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  • Saturday, January 28, 2012 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES



    Waiting
    An aide takes a seat beside ballot boxes containing votes for president and vice-president during yesterday’s canvassing of the May 10 election results at the House of Representatives. -- AFP
    Summer play
    A child plays on a slide at the Luneta Park in this photo taken last Saturday. -- AFP
    Back to the manual count
    The yellow metal boxes were put to good use once again after Congress opted to tally manually the transmitted certificates of canvass from absentee voters pending resolution over claims of electronic cheating. The manual tally of votes for the top two positions resumed on Friday. -- Jonathan L. Cellona
    Where’s the trickle down?
    A boy rides past a disabled beggar on a street in Divisoria in this photo taken yesterday. -- AFP
    Let me sign your helmet
    Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress and global ambassador of the “make roads safe” campaign, signs autographs during a helmets for kids ceremony at the sidelines of a road safety campaign forum sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. -- AFP

    First Philippine Holdings chief Oscar Lopez resigns
    OSCAR M. LOPEZ, the head of the Lopez business clan, is stepping down as chairman and chief executive of the group’s power and infrastructure arm, saying it was time to turn over the reins to the next generation.
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    Tough Doha trade talks loom in political shadow
    GENEVA -- World Trade Organization members agree they must push on with difficult talks on a global trade deal, but November’s US midterm elections mean they are unlikely to bear fruit before next year.
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    Winner’s curse: Winning a losing game
    There is a thin line between winning and losing and competition is not always a zero-sum game where one's gain is another person's loss.
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    Let the sun shine in
    Amid rising electricity costs, people are thinking of ways to cope, and many have considered taking advantage of the abundant sunlight in order to harness it to reduce their power bills.

    RP eyeing Taiwan trade deal
    THE PHILIPPINES and Taiwan will discuss the possibility of a bilateral trade deal at the sidelines of an APEC meeting this week, Trade Secretary Jesli A. Lapus yesterday said.
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    Shareholders OK San Miguel diversification plans
    SAN MIGUEL Corp. shareholders yesterday gave their backing to the conglomerate’s diversification plans, among them proposals to sell down over 51% of its core businesses and the declassification of its shares.
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    Trade dep’t drops price guide plan for steel products
    THE TRADE department is putting off plans to publish guide prices for steel products as pressure on manufacturers to hike their rates will likely be offset by the planned elimination of tariffs on raw materials, a ranking official yesterday said.
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