DOJ launches "Ako sa Pagbabago" program
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 — Acting Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary and concurrent Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera on Monday launched a program designed to sustain the DOJ's mandate and live up to the expectations of the public.
Filipino woman afflicted with “serious” A/H1N1 flu in HK
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 — A 37-year old woman from Tarlac province has been confined in a Hong Kong hospital since July 7 after being diagnosed of a "serious case of the A[H1N1]" flu virus, and is receiving full assistance at the United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, Kowloon.
Pag-IBIG Fund exec says VP De Castro 'infomercials' not political ads
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 — A senior official of the Pag-IBIG Fund manifested an opposition to the issuance of a temporary restraining order/preliminary injunction on the agency's "infomercials" featuring Vice President Noli de Castro, saying such advertisements are a legitimate exercise for a public service purpose, and not intended to gain mileage with political motivations.
PGMA signs Rent Control Law Tuesday
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to sign tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14) Republic Act No. 9653, otherwise known as the Rent Control Act of 2009, which will protect more than 1.5 million tenants from indiscriminate rent increases.
PGMA to launch new PNR trains in Tutuban
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· 2 Comments
MANILA, July 13 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will formally launch on Tuesday the new trains of the newly-revitalized Philippine National Railways (PNR) and unveil the PNR corporate logo in ceremonies at Tutuban Station in Tondo, Manila.
PGMA fetes outstanding CDC, CFZ partners, locators and investors
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, July 13 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo honored today the outstanding partners, locators and investors of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) on the occasion of their 16th anniversary at the Stotsenberg Hotel here.
BSP prefers abaca, cotton material than polymer to make currency bills
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas would much prefer to print money on cotton material fortified with abaca strands than invest in more expensive technology based on polymer.
Government downplays the country’s decline in a competitiveness report
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
Manila, July 13 — The government has downplayed the drop in the country’s competitiveness ranking from 40 last year to 43 this year among the 57 countries surveyed for the 2009 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).
OPARD, RKCG bring gov't services to insurgent areas of Leon, Iloilo
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, July 13 – Close to a thousand residents from insurgent barangays of the Municipality of Leon availed of various government services from the Office of the President through the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Regional Development (OPARD) and the Regional Kalahi Convergence Group (RKCG) here.
NPA rebels ambush civilian vehicle, killing three in Negros Occidental
July 13, 2009 9:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, July 13 — At least 30 heavily armed New People's Army (NPA) rebels ambushed a cargo truck in Negros Occidental province on Sunday resulting to the death of three innocent civilians and the wounding of three others.