CLARK ECOZONE -- Clark stakeholders expressed elation over the assurance made by some senators that the Senate would approve Clark bills before the end of the year to restore duty free privileges, including tax amnesty for locators inside Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ).
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Agency advocates ARCs for indigenous peoples
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is pushing for the development of agrarian reform communities (ARCs) for indigenous peoples (IPs) by tapping the US$1.1-million support services assistance program from the Japanese Government.
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French lad pays P30T for rape
CAMP OLIVAS -- A French tourist is believed to have freed himself from raping a bargirl in the Fields Avenue entertainment district after allegedly paying the victim P30,000 in exchange for the dropping of rape charges against him.
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Poaching of call center workers hit
CLARK ECOZONE -- Cyber City Inc., the pioneering call center firm at the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), has asked the government and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (Bbap) to stop pirating of workers.
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