ILAGAN, Isabela: At least P15-million worth of heavy equipment owned by a logging firm based here were razed by fire by the New People’s Army (NPA) over the week, Army reports disclosed on Tuesday. According to Col. Loreto Magundayao, head of the fifth civil-military relations battalion based at Camp Melchor Dela Cruz—the headquarters of the Army’s Fifth Infantry Division, the communist rebels burned down five truck and five bulldozers in Echague town on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabela NPA burns down P15-M logging equipment
July 28, 2010
Palace rejects Bataan nuke plant revival
July 28, 2010
MalacaÑang has rejected a proposal to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Read the rest of this entry »
Senate committee chairmen named
July 28, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd on Tuesday said that the chairmen of almost 90 percent of the Senate permanent committees have been identified. The chairmanship of the finance committee, formerly held by Sen. Edgardo Angara, will go to Sen. Franklin Drilon. Angara will head the committees on science and technology and on education. Read the rest of this entry »
Arroyo camp disputes Aquino’s Sona claims
July 28, 2010
The camp of Rep. Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga on Tuesday downplayed claims of President Benigno Aquino 3rd in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) that there were irregularities during her nearly ten-year presidency. Mrs. Arroyo’s spokesman Elena Bautista Horn, a former head of the Presidential Management Staff, said that the government still has funds, contradicting allegations of President Aquino that the Arroyo administration misused government money. Read the rest of this entry »
Abusive agencies face ax
July 28, 2010
Many obsolete GOCCs, GFIs on chopping block
The government is looking at abolishing government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and Government Financial Institutions (GFIs) that are not only obsolete but are also incurring ballooning liabilities. Read the rest of this entry »
The CEO guide to carbon (First of four parts)
July 27, 2010
The world is inevitably moving towards a low carbon economy. Most national governments have now accepted the need for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The levels of reduction vary, but the trend remains clear. Read the rest of this entry »
Labor, transport sectors left out in PNoy’s SONA
July 27, 2010
What about us?
This was the sentiment of the labor and transport sectors who felt left out in President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III’s first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday before the Joint Session of the 15th Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumers told to brace for ‘true costs’ of power
July 27, 2010
CONSUMERS MAY have to brace themselves for higher electricity prices as the government wants to start reflecting the “true costs” of power, given the bulk of pending applications for rate increases. Read the rest of this entry »
Gov’t OKs ‘pittance’ wage hikes in 2 regions
July 27, 2010
LESS THAN a third of the amount of daily pay increase that labor groups demanded have been approved by wage boards in two regions.
In Southern Mindanao, workers are to receive a P21 increase in daily pay by August. Read the rest of this entry »
‘OFWs returning from Iraq won’t be punished’
July 27, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Job offers, not sanctions, are waiting for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who violated the Philippine government’s deployment ban to Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
