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ADB BOARD CALLS ON GMA
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo poses with the Asian Development Bank Board Group members who called on her Monday at Malacañang’s Music Room. They are (from left) Nima Wangdi, Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Tajikistan; David Taylor, Executive Director for Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey, and United Kingdom; Emile Gauvreau, Executive Director for Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden; Marita Magpili Jimenez, Host Director for the Philippines and Alternate Executive Director for Kazakhstan, Timor-Leste, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Philippines; Paul Curry, Alternate Executive Director for the United States; Richard Moore, Alternate Executive Director for Australia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Hong Kong, China, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu; and Tom Crouch, Country Director of the ADB’s Philippines Country Office. (Ramon I. Samson)
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Senate okays P10-B compensation for martial law victims
After two years of deliberation, the Senate has finally approved the Human Rights Victims Compensation Act, allotting P10 billion to compensate thousands of martial law victims.
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RP credit rating upgrade tied to reducing debt level
SYDNEY (Dow Jones) — The timing of any upgrading of the Philippines’ sovereign rating depends on the country’s ability to entrench recent moves to reduce its indebtedness, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services analysts said Tuesday.
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CHEd drafts new rules on review centers; Villar calls for their regulation by PRC
Senate President Manny Villar yesterday called for the regulation of review centers by putting them under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
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While awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the people’s initiative, Charter change proponents in the House of Representatives yesterday started the ball rolling for their "Plan B" as the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments approved another resolution seeking to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution.
Voting 30-7, the committee chaired by Rep. Constantino Jaraula (Lakas, Cagayan de Oro) hastily adopted House Resolution No. 1230, which contains a package of amendments to the 19-year-old Charter, including the shift from bicameral presidential to unicameral parliamentary form of government.
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Comelec, OSG given 10 days to file comments
To enable itself to get a wider perspective on the issues involved in the proposal to amend the Constitution through a people’s initiative, the Supreme Court (SC) decided yesterday to conduct a public hearing on Sept. 26 on the case filed by Charter change advocates.
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OSG withdraws motion to CA to lift TRO on NAIA-3 & goes directly to SC
Government lawyers yesterday withdrew their motion to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) that the Court of Appeals issued on Aug. 24, 2006 and filed a petition with the Supreme Court (SC) to dissolve the TRO and to stop further proceedings on the case of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.
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MVP as basketball czar?
Manny V. Pangilinan only wants to tackle the task at hand.
But if given full backing, the PLDT and Smart Communication chairman will go the extra mile and accept the post of president of the soon-to-be-formed basketball body. |
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'Anti-terrorism expert' a hoax, says Cusi
NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – Airport general manager Alfonso Cusi announced yesterday that there is no truth to a newspaper report (not the Manila Bulletin) that an anti-terrorist expert had brought onboard a Davao-bound aircraft live explosives.
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