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Miriam cries ‘blackmail’ |
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She says enemies using ABS-CBN to hit back at her
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An irate Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago on Monday
called on the Energy Regulatory Commission to order the Manila
Electric Co. (Meralco) to show cause why it should not immediately
give the refunds to consumers as ordered by the Supreme Court.
She also wants Meralco to announce immediately a
cap on system losses lower than the existing 9.5 percent.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GSIS reveals Meralco plot to heckle Garcia
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The plot seems to get uglier, if the state
pension fund is to be believed.
On Monday, eve of a stockholders’ meeting of
the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)...
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GMA pushes to freeze tuition;
some say it’s too late
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President Gloria Arroyo on Monday appealed to
private higher education institutions, which cater to almost 70
percent of college students, to temporarily freeze plans to raise
tuition this school year, which starts next month.
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Bank robbery suspects ‘executed,’ says CHR
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Four of the suspects in a bank robbery, in which 10 persons were
murdered in cold blood, may have been executed later by police, the
country’s human rights commissioner alleged on Monday.
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Cooking gas to increase by P3,
automobile LPG by P1.50
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Small retailers of cooking gas are set to increase their prices by
Saturday, Arnel Ty, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association
president, said on Monday.
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FEATURE
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Probe begins search for life on Red Planet
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WASHINGTON: The search for life outside the Earth begins again as
the new NASA probe executed a near-perfect landing on the north pole
of Mars and sent back pictures Monday in the most ambitious effort
to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet.
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Chamber demands answers
explaining RP’s high rates
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Amid the word war between government and the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco),
businessmen are demanding to know why the power rates in the country
are so expensive.
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GEMS OF HISTORY
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Mestizo River in Vigan
tells of links to Chinese
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There is a street in San Nicolas, Manila, named
“Mestizo.” It is located along San Fernando Street near Madrid
Street in front of the Pedro Guevarra Elementary School, where the
Spanish colonial government once established the eighth parian or
settlement for the Chinese in the Philippines.
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