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Travel agencies welcomed the passage of a bill exempting foreign carriers from several taxes saying it has a potential to strengthen the tourism industry. At the same time, however, they urged the government to address other concerns in the industry.
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Last flight out
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                    [Title] => Philippines, EU in formal talks for partnership cooperation
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Rizal’s dream
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As classes start in all schools, we are seeing images once again of children without desks or classrooms. One picture showed students seated on the floor of a school hallway as they wrote down the day’s lessons. The hallway is an improvement; at least there is a roof. Elsewhere in the county, it’s still common to see classes being held in the shade of trees in a schoolyard.


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                    [Title] => A provincial fiesta goes international
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                    [Title] => Local airlines can’t compete under open skies, says exec
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Robert Lim Joseph, president of the Save Our Skies (SOS) movement, said open skies, although a sound concept, will not bring in the tourists as wrongly believed by open skies advocates.


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