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Meralco - Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company Meralco asks ERC to slash generation rate
Inquirer  MANILA, Philippines—The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has petitioned government regulators for approval to lower the generation charge for March, claiming that the sudden increase in the generation... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia. Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian  * Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share... (photo: Creative Commons / Coolcaesar)
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
The New York Times TOKYOJapan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s. US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Asia Times By Peter J Brown The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
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New York Mercantile Exchange, NYME, New York, USA, March 2008 Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
The Press Democrat Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 68 cents to $81.19 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Container ship Hanjin Ottawa manouevres away from the terminal at Harbor Island as the Ban bridge Island ferry enters the Port of Seattle. The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle's seaport and airport. Hanjin says Subic shipyard's cost competitiveness stands out in crisis
Malaya By Genivi Factao Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction–Philippines Inc. (HHIC-Philippines) said Subic shipyard found its market niche in cost competitiveness in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Yummifruitbat)
Gasoline Station - Petron Petron, Chevron raise gasoline prices by P0.50/L
Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Major oil players Petron Corp. and Chevron Phil. Inc.... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Shell Petrol Station in Istanbul - Oil - Petrol price - benzine - gas Shell and PetroChina eye £2bn bid for Arrow
The Times Royal Dutch Shell confirmed today that it is in talks to buy Arrow Energy, an Australian natural gas producer, for about $3 billion (£2 billion). Shell will partner with... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra)
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the National People's Congress, Sunday, March 7, 2010. China says Iran sanctions offer no cure
Daily Star Lebanon ‘We don’t think diplomatic efforts have been exhausted’ – foreign minister By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian)
In this image issued by EU NAVFOR on Friday March 5, 2010 shows a boarding party from the EU NAVFOR French warship FS Nivose on Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast on Friday March 5, 2010. Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates
The Star MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said they had released the Thai-flagged Thai Union 3 ship on Sunday after receiving a $3 million ransom. The tuna fishing vessel... (photo: AP / EU NAVFOR)
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants
The Siasat Daily Manila, March 08: Philippine marines killed at least seven al Qaeda-linked militants on Sunday in a raid on a coastal hide-out, but failed to capture a Malaysian terror... (photo: AP / Froilan Gallardo)
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High numbers of police personnel are deployed into wooded areas on Tuesday March 4, 2008 in Singapore. Authorities believe a top Muslim terror suspect has not managed to flee Singapore and have launched an investigation into how he escaped from a high-security prison, a senior government official said Sunday. More than a thousand security personnel were involved in a nationwide search for Mas Selamat Kastari, who is accused of plotting to hijack a plane and crash it into the Singapore's international airport
Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
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People walk at a shopping street Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Shanghai, China. May Day, on May 1, is traditionally the day socialist countries honor their workers, but in modern communist China the day kicks off a week-long Golden Week holiday which the government hopes will encourage its citizens to travel and spend, thereby boosting the economy.
Barack Obama and the China syndrome
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas - LPG
Shell, Petron cut LPG prices by P5.50 per 11-kilo cylinder
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 Indonesian sailors look out from the deck of their patrol vessel during inaugural joint three nation patrols in the Malacca Straits Tuesday July 20, 2004. The three countries with waters bordering the Straits, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, agreed to
Security raised in Malacca Strait after terror warning
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Marine Drilling Tankers
South Korean Navy patrol boats ride at anchors at a naval base in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
Koreas exchange fire near disputed sea border
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The aviso Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée. The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions (notably in support missions with the FOST).
Warships and military aircraft patrol Malacca straits
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Safety Construction Maritime Pollution
A trash floating in the seas of Davao Gulf, Philippines
Tsunami waves to get to RP starting 1 p.m.
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Coral Reef - Under Sea water
 Marine parks give boost to coral reefs: study
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