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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Lim: Atienza’s defective revenue collection left Manila with deficit

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim yesterday said that the City of Manila could incur a deficit of P1.4 billion due to the previous administration’s inefficiency in tax collection.

As a result of these collection losses, Lim said they will demand refunds from big firms such as Coca-Cola, Singer sewing machines, and Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) for taxes uncollected from the year 2000 to June 30 this year.

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Jamby, NDF want to resume peace talks

Senator Maria Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal on Saturday bared that representatives of the National Democratic Front (NDF) based in the Netherlands have agreed to call for the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and NDF.

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AFP lauds installation of CCTV in Metro

THE Armed Forces (AFP) lauds the police’s move of installing close circuit television (CCTV) cameras in Metro Manila as part of added measures to deter street crimes.

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Sustained PLDT competitiveness seen with axed workers’ reinstatement

A labor union leader believes the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Co. can maintain its competitiveness if the regular employees sacked for holding redundant jobs can be reinstated, retrained and reassigned to new posts in this organization.

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EcoWaste: ‘Dumping no solution’

AN environmental group says Manila’s garbage crisis is far from being resolved with the reopening of the Rodriguez (formerly Montalban) dumpsite.

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Senate to probe rapid decay of RP’s largest lake

Senator Loren Legarda vows to seek a Senate inquiry into the rapid environmental degradation of Laguna Lake, amid concerns it could vanish in as short as five years unless the government resorts to more aggressive interventions.

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