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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
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Asian leaders set to tackle climate change, financial crisis |
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Asia-Pacific leaders are set to meet in a high-level meeting to
counter the region’s food, energy and financial crisis as well as
climate change.
The forum, “The Regional Policy Dialogue on
Food-Fuel Crisis and Climate Change—Reshaping the Development
Agenda,” would gather policy-makers, finance experts, civil
society leaders, climate change specialists, private sector
entrepreneurs and agriculture innovators across Asia and the Pacific
in Denpasar, Indonesia from December 9 to 10, to discuss the
implications of the global financial meltdown on the region’s food
security.
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LRTA tightens
inspections, to launch ‘rail tourism’
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WITH Christmas just around the corner and the usual petty crimes
expected to increase during the season, the Light Rail Transit
Authority (LRTA) tightened security in all stations for both its
Baclaran-Monumento and Recto-Santolan systems following the surge in
its passenger volume.
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No new fuel price cuts
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Oil firms decried Tuesday calls for a steeper rollback at the pump,
saying that current costs and profit margins do not warrant such a
move.
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Senator scores non-implementation of environmental laws
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Sen. Loren Legarda called Tuesday for the infusion of more funds for
the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act and the Clean Air Act as
she lamented the implementation of the laws meant to improve the
ecology and the environment.
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Napolcom to probe Parañaque shootout
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The National Police Commission (Napolcom) said Tuesday it has formed
a task force to investigate the Parañaque shootout between the
robbery gang suspects and policemen which left 16 persons dead.
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SC grants Bolante’s habeas corpus petition
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THE Supreme Court has given embattled former Agriculture
Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante some sort of relief
after it granted the latter’s habeas corpus petition that sought
his release from Senate custody.
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Vulcanizing, junk shops to be regulated by LGUs
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Unsightly junk shops and vulcanizing shops that create obstructions
along sidewalks and streets of Metro Manila would soon be regulated
by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and local
governments.
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Puno condemns
killing of judge
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CHIEF Justice Reynato Puno on Tuesday condemned the brutal murder of
a metropolitan trial court and called on police authorities for the
speedy and early solution of the case.
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Supreme Court aspirant questions disqualification
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A disqualified aspirant to a Supreme Court post questioned Tuesday
the Judicial and Bar Council’s (JBC) ruling that barred him from
being nominated.
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DEAR
PAO
Persida Acosta
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Concerns over
child’s surname
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DEAR PAO: I am a single mother who gave birth in October. My dilemma
is my parents made me use my surname on my child’s birth
certificate instead of the father’s even if the father
acknowledged our child.
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