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18,000 workers benefit
from Labor inspections
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THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said that
more than 18,000 workers have benefited from its inspection blitz
that corrected labor standard violations in various worksites all
over the country.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said in a
statement that the correction of labor standard violations has
resulted in the awarding of P37.43 million in settlements to 18,059
workers.
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Agriculture sets sights
on bananas, US training
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TO enable Filipino growers to export hard green bananas to the
United States, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) assured the
Philippines during President Gloria Arroyo’s working visit to that
country that it will fast track the processing of quarantine
protocols.
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Court dismisses estafa case vs. Green Cross
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The Pasay City Regional Trial Court on Thursday cleared three Green
Cross Inc. officials anew on the estafa case filed by former company
president Gonzalo Co It, marking the fifth legal victory for Anthony
Co and his siblings in the last three months.
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Land use bill eyed to mitigate disaster effects
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TO avoid massive destruction caused by typhoons, the House Special
Committee on Land Use is pushing for the passage of a National Land
Use Code by Congress.
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GMA pushes Asean charter
ratification by Senate
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President Gloria Arroyo has created an inter-agency task force to
speed up the ratification of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(Asean) charter in the Senate—a pact that Asean leaders already
signed in Singapore in November 2007.
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Military on active defense
in Mindanao vs. MILF
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There is no letting down of guards on the part of the military as it
stays on “active defense posture” in dealing with the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao, Armed Forces Chief
Lieutenant Gen. Alexander Yano said Thursday.
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Special courts eyed to
combat intellectual piracy
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The Philippines on Thursday pledged to create a special court and
law enforcement agency to combat rampant intellectual piracy and
counterfeiting, the Trade department said.
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Lim stops inspections of gasoline stations
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Mayor Alfredo Lim of Manila on Thursday ordered that inspections of
gasoline stations be stopped as the city government directed the
transfer of 42 license and tax examiners from the City Treasurer’s
Office to the Bureau of Permits to help the bureau in its assessment
of business taxes and permits.
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The need for community-based
disaster teams
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Scientists and local government leaders are now
pushing for the establishment of community-based teams to respond to
critical events like disasters and other emergencies.
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