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Thursday, September 07, 2006 (Philippines)

4 Cebu solons stall floor vote

At least four of Cebu’s eight congressional lawmakers are fighting to delay deliberations at the House of Representatives on the proposals to create three more provinces in Cebu.

The three bills were passed at the level of the House committee on rules last Tuesday, which means these are ready for plenary debate.

But yesterday, Rep. Antonio Cuenco revealed that the chairman of the committee on rules, Rep. Prospero Nograles, has agreed to defer including the bills for plenary discussion.
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President Gloria Arroyo (above) is principal guest at the opening of the Second National ICTs in Basic Education Congress. With the President at the convention held yesterday at Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City (from left): Gerry White, chief executive officer, Australia; Education Secretary Jesli Lapus; Roberto Romulo, Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development; and Secretary Ramos Sales, Commission on Information and Communication Technology. (Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña)

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Employees blame Mary Ann, call her ‘trouble-maker’ All rank-and-file employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) 7 rallied behind Director Geronimo Rosas and tagged Assistant Cebu City Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro as a “troublemaker” and “lady of darkness.” [full story]
NPA ‘extortionists target’ 8 more firms Eight more companies were targeted by the rebel movement for extortion, but the plan was foiled after the arrest of two suspected rebel leaders last Friday, a top police official said yesterday. [full story]
Cop, detailed in Cebu, fires armalite rifle A police officer from Western Visayas on field training in Lapu-Lapu City is now detained at the station and under investigation for firing an Armalite rifle, for no good reason. [full story]

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ICT, creativity ‘musts’ for 21st century labor
IT firm offers ICT training at local school
Toral: CoCo IP
Ng: Battery care

	Opinion
Editorials: Dealing with rebel demands
Wenceslao: Health care
Espinoza: Quisumbing's announcement
Seares: Jojo 'killer' and Dreyfus

	Sports
3 Pinoys crash out of $3M pool tourney
Chiongbian: Logically illogical guys in the country clubs
Pages: From Andre, a love letter to Steffi
Three Cebuanos win in first round

	Lifestyle
Magsaysay: A clean sweep
Mega in Cebu
Perpetual Succour holds blood letting

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