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COA raises questions over Arroyo gov’t seed distribution program
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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has raised questions about the seed distribution to the farmer-beneficiaries under the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA, Golden Bountiful Harvest) program of the previous Arroyo government. Read More
Comelec asked to stop Buhay proclamation
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MANILA, Philippines?The complainant who filed the disqualification suit against the party-list group Buhay and one of its nominees, El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde, accused the Commission on Elections of preventing him from filing an appeal so it could go ahead with the proclamation of Velarde’s group. Broadcaster Rolando Layug told the Inquirer Saturday that the Comelec’s second division never informed him that it had dismissed his suit last June 15,… Read More
Aquino to bare anomalies in SONA
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MANILA, Philippines ? In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III will be revealing ‘a minimum of five anomalies’ the previous administration committed that he said will shock the public. Read More
SC asks Comelec anew to exempt judges from gun ban
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MANILA, Philippines ? The Supreme Court has renewed its call for the Commission on Elections to exempt judges across the country from the election gun ban. ‘I urge [Comelec] Chairman and Justice (Jose) Melo and Justice (Lucenito) Tagle to have a second look at our application to exempt judges from the gun ban,’ Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said. Read More
PRE CAMPAIGN CLUTER OR SPIN CENTRAL?–> Watch Erap’s smoke in Cebu: Maceda
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BY ASHZEL HACHERO CEBU – The camp of former President and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer Joseph Estrada vowed to put up a good showing in this province which is considered a bailiwick of the administration. Campaign manager and former Ambassador Ernesto Maceda said they internalized the lessons of the previous presidential elections in… Read More
Philippines raises alert after Abu Sayyaf attack
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The Philippines placed its military in the south on heightened alert yesterday to prevent more attacks by al-Qaeda-linked militants who killed 11 people in a pre-dawn raid the previous day. Read More
Peso gains against US dollar at the end of weekday trading
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MANILA, Philippines?The peso moved 15-centavo stronger Friday, manifesting volatility after the previous day’s depreciation due to mixed market concerns. The local currency ended Friday’s trade at 46.13 against the US dollar,… Read More
Philippines Triples Its Rice Yield
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Posted on: Friday, 19 February 2010, 15:18 CST Los Ba Read More
Pork prices on the rise; hog raisers puzzled
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BY IRMA ISIP PRICES of pork in Metro Manila have risen by P10 per kilo, just a week after the end of the holiday season. As of January 8, Bureau of Agricultural Statistics data showed prices of pork liempo went up by P180 per kilo from P170 the previous week and of pork ham to P170 from P160. Read More
Typhoon Mirinae lashes Philippines, 14 killed
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MANILA: A typhoon has battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people and sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops to escape rising waters, officials said Sunday. Typhoon Mirinae was the fourth storm to lash the northern Philippines since late September and brought new hardship to areas still struggling in the wake of the previous disasters. Nearly 95,000 people who fled during two prior storms were still living in temporary shelters when Mirinae struck… Read More
Chiz
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NO HOLDS BARRED 10/30/2009 Nothing is going to stop me from voting for Joseph Estrada in 2010. An (unlikely) order from the Supreme Court to bar Erap from running will just serve to make me protest by writing/clicking his name on the ballot/computer screen. Having clarified this, heres my two cents worth on Chiz Escuderos resignation from the Nationalist Peoples Coalition (NPC). Read More
Philippine Airlines to cut workers after big loss
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(AP) – MANILA, Philippines – National carrier Philippine Airlines said Thursday it will cut its work force by offering early retirement as a cost-cutting measure after suffering more than $301 million in losses. “We want to make PAL lean and mean so it will be agile and flexible enough to adapt to the new economic climate,” company president Jaime J. Bautista said in a statement. Read More
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