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Friday, October 12, 2007 |
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DPWH fast tracks
road projects in Basilan |
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Agency earmarks P750 million for infrastructure in
Abu Sayyaf-infested island province |
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By William B. Depasupil Reporter
ON orders of
President Gloria Arroyo, the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) has earmarked P750 million for the construction and
rehabilitation of road projects in the Abu Sayyaf-infested areas of
Basilan.
Public Works and
Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane said Thursday that the road
projects are among the priority concern of President Arroyo to win
the hearts and minds of the people and achieve peace and development
in the area.
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UK discourages all
travel to Mindanao after blasts
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THE United Kingdom has advised
its citizens against travelling to Mindanao, in the wake of the twin
blasts that killed two children in Kidapawan City last weekend.
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Cebu City helpless
against prostitutes, says vice-mayor
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CEBU City: Vice-Mayor Mike Rama
said the city government’s campaign against prostitution is
futile.
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Saturation drive
in red light district continues
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BACOLOD CITY: Saturation drive
against commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Bacolod City’s red light
zones and known hangouts will continue even beyond the Masskara
Festival season.
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Market seen for
paper charcoal as alternative
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BACOLOD City: There is a market
waiting for charcoal made of paper. Mona Jardin stressed this point
during her recent demonstration of paper charcoal making to more
than 80 members of the organized eco-aids...
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Mayor shifts focus
from tourism to education
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BAGUIO CITY: Outlining his
accomplishments in the past 100 days of his administration, Mayor
Reinaldo Bautista Jr. on Monday expressed his wish for a paradigm
shift for Baguio City,...
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‘Spiderman’ in
barangay arrested
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DUMAGUETE CITY: Acting on the
complaint raised by parents and the principal of North City
Elementary School in Dumaguete, barangay tanods of Piapi apprehended
early this week a peddler of spiders ...
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Ynares, Cuerpo
still at odds over landfill
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RIZAL Provincial Gov. Casimiro
“Jun” Ynares 3rd on Thursday challenged Rodriguez Mayor Pedro
Cuerpo to bring his arguments over the control of the two landfills
in the latter’s town to the courts,...
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Binay threatens to
dump garbage at MMDA premises
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Meanwhile, Binay threatened to
dump Makati’s garbage at the vicinity of the MMDA building if
Metro Manila plunges into a garbage crisis.
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