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Monday, January 08, 2007 |
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Appeals court rules
govt must pay Piatco |
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By Jomar Canlas, Reporter
AFFIRMING a lower court ruling,
the Court of Appeals has ordered the government to pay
P3,002,125,000 to Philippine International Air Terminals Corp. (Piatco),
the consortium that built the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s
Terminal 2.
The court’s 8th Division
dismissed the two petitions filed by Rep. Salacnib Baterina of
Ilocos Sur and Atty. Manuel Fortes Jr. to stop Pasay Regional Trial
Court Judge Jesus Mupas from implementing an order awarding the
amount to Piatco.
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Govt to make Cebu
summit a milestone
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MALACAÑANG will pursue all
efforts to make the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
Summit this year a milestone in the Philippines’ bid for world
progress.
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Opposition’s
landslide boast derided
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“PLAIN wishful
thinking” was how President Arroyo’s allies in the House of
Representatives described the opposition’s boast its candidates
would win all 12 seats in the Senate and 100 seats in the House of
Representatives.
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Big break for
overseas voters
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THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will carry
out innovations aimed at helping facilitate voting of Filipino
voters based abroad.
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Canada
needs 5,000 Filipino workers
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CANADA needs about 5,000
Filipinos to work in its oil and gas industry, according to the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
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Dick Baldovino, 69
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A key figure in Philippine photography
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THE photographer Dick Baldovino
died last Saturday at his home in Quezon City after lingering
ill-health set off by a stroke three years ago.
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15 kids burned to
death inside padlocked Valenzuela shanty
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FIVE siblings, aged 3 to 10 years
old, were burned to death before dawn Sunday because they could not
get out of their home.
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AFP asks poll bets
to resist guerrillas’ access fee demands
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THE Armed Forces chief, Gen.
Hermogenes Esperon Jr., warned candidates in the May 2007 elections
against paying the “permit-to-campaign” fees of the New
People’s Army.
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LTO sets
guidelines for emission test centers
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LAND Transportation Office Chief
Reynaldo Berroya has directed all regional directors ensure that
private emission test centers sign up with the information
technology providers authorized by the LTO...
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Cops probe Indian
man’s‘abduction’
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The Manila Police District (MPD)
is investigating the reported Saturday night abduction of a
21-year-old Indian by armed men who allegedly claimed to be members
of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDG)...
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Military: NPAs
using children as shields
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The military over the weekend
accused the communist New People’s Army (NPA) of using children as
shields in their retreat during a recent encounter against
government troops in Polilio town in Quezon province.
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No casino in
Metrowalk, says Pasig City mayor
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There is no new casino operating
at the Metrowalk mall in Ortigas, Pasig City, Mayor Vicente Eusebio
said on Sunday, citing a report by police investigators.
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