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Saturday, September 13, 2008

 

Senate budget insertions total P3.9B – Ping 

BY EFREN L. DANAO Senior Reporter

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Friday he had spotted congressional insertions in the 2008 budget totaling P4 billion, of which P3.9 billion came from the Senate.

“There is nothing wrong with insertions per se. What is wrong is if the insertion was made to increase one’s commission,” he said in a phone patch interview with Senate reporters.

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Speaker Prospero Nograles issued Friday an ultimatum to senior House of Representatives members to pass three major measures by December, namely those relating to Charter change,...

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Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said Friday that rather than add two more years to the current 10-year basic education curriculum, the country’s policy makers should focus on improving the pre-school system...

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THE Sandiganbayan Fourth Division on Friday lifted the bench warrants of arrest issued against two Oriental Mindoro congressmen who were found guilty of graft. text

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Only one train ride will separate Pampanga and Calamba, Laguna soon as the modernized Philippine National Railways (PNR) goes into full operation by the summer of 2009, Vice President de Castro said Friday.

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The next top cop of the country happens to be a former activist of the University of the Philippines.

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