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Nothing is free in Freeport - Freeport, Bahamas

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

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Freeport native named to team

Valley News Dispatch (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

Jamie (Rutkoski) Donaldson often gets exclamations of disbelief when she tells people the kind of races she likes to run.

Freeport McMoran: With Copper Prices Rising, It's Still a Buy

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

Market Folly submits: On Wednesday, we saw a disconnect between the price of copper and one of the world's leading copper producers Freeport McMoran (FCX). Copper futures have been rising steadily the past few days and are approaching overhead resistance, looking to breakout. Yet, during this rise in copper prices, you will notice that the copper producer FCX was beaten down in the market....

Mining Technology Scholarships Available

KIKO News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

Gila Community College is accepting applications for scholarships for the Mining Technology Programs that are starting in August. Students selected will receive a full scholarship and will work for Freeport McMoRan in a paid apprenticeship. The first two semesters of work at Freeport McMoRan is part time. After successfully completing two semesters, employment becomes full time with...

Pontoon boats set ablaze; 4 juveniles sought

Valley News Dispatch (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Two pontoon boats were found unmoored and burned early Friday, and Freeport police are searching for the four juveniles they believe set the fire.

PGMA lauds Filipino shipbuilders of HHIC-Phil

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE, July 6 (PNA) -- From excellent seamen to skilled shipbuilders, there is simply no mistaking the Filipino’s role in the maritime industry.

PGMA: Development of Clark-Subic Corridor to further spur national economic production

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE, July 6 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Friday that the development of the Clark-Subic Corridor into the "most competitive international service and logistics center in the region" would further accelerate national economic production.

Fate of CDC presidency in Arroyo’s hands: Mangio

Sunstar (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

CLARK FREEPORT — A top official of the Clark airport said he will “leave it up to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo” if she decides to put him at the helm of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) in wake of the resignation of CDC president Liberato Laus. Clark International Airport Corporation (Ciac) chairman Nestor Mangio said it is [...]

Pontoon boats set ablaze; 4 juveniles sought

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Two pontoon boats were found unmoored and burned early Friday, and Freeport police are searching for the four juveniles they believe set the fire.

Atlantis - Paradise Island, New Providence Island, Bahamas

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Jump to the full entry & travel map Paradise Island, New Providence Island, Bahamas I guess, just like what I did in my Freeport blog, I will just feed you with pictures we took in our several trips to the islands. Enjoy!

First RP-built cargo ship inaugurated in Subic Bay

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

... the world's largest container ships, with gross tonnage of about 100,000 tons, at the Subic Freeport. It has so far poured $200 million in investments into the Philippines. The company operates a sprawling 322-hectare shipbuilding facility at the Redondo Peninsula, just a 20-minute ferry ride from the Subic Freeport.

• RP-made cargo ship sets sail - Manila Standard

Man arrested, charged with raping woman on LIRR tracks

New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

A Long Island Rail Road conductor, alerted by passengers to cries for help near the tracks, stopped the sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight at the Freeport station, police said.

LIRR Employee Helps Stop Rape at Station

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

An assistant conductor noticed a man attacking a woman yesterday at the Freeport LIRR station, according to Newsday. Passengers thought they heard a child crying and when assistant conductor Eugene Chino lookd at the end of the platform, he saw the assault, which "occurred on the trackbed between the two tracks alongside the cement housing for the platform staircase." The 3:42 p.m. train from...

snippety stuff (miners in the red edition)

inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Geddit? Oh...never mind..... Candente Resources (DNT.to) has been really slapped hard on low volumes recently. I have no idea why it's getting no love. The 43-101 resource update might have disappointed the market, but it's still worth far more this this. Southern Copper (PCU) and Freeport (FCX) both getting hit by the Peru miners strike. I could have written this thing chapter-by-chapter so...

Transportation plan includes money for Valley spans

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission on Wednesday released its draft four-year transportation plan for the region, which includes millions of dollars for two massive bridge projects in the Alle-Kiski Valley. More than $76 million has been allocated for the Freeport Bridge rehabilitation under the 2009-12 Transportation Improvement Program, which the SPC board approved Monday. Of that allocation,...