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LandBank remains the country s fourth-largest bank in terms of assets next to Banco de Oro Unibank, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

This supports the view that monetary policy will be kept unchanged," Jonathan Ravelas, a market strategist of Banco De Oro told Dow Jones newswires.

Banco De Oro (BDO), Smart Communications and Bank of Commerce.

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6 billion excluding those that will be allotted for its banking division, Banco de Oro Unibank Inc.

as lunch sponsors; Banco De Oro (BDO) as cocktails sponsor; and Smart Communications as communications and transportation sponsor.

Shares in Banco de Oro, the country's second-largest bank, were about 25 percent down after it reported a 1.

Investors prefer to either stay on the sidelines or lighten up their exposure," said Jonathan Ravelas, a market strategist at Banco de Oro in Manila, where the Philippine Stock Exchange Index fell 2.