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Thursday, July 16, 2009

 

Lawmaker calls for boycott of ‘Big 3’ oil firms

By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter

Sen. Francis Pangilinan called on Wednesday for a boycott of Shell, Caltex and Petron unless they follow the lead of Unioil and reduce the prices of their oil products.

He said that Unioil’s decision to cut the price of their gasoline and diesel by as much as P4.75 a liter showed that there was still room for the Big 3 of the local oil industry to reduce their prices also.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday cuts down the period for the filing of the certificate of candidacy (COC) to only 11 days, which will run from November 20 to November 30 this year.

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The world can prevail against current challenges through cooperation and dialogue, President Gloria Arroyo said in an address at the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Egypt.

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STATE Weather forecasters warned of possible flashfloods and landslides over several parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas as tropical depression Isang moved toward the Eastern Samar province...

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A lawyer for the Jimenez family in the celebrated Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez murder case has questioned the credibility of one of the suspects who turned state witness,...

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DEAR PAO
By Persida Acosta

Dear PAO,
I just want to know whether Philippine laws allow an adopted person to be an heir of the adopter.

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