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GSIS head faces
graft case
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Cases say Garcia illegally remitted P1B to Palace
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Criminal and administrative charges were filed
before the Office of the Ombudsman against Winston Garcia, the
president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS).
The charges were for illegally remitting
P1-billion unassigned surplus of the Government Insurance Fund to
the Office of the President instead of the National Treasury.
Members of the board of trustees of the state pension fund were
slapped with the same charges.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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P2 billion in VAT collections
to subsidize poor Pinoys
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A total of P2 billion in proceeds from
value-added tax (VAT) on oil will subsidize the poor in the country,
President Gloria Arroyo announced Tuesday.
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Filipinos getting too fat from eating rice
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Despite a food crisis, Filipinos are getting too
fat as they consume more rice a day than the required amount, the
National Statistical Coordination Board said.
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Can ‘realpolitik’ work at
Romulo Neri’s new job at SSS?
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First of two parts
In May, speculations were rife that Romulo Neri
was returning to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
as director general and socioeconomic planning secretary by August.
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Just 10% pass Career Service exams – report
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Just 5,286, or 9.99 percent, of the 52,928 examinees nationwide
passed the Career Service professional and sub-professional written
examinations given on March 9, the Civil Service Commission reported
in a press release Tuesday.
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Senate bent on pushing
ahead with ZTE probe
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A Senate inquiry into a $330-million broadband project with
China’s ZTE Corp. will continue despite a recent Supreme Court
decision that the contract is invalid and need not be nullified, a
lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Pacman to enter political ring again
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Newly crowned World Boxing
Council lightweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has
announced his next title fight—this time in the political ring in
2010.
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FEATURE
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2 Philippine choirs win at Vienna fest
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Two Philippine choirs, the Kilyawan Boys Choir
and the Las Piñas Boys Choir, won in the Fifth World Choir Games
that is still ongoing in Graz, Austria.
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