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Do you favor the Palace plan to implement an expanded nationwide identification card system to include the private sector?
Under Executive Order 420, a unified multi-purpose ID card will replace all existing cards such as GSIS, SSS, Comelec, PhilHealth cards issued by the government. People will not be required to apply for the unified card. But the opposition says the plan is a veiled attempt to pry into the privacy of individual citizens that could lead to abuse.
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BATTLE OF MACTAN.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is all smiles as she watches ‘Kadaugan sa Mactan,’ a reenactment of the Battle of Mactan between the forces of Lapu-Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan Thursday, April 27, 2006, at the Mactan Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City. With the President are Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Arturo Radaza, Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano, Portuguese Ambassador Jao Caetano da Silva, and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia. (Mars W. Mosqueda Jr.)
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Windmill pumps for irrigation pushed by DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is introducing the windmill pump system as an option in irrigation in response to President Arroyo’s recent call for national teamwork in finding alternative solutions to the costly consumption of fuel, notably in agricultural production.
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Bunye: We will try all legal remedies
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye yesterday said the administration will appeal the Supreme Court’s decision declaring some of the provisions of President Arroyo’s Executive Order 464 as unconstitutional.
Bunye said the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has yet to receive a copy of the...
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Goldman Sachs mulls RP investments
Fund manager Goldman Sachs, which has a multibillion dollar fund portfolio, is keenly interested on investing in the country’s tourism sector, mining and the privatization of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco).
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More shine than rain for Painters
THE TRIP to the top was long and tedious, but it was gratifying for Rain or Shine. |
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Complete list of successful bar examinees
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER PASSERS
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U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS MANILA BULLETIN. Photo shows H.E.
Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney (left) exchanging views with Manila Bulletin Chairman Dr. Emilio T. Yap during her courtesy call at the Manila Bulletin Head Office in Intramuros, Manila on April 27, 2006. The Ambassador was accompanied by Information Officer Matthew R. Lussenhop, Asst. Information Officer Stacey D. MacTaggert, and U.S. Embassy Press Office Asst. Information Specialist Leandro M. Llave. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)
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