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Health dep’t warns public to be wary of flu this cold season
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MANILA, Philippines? Officials of the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday advised the public to protect themselves from diseases prevalent during the cold season…. Read More
Toll hikes should not affect prices of goods, says Agri exec
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MANILA, Philippines?Produce retailers should not use the toll hikes as an excuse to raise prices as its effect is only minimal, an official of the Department of Agriculture said. Read More
Oil firms cut price of LPG by 40
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MANILA, Philippines?Four oil companies have slashed the price of cooking gas by 40 centavos per kilogram, to reflect a decline in the international contract price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The Department of Energy announced… Read More
DepEd to start universal kindergarten program in 2011
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MANILA, Philippines ?The Department of Education will implement a universal public kindergarten program in 2011 to prepare children about to enter primary school, Education Secretary Armin Luisto said Thursday. Read More
Despite his many tasks, Binay happy with budget
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MANILA, Philippines?Vice President Jejomar Binay has other titles like housing czar and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Concerns but he does not receive additional appropriations from the government for those extra tasks, according to his staff. Worse, the Department of Budget and Management even slashed his budget for 2011. Next year, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) would have only P185.1 million… Read More
Gov’t to build 14,000 classrooms
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MANILA, Philippines?Some 14,000 new classrooms will be built and about 300,000 hectares of farmlands distributed to small farmers next year under the P1.6-trillion national budget signed by President Aquino on Monday. Read More
Use calamity fund for disaster preparedness equipment?DILG
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MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Interior and Local Government is pushing for the expansion of the use of calamity fund to include the purchase of disaster preparedness equipment to avert huge damages… Read More
Beware of Christmas ‘padala’ that may contain illegal drugs?DFA
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BAGUIO CITY, Philippines?Filipino workers and travelers returning to the country for the Christmas holidays should be wary of carrying “padala” (homecoming packages) as a favor to compatriots as these might contain illegal drugs, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Ambassador Ricardo Endaya, executive director of the Migrant Workers Affairs office of the DFA, said the government has been issuing the reminder so Filipinos could avoid legal trouble and spare them from discrimination in airports abroad. He said the recent experience of some diplomats, who were subjected to extensive body search at an airport… Read More
DepEd: Enrol children early for kindergarten
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MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Education (DepEd) has called on parents to pre-register their children for kindergarten in January. Read More
Motion to withdraw case vs ‘Morong 43′ now with court
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MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Justice (DoJ) formally filed before the Morong, Rizal court the motion to withdraw the case against the 43 health workers also known as the Morong 43…. Read More
No compromise on condoms
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MANILA, Philippines?Senators Tuesday served notice to their counterparts in the House of Representatives that they would not enter into a compromise on the decision to reduce the Department of Health’s budget for contraceptives by P872 million. ‘The issue of contraceptives?as far as I and the majority of the Senate are concerned?is non-negotiable,’ Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III told the Inquirer after the first bicameral meeting on the proposed P1.645-trillion national budget for next year. Read More
Studies show working the night shift may cause cancer, says NGO
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MANILA, Philippines?Claiming that working the night shift could cause cancer, an occupational health and safety NGO on Saturday scored the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) over its decision to allow pregnant women to work the late hours. In a statement, the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) rapped the decision of Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz providing exemptions to the Labor Code ban on women doing night work. Read More
Senators nix P880M for condoms
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MANILA, Philippines?Senators have castrated the Department of Health’s (DOH) budget for contraceptives for distribution to the country’s poor starting next year. Read More
Palace to PAL workers: Strike threat won’t do
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MANILA, Philippines?The Philippine Airlines Employees Association better wait for the result of Malaca Read More
Organic agriculture to get P900M
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BACOLOD CITY, Philippines?The Department of Agriculture (DA) would allocate P900 million next year to promote organic agriculture, a ranking DA official said on Thursday. Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, daughter of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, said the amount was the biggest that would be set aside for organic farming, as required by the Organic Agriculture… Read More
Nothing to fear about blood bank safety?DoH
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MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday assured potential blood recipients that the blood bank remains clean and safe from HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Donated blood units… Read More
Biong says Hubert Webb is innocent
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BY ASHZEL HACHERO –> AFTER 15 years in prison, a former Para Read More
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