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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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President confirms
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By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter
JAGNA, Bohol: President Gloria
Arroyo confirmed a revamp in
her Cabinet but declined to give
names of the officials to be affected by the changes.
“Yes, there would be a
[Cabinet] revamp next month,” President Arroyo told reporters
during a dinner Monday night in Malacañang sa Sugbu in Cebu.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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High inflation
seen to tame GDP growth
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High inflation could cost the
country’s economic growth, as measured by gross domestic product
(GDP), to fall 6 percent to 7 percent or 6.5 percent in the first
quarter of the year, according to a bank economist.
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Senate, House OK
bicam report on medicines bill
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The Senate and the House on
Tuesday ratified the bicameral report on the “Universally
Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008,” assuring
its signing into law by President Gloria Arroyo on Labor Day, May 1.
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RP bans
transplants for foreigners
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The Department of Health, stung
by the alarming illegal trade of organs that mostly involves poor
donors, on Tuesday announced that organ transplants for foreign
patients will soon be banned in the country.
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Philippines
commemorates Woman Suffrage Day
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Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal
noted that the right of Filipino women to participate in public and
political affairs was given full recognition for the first time on
April 30, 1937.
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FEATURE
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Golf: Key moment
for Que in Manila
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Angelo Que got an unexpected
surprise when he attended a press conference on Tuesday to announce
details of an upcoming golf tournament.
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‘Palay’ buying
price stays at P17 a kilo
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The National Food Authority (NFA)
on Tuesday was directed to maintain
the P17 per kilo buying rate for palay (unhusked rice) for the rest
of the year to encourage farmers to grow more of it.
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SPECIAL REPORT
:EXPORTS SECTOR
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Exporters assured
passage of holiday law
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Aware that the exports sector
needs a boost, the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means
has assured passage of the Consolidated Investments Incentives Code
of the Philippines before Congress winds up...
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