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Demolition
time. Despite
coming under attack for its demolition campaign against
squatter colonies, the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority(MMDA) tears down shanties beside a creek at the
corner of Sen.Gil Puyat Avenue and Marconi Street in
Makati City. The MMDA has said the campaign will prevent
needless death and injury to people living in perilous
areas beside waterways—where they are directly threatened
by floods, and where they can harm others because they
clog waterways with their garbage.
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new air accords rushed |
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MALACAÑANG
has told the Philippine air panel to give priority to
negotiations for a new air services agreement (ASA) with
Singapore and New Zealand. |
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Asean ministers to tackle econ integration
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THE final
draft of the blueprint setting the schedules and modalities
of the integration into a seamless economic bloc by 2010
will be scrutinized for the last time by the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) economic ministers when they
meet in
Manila this week. |
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Palay prices reach new high of P17 |
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BOCAUE,
Bulacan—Palay prices have reached a new high at P17 per kilo
after the damage to crops by typhoon Egay, which pulled in
the southwest monsoon, deluging Luzon. |
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Fewer OFWs leave, but flow of funds steady |
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THE economy
will continue to benefit from sustained remittances of
overseas Filipinos for sometime still, no matter that the
deployment of Pinoy workers in the first half fell
significantly, regulators said on Monday. |
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$100M eyed to expand transport model |
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KIDAPAWAN
CITY, Cotabato—The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) may agree to
finance the $100 million needed to expand to the entire
country the Philippine Basic Urban Service under which
transport terminals, public markets, water service and the
like are provided to towns and cities toward enhancing their
economies. |
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Teves admits PASG, BOC feuding, but urges peace |
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FINANCE
Secretary Margarito Teves said on Monday the Bureau of
Customs (BOC) and the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG)
must enhance their cooperation and “move in the same
direction” to effectively curb smuggling in the country and
boost revenue collections. |
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Oilink reopens terminal |
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THE
Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) is preparing
administrative and civil charges against more than 100
Customs officials and personnel allegedly involved in
smuggling activities, the PASG’s head, Undersecretary
Antonio Villar Jr., said on Sunday. |
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Dureza insists government, MILF still following peace
process |
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DAVAO
CITY—The Presidential Peace Adviser, Jesus Dureza, said upon
arrival from Colombia on Monday that, “peaceful arrangements
are being pursued to preserve the gains of the peace process
even as the government forces run after the suspected
terrorist groups in Sulu.” |
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Senators back mini-Marshall Plan for South |
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SENATORS on
Monday pushed for quicker delivery of basic public services
as the key to peace in strife-torn Basilan and Sulu
provinces. |
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24
years after, brains of Ninoy slay a mystery |
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TWENTY-FOUR
years after her husband’s death, former President Corazon
Aquino is still seeking justice for her husband’s death. |
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THE Kidapawan
City Integrated Transport Station Project, located near the
Kidapawan Central Business District, has modern facilities
for a bus bay and a comfortable waiting area for passengers.
Officials are looking to replicate it across the country.
Among those who graced its Monday inauguration were City
Mayor Rodulfo Gantuangco, ADB National Officer Rita Festin;
MBUSS project manager Rolyn Zambales and from the Interior
department, Regional Director Buagas Sulaik, OPDS Director
Paisal Abutazil, and Undersecretary Austere Panadero.
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