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		<title>Metro Pacific acquires major Bacolod hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 14:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE holding firm of a leading telecommunication company in the country has obtained control of a major hospital in Negros Occidental province. In a statement, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. said it has acquired Riverside Medical Center, Inc. (RMCI) in Bacolod City. The firm said it signed a share purchase agreement with Torre Hermanos Agro-Industrial Enterprises, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=186&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iloilo water project won by Maynilad, two other firms shelved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=8006 ILOILO CITY &#8212; The P500-million bulk water supply project of the Metro Iloilo Water District has been shelved for lack of clearance from the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB). The project was to be awarded to Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Solerex Water Technologies, Inc., and Abejo Builders Corp., which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=180&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RDC: WV 3rd fastest growing econ</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo  WESTERN Visayas is one of the fastest growing areas in the Philippines outside Metro Manila, according to the Regional Development Council (RDC).    Based on the State of the Region Address of Antique Governor Salvacion Z. Perez, RDC chairperson, Western Visayas is the 3rd fastest growing regional economy in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=176&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First climate school helps increase rice production in Iloilo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo, Correspondent http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=4498 ILOILO CITY &#8212; A pioneering climate school for farmers has helped make the town of Dumangas the top rice producing municipality in Iloilo province. The Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office (IPAO) credits the Climate Field School (CFS) in Dumangas for helping farmers keep tabs of changing weather and climate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=173&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WV 2nd biggest rice producing region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas said the region posted a 4.09% growth in rice production last year. DA Regional Director Larry Nacionales said Western Visayas yielded 2,204,279 metric tons (MT) of rice in 2009, higher than 2,117,598 MT in 2008. The 2008 production level put Western Visayas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=170&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P2.5-B Caticlan airport upgrading kicks off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo THE upgrading of the Caticlan airport in Malay, Aklan formally kicked off Friday with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leading the launch of the P2.5-billion project. President Aquino, along with the Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Caticlan International Airport Development Corporation (CIADC) Chair George Yang and Aklan officials led the launching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=168&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iloilo firecracker makers get PS license</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=3856 ILOILO CITY &#8212; A group of firecracker manufacturers and traders in Arevalo, Iloilo City has passed the quality standards set by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The Sto. Niño de Arevalo Multi Purpose Cooperative (SNAMPC), which is composed of more than 300 fireworks manufacturers and 200 dealers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=163&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank unit to spend for power transmission line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.bworldonline.com/main/crissy_content.php?id=3281 ILOILO CITY &#8212; Metrobank’s power-generating unit is spending more than P300 million for a new transmission line from its new coal-fired power plant to Iloilo province and the rest of Panay island. The double circuit 138-kilovolt (kV) Sta. Barbara Substation Transmission Line project of Global Business Power Corp. broke ground last week at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=161&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prospects of stable power lures European BPO to city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo POWER supply is one of the major reasons why Transcom, a European business processes outsourcing (BPO) firm, decided to open shop in Iloilo City. Duncan H. Cowie, Transcom vice president and regional manager for North America and Asia Pacific, said electricity was a key factor in their decision to locate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=157&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waste-to-energy project proposed in Iloilo</title>
		<link>http://westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/waste-to-energy-project-proposed-in-iloilo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Francis Allan L. Angelo BusinessWorld/Weekender section/October 30, 2009 http://beta.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?id=566 ILOILO CITY &#8212; A Filipino-Korean consortium is offering solid waste-to-energy technology to the Iloilo city government to address its garbage disposal problems. The consortium, composed of South Korea’s Taewoong Energy and Environment Engineering Co. Ltd. and Petroxy Philippine Power Corp., presented its proposal to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westvisayasbiz.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7393292&amp;post=155&amp;subd=westvisayasbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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