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Dry spell
casualty. Local
residents use their bamboo rods to catch fish in the Binga
Dam in Itogon, Benguet. Binga plant manager Mario Soria
said the water level now is 565, or 10 meters below the
normal water level. The 47-year-old Binga Hydroelectric
Plant is located at Barrio Binga in Itogon town, and is 19
kilometers downstream of the Ambuklao Hydroelectric Plant.
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Failed bidding at North Harbor |
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THE
Philippine government declared a failure of bidding for the
Manila North Harbor’s privatization after only one company
was deemed eligible to make an offer for the facility’s
25-year contract. |
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P664-M DA funds for drought mitigation |
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THE
government will reallocate an initial P664 million from the
Department of Agriculture (DA) budget for this year to fund
drought-mitigation measures in the country, Budget Secretary
Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday. |
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IMF:
growth in peril from poor tax efficiency |
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THE
International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees local output growing
at a quicker pace this year, but has reservations about its
sustainability unless the fiscal sector increases its tax-
collection efficiency. |
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Tokyo seeks RP Senate OK for Jpepa; DFA clarifies report |
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The Japanese
government has urged the Philippine Senate to ratify the
Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa),
saying its legislative body has ratified the treaty after
contentious issues were resolved. |
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Reyes lists energy priorities |
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SEEKING the
support of energy officials both private and public, new
energy czar Angelo T. Reyes committed Tuesday to continue
the gains achieved by the energy sector, as well as support
President Arroyo’s call to amend the Electric Power Industry
Reform Act (Epira). |
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‘Asean states must form Human Rights bodies’
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MALAYSIAN
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar urged six member-countries
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean),
including Burma, to form a human-rights body at the national
level that would provide credibility and legal
infrastructure on the newly adopted provision on human
rights in the Asean charter. |
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Marcoses’ new boldness caused by secret deals? |
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SENATORS
challenged the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
to stop the Marcoses from reclaiming assets believed to be
ill-gotten amid growing public suspicion that a compromise
deal has been secretly forged between the Marcoses and the
Arroyo government. |
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DOJ
affirms legality of deal with ZTE |
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JUSTICE
Secretary Raul Gonzalez has affirmed the legality of the
deal entered into by the government with China’s ZTE
Corporation to set up a $330-million national broadband
network (NBN). |
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Negroponte disputes call to leave Iraq |
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A SENIOR US
official on Tuesday countered the calls of the foreign
ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for
the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq, saying that the
Pentagon plays a stabilizing role in that country. |
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Press clippings affect SC, admits ex-CJ |
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THE Supreme
Court takes into consideration anomalies reported in the
press as attending some contracts with the government in
deciding cases involving such contracts, according to former
Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban, who spoke in the 4th
General Membership Meeting of the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Tuesday. |
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OUTGOING Energy
Secretary Raphael Lotilla points out something to his
successor, Angelo Reyes, at the turnover at the Department
of Energy.
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