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Long journey
to hope. A
nursing student rests her weary head at the Aurora Quezon
Elementary School in San Andres, Manila, at the end of the
first of two days of reexamination in two nursing
subjects. The conduct of a partial retake was meant to
meet requirements of US-based accreditation groups, after
a leakage marred the November 2006 test. Filipino nurses
remain much in demand in North America, the Middle East
and Europe, and account for a huge share of dollar
remittances. --NONIE
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Revenue drive gets P100-M boost |
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SWEDEN
has donated P100 million to the Philippine government to
help it improve its revenue collection program and its
campaign against tax cheats. |
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BSP
revises capital charges for bank risks |
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THE Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas has adopted a new set of standards on
bank capital charges that seeks to refine the one currently
in place. |
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Government mulls over paying off investors, taking over MRT |
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FINANCE
Secretary Margarito Teves has hinted at buying out the
consortium of investors that manages the Metro Rail Transit
Line 3 or MRT 3 to save itself the trouble of paying lease
rentals. |
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Customs vows to cover for shortfalls in August |
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THE Bureau
of Customs has vowed to close the gap in its tax collection
efforts versus its target by August this year, banking on
antismuggling efforts and the voluntary disclosure program
on importers. |
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Parts makers, UV assemblers to get incentives |
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THE
government is ready to give two sets of incentives to
would-be participants of the Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV)
program, particularly to companies that would be involved
both in the parts manufacturing and actual vehicle assembly. |
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Private standards stymie small producers; UN studies impact |
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THE United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)
together with the World Trade Organization (WTO) will seek
to address the impact of the increasing use of voluntary
private standards that may prohibit small producers from
enjoying the benefits of international trade. |
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Pressure mounts to revoke $330-M broadband deal |
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THE
Philippine government must find a way to “diplomatically
abrogate” its controversial $330-million contract with
Chinese firm ZTE Corp. for the supply and construction of a
national broadband network, as suggested by the business
community, according to the former chief of the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC). |
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People to people.
US Ambassador Kristie
Kenney and Karl Beck, Country Director of the Peace Corps
in the Philippines, receive from President Arroyo the
Order of the Golden Heart, which was awarded to the US
Peace Corps for its development and humanitarian work in
the Philippines. A posthumous award was also given to the
late journalist-turned-Peace Corps volunteer, Julia
Campbell, who was killed in northern Luzon two months ago.
Campbell had been helping survivors of the series of super
typhoons in Bicol. --RHOY
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