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DFA: Too early to tell what’s in WikiLeaks
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MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it was too early to tell what effect the leaked memos from the US Embassy in Manila would have on relations with the United States once these are published by the online whistle-blower, WikiLeaks. ‘The best-case scenario is that there would be nothing in there that we do not know about, as of the moment,’ said DFA spokesperson Eduardo Malaya Read More
More vegetable gardens in public schools
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MANILA, Philippines?Next time you need to shop for ‘pinakbet,’ you may check out the nearest elementary school. The Department of Education (DepEd) is aiming to… Read More
DoJ orders Carlo Caparas to answer tax evasion case
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MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Justice (DoJ) ordered ‘massacre films’ director and ‘Ang Panday’ creator Carlo J. Caparas to answer the complaint for multi-million tax evasion filed by the Bureau of Internal… Read More
Lawmaker slams DOE for encouraging oil price hikes
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MANILA, Philippines ? ‘What happened to transport groups’ demand for an P8-P9 oil price rollback?’ Bayan Muna partylist Representative Neri Colmenares posed this question to the Department of Energy (DOE) after the agency tasked to police the oil industry even encouraged the Big Three Oil companies to effect another round of increase in pump prices amid soaring… Read More
Fruitless meet between PAL, union
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MANILA, Philippines?Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its ground crew union Monday failed to reach an agreement on the first day of their conciliation meetings at the Department of Labor and Employment…. Read More
Palace: Nothing new in British travel alert
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MANILA, Philippines?One down, five to go. Malaca Read More
DFA seeks intelligence info, not travel advisories
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MANILA, Philippines — On President Benigno Aquino III’s directive, the Department of Foreign Affairs has asked foreign governments to provide the country “any intelligence information regarding threats of terrorism” so that precautionary measures could be immediately undertaken by local authorities. In a statement, the DFA said on Sunday “the central challenge is to give all the information necessary to protect the public and at the same time, try not to frighten people unreasonably.” “Filipinos can go about their business normally with the knowledge that our police and security agencies are hard at work,” it also said. Read More
PAL employees slam retrenchment ruling
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MANILA, Philippines?Carrying a mock coffin and lighting candles, members of the ground crew union of the Philippine Airlines on Monday trooped to the Department of Labor… Read More
Rest for teachers who did poll duty
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BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR and GERARD NAVAL–> –> The Department of Education said classes today in all public elementary and secondary schools will be suspended to… Read More
Aquino allies retaliate, tag Arroyo road fund ‘highway robbery’
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MANILA, Philippines ? Partylist lawmakers allied with President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday turned the tables on Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, branding the P2.2 billion infrastructure budget she would get for her district as ‘highway robbery.’ Akbayan Representative Walden Bello and Arlene ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao said the former President ‘legislated the budget for the second district of Pampanga while she was President to secure her political interests.’ In a change of heart, Bello also pushed for the P21-billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the Department of… Read More
DOH: Eating ‘double dead’ meat is risky
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BY EVANGELINE DE VERA–> IN anticipation of the rise in demand for meat during the holiday season, the Department of Health yesterday warned the public against health risks in… Read More
52 lawmakers sign vs. Aquino dole program
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MANILA, Philippines ? Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s signature to a manifesto opposing the allocation of P21.9 billion for conditional cash transfers (CCTs) has brought to 52 the number of congressmen who are against the dole program that Arroyo herself had initiated during her term. The manifesto, drafted by militant partylist groups led by Bayan Muna, says the CCTs are ‘at the expense of more vital social and economic services.’ The budget for the CCTs is included in the P34.3 billion budget of the Department of Social Welfare and… Read More
Aquino grants amnesty to Trillanes, mutineers
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MANILA, Philippines?Backed by a supportive Congress, President Benigno Aquino III has granted amnesty to detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and more than 300 rebel officers and soldiers who took part in three military uprisings against his predecessor, now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Read More
Palace zeroes in on Ombudsman, deputy, and hostage-taker’s brod
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BY REGINA BENGCO –> THE government is going after the brother of slain hostage taker Rolando Mendoza and the Office of the Ombudsman for the bungled rescue try on a hijacked bus last August. President Aquino, in a press conference yesterday, ordered the Department of Justice to speed up the resolution of the cases of serious disobedience and conspiracy in illegal detention filed against SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza Read More
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