Yap joins Lakas-Kampi-CMD
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
LOBOC, Bohol, Nov. 10 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnessed the induction on Tuesday of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap as member of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD.
Cabinet meeting focuses on disaster preparedness, risk reduction
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
LOBOC, Bohol, Nov. 10 — Disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness, and climate change were on top of Tuesday's agenda during the full Cabinet meeting presided by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Tourism Center here.
Enrile sees importation as solution to oil shortage
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
By Jelly F. Musico
MANILA, Nov. 10 –- Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said on Tuesday that the only solution to the alleged dwindling oil supply is for the government to import petroleum products using its resources.
DOJ recommends lifting of E.O. 839 in selected areas
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Nov. 10 — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday recommended the lifting of Executive Order 839 in selected areas that were not hardly devastated by the recent typhoons.
House panel exempts Pagcor from 30% corporate tax
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
By Lilybeth G. Ison
MANILA, Nov. 10 — The committee on ways and means of the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill seeking to exempt the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) from the payment of 30 percent corporate income tax.
CSC cites 5 Naga cops
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
By Ed G. Yu
NAGA CITY, Nov. 10 – Five policemen from this city were recently conferred the "Gantimpala Agad Award" by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for honesty, expeditious and responsive resolutions of two different robbery with arson cases in this city.
President Arroyo to lead turnover rites of first WiMax in Floridablanca
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga, Nov. 10 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will lead Wednesday the turnover ceremony of the first Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) here, a telecommunications technology that enables high-speed wireless Internet access to a wider area.
Puno waits for MILF's promise to recover Sinnott
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
By Teofilo P. Garcia
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 10 –Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno said Tuesday they are giving an “elbow room” to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to prove what they have promised concerning the fate of Fr. Michael Sinnott.
President Arroyo signs 2 bills in Cebu
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
By Eddie O. Barrita
CEBU CITY, Nov. 10 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived in Cebu Tuesday afternoon to reenact the signing of laws creating the lone congressional district of Lapu-Lapu City and the conversion of a state college into a university.
P56-M infra projects for Aklan ARC undergo validation
November 10, 2009 9:35 am· Comments Off
KALIBO, Aklan, Nov. 10 – Some P56 million worth of projects under the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Program (ARISP) III that are being proposed in Buruanga, Aklan recently underwent validation.