Energy Secretary Vincent Perez assured the Senate yesterday that they are working hard to deal with the looming power crisis in Visayas and Mindanao, but said they will need the cooperation of Congress to succeed in dealing with the problem.
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The Australian embassy in Manila yesterday reiterated the importance of closer military cooperation between the Philippines and Australia in preventing terrorist attacks in the region, amid Philippine opposition to the proposed deployment of Australian police patrol ships in local territory.
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The government may keep the temporary ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in Iraq longer due to the deteriorating security situation in the strife-torn country.
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Over 3,000 indigenous peoples from the Kakanaey and Bago tribes in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur were awarded a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) covering 6,399 hectares of land by the government.
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The nation joins some 94 countries in the celebration of World Heart Day tomorrow, Sept. 26. The Department of Health (DoH) together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Heart Foundation of the Philippines will lead other concerned agencies in the observance.
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Journalist stabbed dead
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The Taguig Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) and the Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council (MDCC) convened yesterday and in a joint resolution said they will recommend to the Sangguniang Bayan to place Brgy. Maharlika Village under a state of heightened alert.
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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) dispatched the other day operatives of the DoTC Action Center to go after drivers of FX taxis who charge their passengers more than the approved fare rates of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
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MAHARLIKA VILLAGE, Taguig — The United Nations (UN), through the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in coordination with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the Embassy of India, and the Mindanao Reseach Institute (MRI), has highlighted t
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Christmas came early for some 45 less fortunate families in Mandaluyong City who recently received the best gifts they could ever ask for — free housing units from the city government and a non-government organization.
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CHICAGO, Illinois — A reverse brain? Not really.
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New political party backs scrapping of PDAF
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PASIG CITY — Here’s bad news for public elementary school Grade Three pupils but good news for the public schools’ quest for quality basic education.
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Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., in a move to effectively fight criminality, has directed the local police to adopt fresh strategies to “effectively meet the challenges of peace and order in the city.”
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QUEZON CITY— Government jailers and firemen described as scalawags, corrupt, abusive and incompetent will definitely face criminal and administrative charges, a source from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said.
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Are your children fond of eating fast food? If you think it’s harmless, think again. Exposing them to unhealthy foods regularly would make them candidates of heart disease when they grow older.
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San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor Gomez Ejercito expressed disgust over alleged resistance of Taguig-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano to the planned cityhood of the remaining four municipalities in Metro Manila.
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A three-kilometer portion of the proposed Subic-Clark Expressway project could go down in the history of Philippine infrastructure development as the most expensive road project, costing government at least R431 million in borrowed funds.
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The city of Makati today joins 94 countries in the global celebration of “World Heart Day 2004” with a huge assembly of residents, students, local and national government officials and workers, heart specialists, diplomats, and members of the pharmaceutical industry converging at Tower One of the P
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Gov’t withdraws soldiers
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