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UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL HERE
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director General Koichiro Matsuura waves to the crowd on his arrival at the Manila Hotel yesterday to attend the 31st UNESCO-ITI World Congress. Flanking him are National Commission for Culture and the Arts Executive Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez (left) and Festival Director Dr. Isagani Cruz. (Richard Viñas)
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Filipinos favor compromise with Marcoses – PCGG
A Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) official yesterday said surveys by independent pollsters would prove that majority of Filipinos support out-of-court settlements with the Marcoses and their cronies on their alleged ill-gotten wealth cases.
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The Senate Finance Committee formally endorsed yesterday a drastic cut of P31.11 billion to the proposed P1.053-trillion national budget for 2006, scrapping several budget items the panel suspects will be used by the administration to buy support to change the 1987 Constitution.
Sen. Manuel Villar, committee chairman, made the formal recommendation as the Senate, holding marathon session, opens plenary debates on the 2006 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), now delayed by five months.
"What we seek to enact is a responsible and prudent budget, one that is concerned...
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Teves prefers granting of non-tax incentives
Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said yesterday he preferred the granting of non-tax incentives to investors that would commensurate the fiscal perks granted to investors by other countries as he stressed the country’s need to conserve its revenues.
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Chessers blank Mauritius, 4-0
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Wesley So and Oliver Dimakiling debuted impressively in the World Chess Olympiad Sunday, helping the Philippines to a 4-0 shellacking of Mauritius in Turin, Italy. |
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List of new civil engineers
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BAND OF 'MERCY'.
Brandon Barbee, 2nd class musician of the United States Navy Hospital ship called ‘Mercy,’ and 16 other bandmates perform at the Rajah Sulayman Park on Roxas Boulevard last Sunday night. The Navy showband is on a five-month joint humanitarian service mission in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. (Rudy Liwanag)
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Northern Luzon, the eastern sections of Visayas and the whole of Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Sunrise 5:27 am
Sunset 6:19 pm
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