BRIMMING with joy and hope, President GMA says that the peso is surging and the stock market is robust.
Forget the blues! The President is promising a better Christmas for us Filipinos.
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PGMA says the peso is now the "darling currency of Asia if not of the world."
Let’s bet our last peso, folks!
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Malacañang asserts "Hello Garci" is now a closed case, the country must move on, and finding Comelec Commissioner Garcillano is not a priority.
Apparently, it is the last priority.
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VP
Kabayan Noli warns economic planners to resist political pressures and craft economic policies that would directly benefit the poor.
To thy oath be true. And serve with honesty and good faith.
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Kabayan
adds that he has "witnessed the politics involved in crafting the interventions by the government which makes equity and development hard to achieve."
That’s very revealing, Mr. VP. Spill us more beans!
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There’s no need for new taxes if smuggling is solved, asserts Sen. Mar Roxas.
Let those smugglers pay for our taxes.
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"About
R175 billion in revenues is lost to technical smuggling, which is double the R80-billion expected revenues from VAT," Roxas says.
Indeed, a good revenue source and a better alternative to new taxes.
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To enhance investors’ confidence, the government should set up special course to decide on the ever-increasing intellectual property rights and international trade issues, suggests QC Councilor Ariel Enrile Inton.
Special court for the "special" foreign investors – or "business hospitality" as attraction.
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Alarm has been expressed over the low survival rate of college students (with only one of two finishing the course due to financial problems) by Rep. Francis L. Nepomuceno, chairman of the House Committee on Professional Regulation.
Let’s help them graduate through access to student assistance/loan funds and more part-time jobs.
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More stringent penalties should be imposed on transport and other government officials and employees conniving with car thieves in registering stolen vehicles, as suggest by Sen. Manny Villar.
Does LTO mean
Lagay Tayo, Okay!?
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Stop the war in Sulu, the Union of Muslims for Morality and Truth (UMMAT) urges the government.
Yes, don’t fire guns. Better light holiday crackers!
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Manila Mayor Lito Atienza has called on businessmen and residents to light Manila better to deter crime, welcome SEA Games delegates and have a bright Christmas.
Let there be light. And a colorful Christmas in the city.
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APEC leaders, including PGMA, end Busan summit agreeing to fight trade barriers, corruption, terrorism, and bird flu in Asia-Pacific countries.
Fight, fight, fight! as per APEC creed. And have a better, safer life for many.
