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MALOLOS CITY -- Mayor Christian Natividad bared his five-point development agenda for Maloleños during a two- day workshop held recently. Natividad vowed to implement reforms in the bureaucracy, good governance and transparency as well as combat...
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VINZONS, Camarines Norte -- A disaster response team from Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines (OB) braved choppy waters and unpredictable Pacific weather last week so they can deliver essential relief goods to Bicolanos severely hit by Typhoon Basya...
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NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation Director Magtanggol Gatdula has ordered the abolition of at least six units in the bureau to avoid redundancy in functions. Abolished were the Special Action Unit (SAU), Special Task Force (STF), Field Operations Division...
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IN a room thousands of miles from her prison cell in northeastern Iran, the fear that has gripped Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani for years was clear and almost palpable. “The day I was given the stoning sentence, it was as if I fell into a deep hole ...
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EVIL spirits haunt the Alimsog Integrated School. The students, at least 10 of them, walk like puppets on devil’s strings. They are corpse cold and ghastly pale -- as if their souls have been sucked out. Angry spirits are believed to be playing with t...
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ANG kaibigan at isa sa managers ni Kris Aquino na si Boy Abunda ang eksklusibong nag-interbyu sa Queen of All Media just right after her arrival Friday, July 30. Ang nasabing panayam ay ipinakita sa TV Patrol at sa SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon kinagabihan at ...
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QUESTIONING the legality of the Truth Commission, the Minority bloc in the House of Representatives will challenge before the court President Benigno Aquino’s Executive Order No. 1 creating the anti-graft probe body. In a statement, Minority Leader Edce...
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IN LINE with Commissioner Angelito “Lito” A. Alvarez’s program to rid the bureau of corruption and transform it into an efficient and ethical organization, the Bureau of Customs conducted a working session recently at the Ocean Park in Luneta, Man...
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MALACAÑANG is clueless on the reported split-up between President Benigno Aquino and his girlfriend, Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad, although the couple belie the rumor. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda dodged questions by Palace repor...
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IN defense of embattled Ang Galing Pinoy party-list Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, the group decried a well-funded drive to disqualify its nominee. In a statement, officials of the AGP party-list hit a well-funded attempt by critics of the Arroyo family to disq...
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SUSPECTED New People’s Army guerrillas staged separate arson attacks on Friday that reportedly failed to pay monthly revolutionary taxes. The burning spree destroyed an estimated P20 million worth of heavy equipment, a Philippine National Police repor...
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A NEW Malacañang directive giving the Civil Service Commission the sole authority to conduct eligibility tests for 3rd-level Philippine National Police officials has demoralized officials aiming to be the first PNP officers to be promoted by President Be...
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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino’s first foreign travel could be to the US to attend the United Nations Millennium Development Goals summit in New York slated from Sept. 20-22. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda however said there is yet no final decision...
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FOLLOWING the decision of the present government to stop the food-for-school program, an ally of President Benigno Aquino pushed for the approval of a bill seeking to provide free breakfast for the students in public schools. Cebu Rep. Rachel Marguerite d...
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College students line a grass verge next to a 200 by 250-foot photo mosaic of late president and democracy icon Corazon Aquino at the Quirino Grandstand. President Benigno Aquino III, led the unfurling of the photo mosaic, which is composed of 3,200 pho...
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MY good friend, Deputy Director General Edgardo Eugenio Acuña, also known as Ka Edong, officially retired from the police service last Friday leaving behind a solid legacy in the organization. Unknown to many, Acuña, also known as Ka Edong to his collea...
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What’s with the members of Malacañang’s communications group? Who should take the beating over the leak of President Benigno Aquino III’s SONA speech for example? That the full text of the President’s SONA was already posted in the Facebook accou...
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After the disaster that Typhoon Ondoy brought to Metro Manila, what have we done about preparing for floods of this magnitude? I remember that a few weeks after it happened, there were a lot of plans to organize disaster preparedness teams on various com...
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It is called customary audit. This is a basic courtesy extended by an outgoing administration to the incoming one. Usually done during the transition month by panels from both administrations, the practice is designed to make way for a smooth turnover of ...
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Games today: (Araneta Coliseum)4:00 p.m. – Alaska vs. Talk ‘N Text6:30 p.m. – Derby Ace vs. San Miguel Beer DEFENDING champion San Miguel Beer and Talk ‘N Text will have common goals today: stay strong, come out with a lot of energy, play smart,...
