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Sofia Ramos

34 Posts

Carousell Buyers in Manila Pay Triple for the Bale Cebu Sellers Already Priced post image
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Carousell Buyers in Manila Pay Triple for the Bale Cebu Sellers Already Priced

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The Fisher Off Masinloc Watches the Loan Chronology He Never Signed post image
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The Fisher Off Masinloc Watches the Loan Chronology He Never Signed

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CALAX Pays Landowners in Installments and Hands Tenant Farmers a Relocation Date post image
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CALAX Pays Landowners in Installments and Hands Tenant Farmers a Relocation Date

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A $24-Billion Handshake in 2016 Bought Bicol Commuters Three Renderings and No Track post image
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A $24-Billion Handshake in 2016 Bought Bicol Commuters Three Renderings and No Track

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Baseco Families Signed for Bulacan Lots the Contract Calls Flood-Prone post image
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Baseco Families Signed for Bulacan Lots the Contract Calls Flood-Prone

by Sofia Ramos
Samal Bridge Piers Are Going In Faster Than the Funding Line Holds post image
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Samal Bridge Piers Are Going In Faster Than the Funding Line Holds

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The Resettlement Deck Promised Free Water. Cagayan Households Got the Bill in May. post image
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The Resettlement Deck Promised Free Water. Cagayan Households Got the Bill in May.

by Sofia Ramos
Tuguegarao Boarding Houses Hold the 2024 Typhoon Families NHA Already Counted as Relocated post image
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Tuguegarao Boarding Houses Hold the 2024 Typhoon Families NHA Already Counted as Relocated

by Sofia Ramos
The 20% Student Discount on EDSA Carousel Is the Only Thing Holding the Commute Together post image
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The 20% Student Discount on EDSA Carousel Is the Only Thing Holding the Commute Together

by Sofia Ramos
JICA Picked Up the Davao-Digos Line and the Station Map Did Not Survive the Handover post image
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JICA Picked Up the Davao-Digos Line and the Station Map Did Not Survive the Handover

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Penang Banks Read Two Women on One Lease as One Household Risk post image
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Penang Banks Read Two Women on One Lease as One Household Risk

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Indang Got the Right-of-Way Letters. The 2026 Budget Forgot the Counterpart Funds. post image
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Indang Got the Right-of-Way Letters. The 2026 Budget Forgot the Counterpart Funds.

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