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Saturday, May 10, 2008

 

Malacañang: FG land to be distributed

By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter

Malacañang said the government is ready to distribute a sugar hacienda in Negros Occidental province allegedly owned by First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo to sugarcane farmers claiming the land.

“The land distribution process is underway. We ask for understanding and patience on the part of the concerned farmers given the Arroyos have already placed their 157-hectare land under CARP [Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program],” Deputy Press Secretary Lorelei Fajardo said on Friday.

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THE Philippine Coast Guard said on Friday it is aiming at the goal of zero casualty in the upcoming typhoon season of the country in a report aired on GMA 7 News channel.

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FORMER Justice Secretary Hernando Perez will be arraigned for a new case, this time for falsification of public documents.

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The government said it is ready to deal with the nationwide transport strike planned by transport organizations on Monday, assuring there would be enough government vehicles to transport stranded commuters.

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EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus on Friday urged Congress to pass a law that would jail parents who fail to send their children to school.

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The Siam Cement Group (SCG) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) have announced the first batch of scholars under its pilot “Sharing the Dream” scholarship program that supports the improvement..

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A PHILIPPINE army general is to be tried in military court for corruption after being indicted for allegedly extorting money from would-be recruits said to be ineligible as soldiers, a military spokesman said Friday.

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AFTER 12 years of litigation, a former law student of the Far Eastern University (FEU) has finally achieved justice following a Supreme Court (SC) decision finding the university and its hired security agency liable...

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Commission on Higher Education-National Capital Region Director
Amelia Biglete said the agency will still decide on whether it will allow private school’s petition for tuition increase on May 15.

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JUST when you thought that the infighting among officials of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is over, the Department of Justice suspended for 90-days,...

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