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Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
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CARP study may
defeat proposed extension |
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Government needs to strengthen support services
rather than focus on land distribution |
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By Ma. Ester L. Espina Correspondent
BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental
Governor Joseph Marañon confirms that based on a study of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which the provincial
government had commissioned, a majority of the agrarian
beneficiaries have not benefited at all in so far as improvement in
their quality of lives as a result of CARP.
The Province of Negros Occidental
has submitted its findings on the agrarian reform program before the
House of Congress for deliberation amid a lobby to have the program
extended for another five years.
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Barangay captain
faces criminal cases
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TALAVERA , Nueva Ecija: A
barangay captain in Nueva Ecija had allegedly hit with a gun a
16-year-old high-school student in Barangay San Ricardo during a
students’ night rumble, police said reported on Wednesday.
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Police arrest
Middle Eastern bomb expert
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COTABATO CITY: Police in Cotabato
said Wednesday they had arrested a man believed to be of Middle
Eastern descent allegedly plotting a bomb attack.
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Governor asks
suspension of Lafayette mining permit
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LEGAZPI CITY: Following the
declaration of Lafayette Mining Ltd. of bankruptcy, Albay Gov. Joey
Sarte Salceda urged the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) in Bicol...
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All private
workers in Cordilleras to get P10 wage hike in January
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BAGUIO CITY: Starting January 8
next year, private employees in the Cordillera region will be
receiving a maximum of P10 in their daily salaries in a form of cost
of living allowance (COLA), the Department of Labor...
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Child inmates in
Legazpi city jail have
been serving more than their sentences
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LEGAZPI CITY: Marco Tolentino,
(not his real name), now 15 and going on 16, was sentenced to prison
for two years and four months by the Regional Trial Court, but he
has been languishing in jail..
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