Tabuñar, exclusive na sa GMA Network
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Ang eight-year-old YouTube singing sensation na si Leana Tabuñar ay isa nang certified Kapuso artist simula nung pumirma ng kontrata noong Aug. 10 sa GMA Network Center.
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                    [Title] => Adding a kick and a punch to your workout
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Weight watchers and body builders have identified their arch nemesis: calories.
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This year, the bank may meet its P4.5-billion profit forecast, Metrobank president Antonio Abacan said. The bank had P3.6-billion  net income last year. For the first nine months of 2005, profit rose 21 percent to P3.2 billion.


"We will just keep on punching," Abacan said. "We won’t just put our gloves down."


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                    [Title] => Metrobank declares add’l 2% cash dividends
                    [Summary] => Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) has declared an additional two percent cash dividend to stockholders of record date Dec. 8 this year.


The latest declaration translates to a 40-centavo dividend per share amounting to P653 million to be taken out of the bank’s accumulated profits. 


This brings the bank’s total cash dividend declared this year at five percent or a total of P1.6 billion.


Last year, Metrobank declared a total four percent in cash dividends, amounting to P1.3 billion. 


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