GRP, MILF express desire to resume peace talks
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, Lanao Del Norte, Aug. 17 — The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel are one in their common desire to resume the stalled negotiations.
P11.5 B OWWA fund for OFWs intact, says administrator
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· 1 Comment
MANILA, Aug. 17 — The P11.5-billion fund of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is intact and deposited at the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), according to OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon.
PGMA to meet UN climate change expert next month
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Aug. 17 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to meet with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretary general Yvo de Boer in Manila on Sept. 9, 2009.
PGMA tasks PCW to ensure implementation of Magna Carta of Filipino Women
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Aug. 17 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has tasked the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) to ensure the implementation of the Magna Carta of Filipino Women.
Urgent!! No PCGNY funds used during PGMA
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Aug. 17 — It is not true that funds for the salaries of personnel with the Philippine consulate-general in New York (PCGNY) were diverted for expenses during the recent visit of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the United States, consul-general Cecilia B. Rebong said in a statement to the press dated today.
Militant solon proposes P1 pork barrel for each lawmaker
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
By Lilybeth G. Ison
MANILA, Aug. 17 — A militant lawmaker on Monday proposed for P1 allocation for each congressman for its priority development assistance fund (PDAF), commonly called 'pork barrel' fund to ensure that this would not be used for the incoming elections.
Beneficiaries grateful for government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, Lanao Del Norte, Aug. 17 — Sairah Bino, a 39-year-old Muslim housewife, was teary eyed when she received the cash grant that would sustain the education of her children.
PGMA to DPWH: Speed up Iligan C3 road construction
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, Lanao Del Norte, Aug. 17 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) today to expedite the immediate resolution of the right of way problem in the construction of the Iligan Circumferential Road (C3).
Meralco to pay P150-M rebates to customers
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
By Marie S. Neri
MANILA, Aug. 17 —The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is set to pay P150 million in rebates to its customers as a result of the implementation of the performance-based rate (PBR) system.
Presidential plane purchase after 2010 – Palace
August 17, 2009 1:54 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Aug. 17 – The purchase for a presidential plane will have to be done after 2010, Malacañang said today.