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Friday, May 09, 2008 (Philippines)
| National Bookstore owner Socorro Ramos (right) warmly accepts the ninth publication of Cebu Yearbook handed over by Sun.Star AVP for Circulation Rene Besido to be displayed and market on selected branches of the store across the country. (Jill D. Beltran/Sunnex) |
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday returned to the Department of Justice (DOJ), this time to prod prosecutors to file criminal cases against National Food Authority (NFA) officials who are engaged in diverting cheap NFA rice to the commercial market.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. said government will now focus more on those diverting the P18.25 per kilo NFA rice.
Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo
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Gov’t firm in stand on peace talks with MILF
MALACAÑANG reiterated that it would only continue negotiations and agree to any settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) based on the 1987 Constitution.
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House agrees to creation of national territory body
THE House of Representatives has acceded to the proposal of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago to form a Congressional Commission on National Territory (CCNT) to study the country’s territorial claims in the disputed Spratly islands despite fears that this is just a ploy to stop Congress from declaring the Philippines’ archipelagic baseline.
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RP health delegates to Myanmar named
THE Department of Health (DOH) identified the members of the medical team bound for Myanmar to help assist the victims of cyclone which devastated the country over the weekend.
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