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Prayer and
power.
President Arroyo joins members of her Cabinet in praying
before the start of the National Security Council
Cabinet Group meeting on Tuesday. Flanking the President
are two officials caught in the controversy involving
the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain worked
out with Moro rebels: Foreign Aff airs Secretary Alberto
Romulo (right) and presidential Adviser on the peace
process Hermogenes Esperon Jr.
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TOP STORIES |
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Specific tax on oil ‘inflationary’ |
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Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto said on Tuesday
that he is not against the proposed specific tax on oil, in
particular, but warned against its potential inflationary
impact that may push up prices. |
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Olympics keeping Chinese home |
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BEIJING—The
Olympics are keeping Beijingers home, thus weighing down the
domestic outbound tourism industry.
“The
outbound sector saw a slight increase [in domestic tourism]
in July, but this August, it is down by 30 percent [compared
with the same month last year],” said Lin Kang, deputy
general manager of the outbound department of China
International Travel Service (CITS). |
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Wednesday’s test for Harry
Tañamor
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BEIJING—The
country gets its first of three realistic shots at an
Olympic gold medal on Wednesday when Harry Tañamor battles
an opponent from Ghana in a boxing light-flyweight
first-round clash at the Beijing Workers Stadium. |
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Image-design firm wows millions |
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BEIJING—Crystal Computer Graphics Co. Limited (Crystal CG)
has demonstrated its outstanding capabilities in the 29th
edition of the Olympic Games. |
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Pinoy wins international photo
prize |
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BRITISH
Ambassador Peter Beckingham, ever the champion of
world-class Filipino talent, was delighted when he learned
that another Filipino was off to London to accept a
prestigious international award. |
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Automated polls a go in 2010 |
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AFTER a very
significant 84-percent turnout in elections in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Commission on
Elections chairman Jose Armando Melo is confident about
replicating the automated election in 2010. |
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Federalism bill ‘hijacked’–Nene |
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SENATE
leaders are wary over what they see as a Palace
Charter-change (Chacha) ploy to extend the term of President
Arroyo beyond 2010 by hijacking a pending proposal to shift
to a federal form of government in order to accommodate the
proposed Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) as part of a
peace deal with secessionist rebels in Mindanao. |
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Government troops clear 5 more
barangays |
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GOVERNMENT
forces have cleared five more barangays that were occupied
by separatist rebels in five towns in North Cotabato as of
Tuesday, the military said. |
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Unioil, Oilink charged |
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THE
Presidential Task Force on the Security of Energy Facilities
and Enforcement of Energy Laws and Standards filed charges
against Unioil Petroleum Philippines and Oilink
International Corp. at the Department of Justice after seven
oil tanks were seized in Pilar, Bataan, on the evening of
June 1. |
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PCGG says $34.14M not missing |
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THE
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has denied
the claim made by the Commission on Audit (COA) that the
$34.14 million in recovered Marcos wealth deposited in
escrow at the Philippine National Bank (PNB) was “missing.” |
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PCGG recovers P757M from PTIC shares |
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THE
government has recovered a total of P757,633,714.17 from the
shares of Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (PTIC),
according to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). |
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SENATE
President Manuel Villar, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus
and Neville Isdell, chairman of The Coca Cola Co., share
a light moment at the sidelines of Tuesday’s launch of
Nutrijuice, a beverage codeveloped by the company with
the Department of Science and Techology to fight anemia
among schoolchildren in low-income communities.
--RHOY COBILLA |
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