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<title>Imee Marcos, CreaM and Digital Entertainment</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=22</link>
<description>MAKATI CITY, Philippines--Former Ilocos Norte Representative Imee Marcos talks about her mission to promote digital entertainment in the Philippines. She put up the Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines. Interview conducted by INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania. Check the video taken by Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter Riza Olchondra. &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1638754gHpsCBeG&quot;&gt;Online Videos by Veoh.com&lt;/a&gt; </description>
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<title>The Beauty of Math</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=21</link>
<description>&lt;div&gt;I rarely do reposts. but i saw this one in Multiply and i found it cute...cute enough to be worth reposting... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot; Beauty of Math! &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 x 8 + 1 = 9&lt;br /&gt;12 x 8 + 2 = 98&lt;br /&gt;123 x 8 + 3 = 987&lt;br /&gt;1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876&lt;br /&gt;12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765&lt;br /&gt;123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654&lt;br /&gt;1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543&lt;br /&gt;12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432&lt;br /&gt;123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321</description>
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<title>You Might Like It</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=20</link>
<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To All The Kids Who Were Born In The 1950's, 60's and 70's:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, some of us survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. (&lt;em&gt;sioktong ang inumin&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, fish from a can&amp;nbsp;(&lt;em&gt;brand: ligo&lt;/em&gt;), and didn't get tested for diabetes.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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<title>Saints With Souls and Souls Like Saints</title>
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<description>&lt;strong&gt;All Saints&lt;/strong&gt;, too known as &lt;strong&gt;All Hallows Day&lt;/strong&gt;, indeed related to the spooky night of Halloween the night before, is celebrated by Christians around the globe. In most former Spanish Colonies, ofrendas (offerings) are made on this day. In Holland, Hungary and Italy folks bring flowers to the graves of dead relatives. In Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and the former German Empire it is tradition to light candles and visits the graves of deceased relatives.</description>
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<title>Keep Pinoy Pride a Priority</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=18</link>
<description>It was September 29 when our car detoured from The Hague to &lt;strong&gt;NH Schiphol Hotel&lt;/strong&gt; at Hoofddorp, a provincial town near Amsterdam Airport. Seemingly Dutch roads these days demand careful up to date planning to get there, what more, get there on time. It&amp;rsquo;s only since a few years the ever valid excuse back in Manila, &lt;strong&gt;MA TRAFFIC, &lt;/strong&gt;in connection with late arrival, transformed to a valid Dutch excuse too, now realizing it&amp;rsquo;s validity.</description>
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<title>Batac Comelec Unfazed by Low Turnout of SK Candidates</title>
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<description>Batac City&amp;mdash;With the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections barely two weeks away, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in this city is having difficulty with respect to the number of candidates for the SK election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Batac Comelec records show that only one candidate has filed a certificate of candidacy for the SK kagawad post as of October 10, 2007.</description>
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<title>Batac Declares June 23 as Cityhood Day</title>
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<description>BATAC CITY&amp;mdash;The Sangguniang Panlungsod of this city declared June 23 as the anniversary date of their cityhood as they prepare to establish a commission that would undertake organization of various activities in the celebration with corresponding appropriation of funds.</description>
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<title>Batac Council OKs Request for Mobile X-ray Unit from PCSO</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=15</link>
<description>Batac City&amp;mdash;Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of this city unanimously approved a resolution requesting the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), through its general manager, a mobile x-ray unit for the city.</description>
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<title>Batac Vice Mayor Proposes HS Scholarship Program</title>
<link>http://batac.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=14</link>
<description>Batac City, Ilocos Norte - With a college scholarship program now firmly in place, Batac Vice Mayor Allan Nalupta has proposed that a similar scholarship program also be established for secondary students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In line with this, Nalupta has sponsored an ordinance that would establish a secondary scholarship program in this city with the city government providing the funding.</description>
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<title>Imelda Eyes Batac Eco-Park as FM Burial Ground</title>
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<description>Batac CITY&amp;mdash;Former First Lady Imelda Marcos may no longer be keen on having the remains of her husband be buried at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani when she led provincial officials in touring a mountainous site here as an eco-park and a proposed burial ground for the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Marcos offered a mass at the Batac church and at the air-conditioned mausoleum where her husband&amp;rsquo;s frozen remains are kept before boarding a four-wheel drive van that took her to the Maharlika eco-park in the village of San Pedro here.</description>
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