Most women and children who suffer violence regard the courts as an ‘unreliable’ ally. They accuse judges and prosecutors that are unable to understand the situation of women, the unequal relations of power between men and women and families in society.
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Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza directed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to review a memorandum order issued last regarding the issuance of authorization to new private emission testing centers.
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Mandaluyong Congressman Benjamin Abalos Jr. has filed a bill that will provide protection to pre-need planholders and eventually safeguard their rights.
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QUEZON CITY — Retired Gen. Anselmo Avenido, chief of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), over the weekend said the antidrug agency “does not nor thought of harnessing private individuals as field agents.”
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said yesterday she will ask Congress for their support and openness to sacrifice when she officially submits to them tomorrow (Aug. 25) the administration’s proposed national budget for next year for their immediate deliberation and eventual approval.
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Newly appointed Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner George Jereos ordered yesterday all Customs collectors nationwide to stop rampant sugar smuggling.
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Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday opposed the calls by certain sectors for the government to lift the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Iraq due to the continued volatility in its peace and order situation.
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Vice President Noli de Castro yesterday urged Israel and the Philippines to forge a bilateral agreement that would improve the working conditions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Israel and enhance the skills of Filipino workers bound to that country.
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Bomb attack foiled
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Motorists wishing to be exempted from the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) beware. You might end up in trouble and a few thousand pesos poorer for using fake commemorative license plates.
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The Makati City government is proud to host this year’s World Heart Day celebration this coming month of September.
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Napolcom inventories NPDO firearms, cops
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Controversy continued to haunt the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as licensed civil engineers allegedly confirmed a failure of design on at least one pedestrian overpass project on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA).
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A 50-year-old accountant of the Commission on Audit (COA) was shot dead by a holdup man when he resisted a robbery in Quezon City (QC) early yesterday morning.
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The summit between the local executives in the CAMANAVA (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela) area and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will finally push through after details were ironed out by representatives of the agency and the local government units.
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QUEZON CITY — Now, school administrators, including college deans and principals in high schools and elementary levels, are tapped and tasked to protect students from the menace of destructive illegal drugs and drug abuse, on the initiative of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Ph
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MALABON CITY — The city government is determined to push through with the plan to construct the new city hall in Barangay Catmon, perceived as “business center” of the coastal city, a city councilor said.
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QUEZON CITY — The Department of Agriculture-National Meat Inspection Commission (DAN-MIC) over the weekend accredited and certified another meat establishment for complifying with the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety program.
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The Philippines needs to address gender inequality issues to reduce poverty and grow its economy further, concluded in a country assessment in the Philippines by the Southeast Asia Department Development Bank (ADB).
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The Makati Fire Department yesterday urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to seize fake LPG (liquified petroleum gas) tanks sold by some unscrupulous traders in the business.
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MANILA (PNA) —The long wait for the needed operation is finally over for five hydrocephalus and meningocele patients now confined at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH).
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A manager of the United Coconut Planters Bank yesterday died after the front portion of his Honda CRV/Wagon rammed the concrete wall divider while trying to get off the Don Bosco Skyway exit ramp.
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Actor hurt in QC accident
Popular film and television actor Ricardo Cepeda was injured after he was hit-and-run by a car in Katipunan, Quezon City Monday night.
Cepeda, husband of mul
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