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Thursday, February 1, 2007 |
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Teachers on poll
duty to get benefits package |
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By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
Teachers who will do election
duty in May will get additional compensation in the form of
transportation allowance and are negotiating for other benefits
including insurance coverage and legal assistance.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec)
and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the
package of benefits for the up to 400,000 public-school teachers who
will be fielded for the midterm polls.
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Military to bid
out P7.5-billion contracts
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THE Department of National
Defense will start bidding out in February P7.5 billion of the
P10-billion supply contracts for military hardware, President Arroyo
announced on Wednesday.
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Court allows
Leviste case reinvestigation
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A Makati City court on Wednesday
denied the motion of former Batangas governor Antonio Leviste to
stop the Department of Justice from conducting a reinvestigation
into the killing of his long-time business aide.
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NBI to open 2nd
office in Mandaluyong
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The National Bureau of
Investigation will open another satellite office in Mandaluyong City
on Friday to accommodate the growing number of people applying for
or renewing an NBI clearance.
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3rd petition
against VFA filed in Supreme Court
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MILITANT groups will file on
Friday with the Supreme Court another petition questioning the
constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement.
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Brion clarifies
policy on training new DHs
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THE training requirement in the
deployment of house hold service workers (HSWs) is not required of
all outbound domestic helpers, Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo
Brion said on Wednesday.
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PLDT stock profit
for education, govt told
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YOUNG lawmakers on Wednesday
filed a resolution asking the government to make basic education the
primary beneficiary of its P25.2-billion take from the sale of
government shares in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
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Senate OK’s
affordable medicine measure
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The Senate on Wednesday approved
on third and final reading Senate Bill 2263, which seeks to amend
specific provisions of the Intellectual Property Code to make
medicines more affordable in the country.
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‘Rugby Boy’
jumps to his death from schoolbuilding
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A KNOWN “rugby boy” jumped
off the third floor of a schoolbuilding in Pasig City just when an
antibomb squad was conducting a bomb inspection following a call
warning of a possible explosion inside the premises.
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