Archive for January, 2010
Mayor’s letter explains firemen’s bonus veto
January 31st, 2010 | 
Author: Manila Council worked through a short agenda at the January meeting on Monday, Jan.
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Complaints on 'no permit, no exam' escalate
FOLLOWING the Student Report hotlines launching, a youth group said it received numerous complaints regarding schools not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (Ched) memo on the “no p…
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2 oil firms cut prices
TWO independent oil companies will rollback the prices of their petroleum products Monday. Seaoil Philippines and Eastern Petroleum said they will slash by 75 centavos per liter their diesel and kero…
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House Speaker on Moro peace talks
HOUSE Speaker Prospero Nograles said possible amendments to the Organic Act of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (Armm) are needed in light of the ongoing peace talks between the government and…
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Few precincts ‘have no telecom facilities’
ONLY a small percentage of the 74,000 clustered precincts in the May elections lack the necessary telecommunications facilities, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Renato Garcia, Comelec ICT…
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Energy office told to solve ethanol importation issue
MEMBERS of Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (Epap) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to finally resolve their pending request on restructuring of tariffs and import duties on the im…
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Complaints on 'no permit, no exam' escalates
FOLLOWING the Student Report hotlines launching, a youth group said it received numerous complaints regarding schools not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (Ched) memo on the “no p…
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High Court ruling on writ of Kalikasan
THE Supreme Court (SC) is now preparing for the promulgation of the rule governing the issuance of the writ of Kalikasan (nature) for the prosecution of cases involving the environment protection and …
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MMDA opens 4 female urinals
METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Sunday that it is set to open for public use four female urinals located underneath the Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations on the Epifanio De Los S…
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Universal education target ‘tough’
THE Department of Education (DepEd) admitted that meeting universal primary education by 2015 is a “tough target” but it continues to implement the necessary reforms needed to ensure Filipino’s …
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