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CBCP: Clergy may join revolt
By Evelyn Macairan
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – A ranking official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday some members of the clergy are planning to join another popular revolt in the event of [...]
Continue Reading →The DOE’s Php 10 Billion Deal
By Dean De La Paz
Filipino Voices
The plan was to skip the safeguards, skirt congressional debate and virtually write a Php 10 billion check for 160 megawatt (mw) generators for Mindanao. One reader says let’s cut through [...]
Continue Reading →GMA cronies took advantage of Mindanao power crisis – Erap
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Joseph Estrada accused yesterday the Arroyo administration of causing the power crisis in Mindanao to “line the pockets” of associates.
Speaking to reporters at the Pwersa ng [...]
Continue Reading →Teodoro urges Mindanao residents to stop culture of violence
By Jaime Laude
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro Jr. yesterday urged Mindanao residents to stop the culture of violence that has been hampering development in the region and instead [...]
Continue Reading →Former TESDA chief assumes OPS post
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Rogelio Peyuan, whose appointment was withdrawn two days after assuming office, yesterday took his oath of office as Press Undersecretary for broadcast.
Peyuan [...]
Continue Reading →Editorial: Blank check
Philippine Daily Inquirer
PLACING the entire island of Mindanao under a “state of calamity” allows affected towns, cities and provinces suffering from a severe power shortage to use as much as five percent of their respective budgets to fund emergency measures. This [...]
Continue Reading →Palace: No need to worry about use of calamity funds
By Marvin Sy
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang allayed fears raised by some politicians that the authority of local government units (LGU) to manage the calamity funds could become a source of [...]
Continue Reading →Presidential aspirants warn vs use of disaster funds in Mindanao for polls
GMANews.TV
Following the declaration of a state of calamity over Mindanao due to the power shortage there, two presidential aspirants on Friday warned against the possible use of disaster funds for election purposes.
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Continue Reading →Arroyo OKs state of calamity in Mindanao
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has approved the National Disaster Coordinating Council’s (NDCC) recommendation to place Mindanao under a state of calamity to address the power crisis in the island due to the ongoing dry [...]
Continue Reading →Palace set to declare state of calamity in Mindanao
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo is set to sign a proclamation declaring a state of calamity in Mindanao where a long dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon has already severely [...]
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