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Agriculture eyes P4-B from VAT collections
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Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the next
batch of collections from the expanded value-added tax (E-VAT),
amounting to P4 billion will be allocated for agriculture
production, specifically as financial assistance to small farmers.
“This third wave of the ‘Katas ng VAT’
program might have additional funding for financial assistance to
farmers,” Yap said.
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Group wants Meralco
officials placed on hold list
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AFTER filing syndicated estafa charges against 16 officials of the
Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the consumers’ advocacy group
that pushed the case wants the accused to be placed in the hold
departure list.
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Bayani seeks Revilla as running mate
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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani
Fernando has voiced his willingness to take in Senator Ramon
“Bong” Revilla Jr., as his running mate in the 2010 elections.
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Road project gets P200M budget two times
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Where in the world can you find a road getting
budgeted twice? Only in the Philippines, perhaps.
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Philippine groups set
moves to help free ‘Cuban 5’
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The country has joined the campaign on freeing the Cuban 5, or the
five Cubans who were convicted of espionage, conspiracy to commit
murder and other illegal activities in the United States.
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Kalayaan exclusion from RP
baselines has deeper motive
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A lawyer charged Monday that the Kalayaan Island Group in the
Spratlys were left out of the archipelagic baselines of the
Philippines in return for contracts with the ZTE, the biggest
telecommunications firm in China.
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Erap-Chavit word war heats up anew
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THE word war between former President Joseph Estrada and
newly-appointed Deputy National Security Adviser Luis “Chavit”
Singson heated up anew.
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