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THIS SATURDAY, 28 MARCH AT 8:30PM YOU CAN VOTE EARTH BY SWITCHING OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR ONE HOUR -- EARTH HOUR. MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT Turn off your lights for Earth Hour, record your vote and share it with the world! Here's how. PHOTO Take a photo on the night, upload it to flickr and add it to Earth Hour's flickr group and tag it with your city and country. VIDEO Make a video of your event, upload it to YouTube and add it to our YouTube group. BLOG Write a live blog post during the event and tag it with earthhour or voteearth, and your location. TWITTER Update your Twitter on the night and write #earthhour or #voteearth and your #location in your update to tag it. 8:30pm local time, wherever you live on Planet Earth. This Saturday, 28 March 2009. Your vote counts! Vote Earth!

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Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once. Visualizing the family needs, she said: "Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can." John told her he could not give her credit, since she did not have a charge account at his store. Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family. The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?" Louise replied, "Yes sir." "O.K" he said, "put you...

By: Reuters poll MANILA (PNA) -- The Philippines and Indonesia are the only economies in Southeast Asia that will record growth this year, results of a Reuters poll survey show. But the growth, Reuters said, "will be sharply slower than in previous years, particularly for Indonesia which will be hit by falling prices of commodities, the bulk of Jakarta's exports." Reuters forecast growth of just 2.3 per cent for the Philippines this year, but it is lower than a similar poll last December that showed a 3.3 per cent estimate. It is also below government expectations for at least 3.7 per cent, due partly to lower remittances from overseas Filipinos. Singapore will be the hardest hit, shrinking nearly five this year, the results showed, while Thailand faces its worst recession in 11 years. According to Reuters, the trend reflects a collapse in exports across Asia. "The Philippines and Indonesia will be the only economies in the region to record growth this year but tha...

Tony Bourdain is going to the Philippines on a brand-new episode of "No Reservations. " Try all the local favorites Monday, 16 Feb, at 10pm ET. http://www.travelch annel.com/ TV_Shows/ Anthony_Bourdain ?cmpid=_BJlJv0B7 f5sh8j_16_ trv11 HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY!

by Sheila Crisostomo http://www.philstar .com/Article. aspx?articleId= 451183&publicationSubCate\ goryId=63 The Department of Tourism (DOT) yesterday endorsed more than P20 million worth of tourism-related investments for 2009 that are expected to generate some 3,000 jobs for Filipinos. Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said these investments will also create more than 2,000 rooms, boosting efforts to promote tourism. "With this initial list of investments, the country is assured of a vibrant tourism industry, with bigger revenues and more jobs. And consequently, these will lead to developments in transportation and road infrastructure, " he said. The tourism projects include nine resorts, six hotels, two theme parts and one condotel or condominium- hotel. Durano added that for the first quarter, the establishments that opened were Park Bed & Breakfast Hotel and Restaurant (48 rooms) in Pasay; Sugihara Villa Resort, Vauban Villa Resort, Salamanca Villa Resort, Almonavide...