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Court blasts govt
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Agencies told: Name probers of books of oil firms in
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By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter
A Manila court on Friday gave a
72-hour ultimatum to officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
the Bureau of Customs and the Commission on Audit to comply with a
court order directing them to create a panel that will look into the
books of accounts of the “Big 3” oil companies.
An order issued by Manila
Regional Trial Court Judge Silvino Panfilo Jr. gave the officials
three days to create the panel that will examine the books of
Chevron, Pilipinas Shell and Petron—the Big 3 accused of
manipulating oil prices in the local market.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Students Start
Protests VS. Sona
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Protests held by students on
Friday marked the start of the countdown for the State of the Nation
Address (SONA) that President Gloria Arroyo will deliver on Monday
before a joint session of Congress.
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Gloria and her
SONAs: Short on substance
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Her handlers portray her as a
hardworking president, but after eight years in power, Gloria Arroyo
is looking more like being long on show and short on substance.
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Actor faces
homicide charges
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IMUS, Cavite: Actor Richard
Gutierrez was charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide
by the wife of his bodyguard who died in a car crash with him on May
22 in Silang, Cavite.
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All barangays will
have electricity by yearend
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The government expects to
complete the country’s rural electrification program or the
electrification of all Philippine barangays (villages) before the
yearends.
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No electricity for
40 percent of Filipinos
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TWO in every five Filipino
families below the poverty line do not have electricity in their
homes, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).
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US mayors, rabbis
in wave of corruption arrests
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NEW YORK CITY: US law enforcement
agents on Thursday arrested dozens of politicians and rabbis in an
anti-corruption sweep alleging money laundering, extortion, bribery
and even trafficking in human organs.
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EXCLUSIVE
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Trying times call
for starting them young as entrepreneurs
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BUSINESS sense should start at a
young age.
This should apply to Filipinos, especially because they have an
“employment mentality,” according to Anna Marie Periquet,...
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‘Erap’ to run
in 2010 if opposition is divided
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BAGUIO CITY: Former President
Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Friday said that he would call for a
meeting of all opposition presidential aspirants to unite all
opposition candidates for next year’s presidential polls.
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UN’s Ban
Ki-moon urges China to step up on climate change
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BEIJING: UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon called on China Friday to exercise greater leadership in
world efforts to curb climate change, saying a new global framework
deal cannot be reached this year without Beijing.
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