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ONLINE POLL
Do you agree that the 42,000 nursing examinees should be made to retake the 2006 licensure examinations after allegations of leakage in a number of review centers involving exam officials?

Of the total 42,006 nursing graduates who took the licensure exams on June 11 and 12 this year, 42 percent or 17,821 examinees passed the board.
Should Be Optional.
Yes
No
Tests 3 And 5 Only.

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Senate sets response to Palace order
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OPENING RITES OF THE 38TH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS (AEM) MEET IN K. LUMPUR
From left: Brunei’s Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia’s Cham Prasidh, Indonesia’s Mari Elka Pangestu, Laos’ Nam Viyaketh, Malaysia’s Rafidah Aziz, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, Myanmar’s U Soe Tha, Philippines’ Peter B. Favila, Singapore’s Lim Hng Kiang, Thailand’s Uttama Savanayana, Vietnam’s Truong Dinh Tuyen, and ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong. Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi said the ASEAN nations should harmonize domestic trade laws fast enough to turn the region into a single economic community by 2015, five years ahead of schedule.
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Task Force Guimaras formed to contain oil spill
spacer President Arroyo has created "Task Force Guimaras," that will coordinate government and private sector efforts to contain the massive oil spill off Guimaras island, and rehabilitate the marine environment, the source of livelihood for most residents of areas hit and affected by the country’s worst ecological disaster to date.
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100 days to Doha
spacer ONE HUNDRED days before the Asian Games kick off in Doha, Qatar, the Philippines has yet to come up with a complete roster of athletes, much less produce the needed funds to send them off.
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Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. led yesterday his colleagues in mapping out their options on how to counter Malacañang’s virtual declaration of war against the Senate when it issued a memorandum circular prescribing new guidelines on the appearance of Cabinet members and other government officials before Senate committees.

The closed-door meeting of senators as suggested by Sen. Edgardo J. Angara followed a privilege speech delivered in yesterday’s plenary session by independent Sen. Joker Arroyo assailing Malacañang for virtually creating a "Berlin Wall" when it issued Memorandum Circular No. 108. Angara, whose...
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Mayon explodes 6 times, remains on high level of unrest
spacer As predicted by volcanologists, Mayon Volcano ended its two-day lull and exploded six times yesterday.
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Mirant says no tax liability from sale of its RP power assets
spacer Mirant Philippines Corporation Chairman and President Jose P. Leviste Jr. told a Congressional inquiry yesterday that the sale of its Philippine assets through its Hong Kong-based holding company amounting to $ 2.4 billion to $ 2.8 billion will not bear any tax benefit to the Philippine government.
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P21-M shabu missing from PDEA: An inside job?
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Solons hit proposal to profile mediamen
spacer After declaring an all-out war against communits rebels, the Palace now has plans underway in clipping the press.
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2006-08-23
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SHARES AVE CH VALUE
FIN 730.4 UP 1.8
CI 3,086.3 DOWN 19.2
HF 1,151.0 UP 6.2
PTY 1,006.0 UP 17.5
SVC 1,135.5 DOWN 9.4
MINOIL 4,562.7 DOWN 81.9
ALLSHARES 1,435.9 UP 0.9
PHISIX 2,314.6 DOWN 3.6
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BOARD PASSERS
PHYSICIAN LICENSURE EXAMINATION List of new physicians
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WEATHER
Western sections of central and southern Luzon and western Visayas will experience occasional rains. The rest of Luzon and Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms while Mindanao will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Manila Bay will be moderate to occasionally rough.

Sunrise 5:43 am
Sunset 6:14 pm
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