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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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Ranking Finance department official resigns
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Undersecretary was apparently behind the
classification of Pall Mall cigarettes, which was overturned by BIR
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MORE than a month after the government reversed
the controversial ruling of Finance Undersecretary Gaudencio Mendoza
Jr. on the brand classification of Pall Mall cigarettes, the
official resigned from his position.
Finance Secretary Margarito Teves has confirmed
Mendoza’s resignation from the Finance department’s Legal and
Revenue Operations Group effective April 1, 2008.
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PASG head to attend House hearings
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Presidential Anti Smuggling Group (PASG) and
Task Force Subic head Antonio Villar Jr. said he would be attending
the next hearing of the House Committee on Good Government set on
April.
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Customs suspends 30 firms for violations
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THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Monday ordered the suspension of at
least 30 companies pending a review of their shipments following a
complaint that they were not paying the proper taxes.
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PNP gets more service vehicles, motorcycles
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) has added 500 more cars and
motorcycles to its existing fleet of 8,000 land vehicles for preventive
patrol and police visibility operations.
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President sets
busy Holy Week schedule, visits
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President Gloria Arroyo is scheduled to visit five Northern Luzon
provinces this Holy Week to bring the benefits of the country’s
growing economy to the grassroots level.
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Hernandez appointed head of
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
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AWARD-WINNING environmentalist and Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Campaigns Director Von Hernandez has been appointed as the new
Executive Director for Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Stranded OFWs in Jeddah now coming home
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has not turned a blind eye
on the plight of more than a hundred overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)
who are reportedly stranded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In fact, the
stranded OFWs are finally coming home.
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FEATURE
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Ozone Disco tragedy remembered
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Exactly 12 years ago, 162 people died and 95
were injured when a fire literally incinerated the Ozone Disco Club
in Quezon City. The incident is now known as the worst fire tragedy
in the Philippines, and the world’s worst nightclub fire since the
1977 Beverly Hills, USA Supper Club fire in 1991, according to
Wikipedia.
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No stop to MMDA clearing
operations on Holy Week
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IT looks like the Holy Week will be a period of
suffering for those who will be the next targets of the clearing
operations of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
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Six De La Salle students under investigation
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THE Pasay City Police are investigating six students of De La
Salle-Santiago Zobel School following the fatal fall of their fellow
student, Ambrosio Gregorio Robles, from the sixth floor of the
Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel in Pasay City, which caused the
victim’s death last March 9.
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