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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

 

‘Waterless’ areas a major problem–NEDA

 
By Llanesca T. Panti, Reporter and Sarah Jane P. Pauyo
 
INACTION on the part of legislators is one of the reasons some parts of the Philippines outside Metro Manila remain waterless, NEDA officials said Monday.

According to Ralph Recto, director general of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), 242 out of 432 local governments are yet to be covered by the President’s Priority Program on Water that will support policy reform and initiatives for sustainable and clean water supply.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

The Kolonwel Marketing Incorporated on Monday said it would submit to the Senate Committee on Education the result of laboratory test conducted by experts abroad on the noodles distributed by the Department of Education (DepEd) for its school feeding program last year.

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ONE of the “Alabang Boys” detained in the facilities of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was transferred on Monday to Quezon City jail on court order.

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The proposal of the government to stop the deployment of Filipino seafarers shipping vessels that pass through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden is ridiculous, the head of a local maritime group said Monday.

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DEAR PAO
By Persida Acosta

Dear PAO,

I wrote in relation to your past article regarding the Petition for Change of Name. As reflected on my birth certificate, my name is John Aldrin and my gender is...

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