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Monday, October 01, 2007 (Philippines)
HOUSE Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said government infrastructure projects that have “financial viability and can stand on their own balance sheets” should be undertaken through the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme.
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500T Pinoy infants open to preventable diseases
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed alarm over reports that about 500,000 Filipino infants annually remain unvaccinated and vulnerable to preventable diseases like measles, neonatal tetanus, polio and hepatitis B.
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Police official killed
THE chief of the Quezon City Police District’s Station 8 in Project 4 died of a single gunshot wound on Saturday night, and police have launched a thorough investigation on the incident.
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114 juvenile offenders released
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered the release of 114 children-in-conflict-with-the-law (CICL) in compliance with the latest directive of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for prison authorities to free all juvenile offenders still languishing in jails.
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