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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
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JPE, Nene clash over
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Word war gets ugly, personal during session |
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By Efren L. Danao, Senior
Reporter
The word war between Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino
“Nene” Pimentel Jr. over the case of Sen. Manuel Villar Jr.
reached the Senate floor on Monday, preventing the Senate from
tackling enactment of a new Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program,
or CARP, and other priority measures.
Enrile fired the first salvo on
the floor when he delivered a privileged speech lashing at what he
called “hypocrisy and duplicity” of Pimentel for not telling to
his face what Pimentel had been telling media about him.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Lopez holding firm
may unload Meralco
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After decades of owning Meralco,
the Lopez-controlled First Philippine Holdings Corp. is looking to
unload all its shares in the country’s largest power distributor.
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Fight over utility
began last year
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The battle for control of the
country’s largest power distributor started a year ago with
Winston Garcia, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
president,...
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Labor department
issues guidelines versus virus
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After two confirmed cases of the
Influenza A(H1N1) virus in the Philippines, the Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE) issued guidelines to help prevent the disease
from spreading in the workplace.
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Seoul urges Asean
to go ‘green’
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South Korea has called on the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for more investments
in developing new and renewable sources of energy.
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TWO FILIPINOS WITH
KILLER FLU RECOVERING
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The two Filipinos with confirmed
cases of the A(H1N1) flu virus were recovering and may be discharged
from hospital soon, health officials said Monday.
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Officials Reject
Requests For Info
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When US federal authorities
caught the family of Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia smuggling thick wads of
dollar bills into the United States in 2003, reporters covering the
defense beat scrambled for documents to check out...
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Filipino wins Best
Director at Cannes
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A Filipino bagged the Best
Director prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for his dark opus
Kinatay (meaning “butchered”).
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N. Korea announces
successful nuke test
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SEOUL: North Korea on Monday
tested a nuclear bomb many times more powerful than its first in
2006, angering governments worldwide and prompting an emergency
session of the UN Security Council.
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