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                    [Title] => Poverty surge equals crime surge
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The Chinese businessmen are getting jittery at the seeming spike in crimes against Filipino-Chinese businessmen, the latest victim being a laundry chain owner who was stabbed to death the other day.

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Ambassador Francisco “Frank” Benedicto played host to a few media friends over lunch at Laguna Garden Café at The Terraces and announced his retirement from foreign service for good.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135225 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1318949 [AuthorName] => Flor S. YNCLINO [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 670261 [Title] => Dale Carnegie helps Filipinos become effective communicators, better managers [Summary] =>

In a profile piece on American industrialist and investor Warren Buffett by the BBC in 2009, he told the interviewer how he was so afraid of speaking in public.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255339 [Title] => Airport users, travelers, unite [Summary] => The advocacy for a decent airport continues to gain ground. What keeps it going is the thrust of the group to remain neutral. It will avoid any confrontation or accusation at any of the contending parties. Neither does it care to blame the government for failing to provide a vital public service not only for travelers but also because a decent airport is the lynchpin of any program for investors or tourists. We can dwell on other issues but this is one crying out to be done.
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Ambassador Francisco “Frank” Benedicto played host to a few media friends over lunch at Laguna Garden Café at The Terraces and announced his retirement from foreign service for good.

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In a profile piece on American industrialist and investor Warren Buffett by the BBC in 2009, he told the interviewer how he was so afraid of speaking in public.

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