At the "Pulong Bayan" at the Farmers’ Market in Cubao, Quezon City, the Chief Executive noted that many gasoline stations were giving discounts to jeepney and other public transport operators to help soften the impact of the unprecedented increase of oil prices in the world market.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) yesterday said the administration’s proposal for raising the Value-Added Tax (VAT) from 10 to 12 percent has become more difficult to accept in light of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s latest pronouncement that the government’s financial condition is now in a better shape.
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Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Avelino "Nonong" Cruz Jr. left for Australia and New Zealand to discuss with his counterparts in the two countries several issues that will promote bilateral defense and security.
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Malacañang yesterday appealed to Filipino war veterans to withdraw their planned civil disobedience rallies to compel the government to pay P17 billion in benefits due them.
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start retreat in Cebu today
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Commissioner Guillermo Parayno Jr. of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reminded yesterday all individual and corporate taxpayers that they have until Friday, April 15, to file their 2004 Income Tax Returns (ITRs) as he instructed each of his 119 revenue district officers (RDOs) nationwide to file at least six tax evasion cases this year.
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In the name of their religion, two suspects in the Valentine’s Day bus bombing in Makati City retracted their plea of not guilty by pleading guilty to the multiple murder charges filed against them at the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC).
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The House of Representatives Committee on Good Government yesterday asked heads of at least four government agencies to explain the disappearance of at least R1 billion representing the government pension contribution of some 15,000 teachers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday that the alert status earlier hoisted for three active volcanoes in the country remains in effect.
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Kidnap victim rescued
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