House starts hearing on nat’l budget for ’06
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President Arroyo said yesterday she is ready to resume work with much energy after her successful participation in the just-concluded United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting and the 60th UN General Assembly in New York City.
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Congress will resume its session today after a week of recess following a lengthy deliberation on the impeachment cases against President Arroyo at the House of Representatives, with Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia banging the gavel to signal the start of legislative work.
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Administration solons called yesterday on the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) to immediately convene and reconcile the positions of President Arroyo and lawmakers on whether to implement in full the expanded value added tax law or exempt oil and power from its coverage.
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KABUL (Reuters) — Taliban fighters tried on Sunday to sabotage Afghanistan’s first legislative election in decades, but voters still turned out for the balloting President Hamid Karzai said was a defining moment in the nation's struggle to rebuild.
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Believing that the Filipino family can help change the nation’s course if it is rooted in prayer, a Catholic Church leader urged yesterday families to bring back prayer to their homes.
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In a bid to save more than P1.7 billion for the government, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) headed by Secretary Leandro Mendoza has finally decided to formally recommend to Malacañang the purchase of the modern railway system, the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3).
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