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Corrections director
sacked over Jalosjos |
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By Jomar Canlas Reporter
Bureau of Corrections Director
Ricardo Dapat has been sacked from his post, apparently for the
unauthorized release of Romeo Jalosjos, a convicted rapist and
former Zamboanga del Norte congressman.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez
said on Wednesday that President Gloria Arroyo had replaced Dapat
with Oscar Calderon, former Philippine National Police chief.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GMA mulls
revamping of Cabinet
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President Gloria Arroyo may be
revamping the Cabinet, as she started a review of her secretaries’
performance, a Palace official said Wednesday.
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4.39 million homes
have no electricity
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The government needs a
multibillion fund to provide electricity to millions of rural
households nationwide, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
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Africans see ZTE
differently than Filipinos
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CAIRO: The Chinese corporation
ZTE may have a notorious reputation in the Philippines because of
the scandal involving the scrapped $330-million national broadband
deal. But elsewhere,...
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Pulse Asia: Lim
most popular govt official
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Mayor Alfredo Lim of Manila is
the most popular leader in the country, a Pulse Asia survey on
awareness and performance showed.
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Special
Reports:
Year-ender
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House shuns investigations, focuses on making
laws
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Instead of spending a lot of time
on congressional investigations that are “in aid of
legislation,” the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Jose de
Venecia Jr., focused on its primary function—passing laws.
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Senate approves 12
out of nearly 2,000 bills filed in 2007
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By December 11, some 1,954 Senate bills had
already been filed, most of them carryovers of measures not passed
by the Thirteenth Congress. Certainly, not all of them would be
acted upon,...
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