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MANILA -- Organizers of the charity match between the visiting Icheon Citizens FC from South Korea and the Philippine football team Azkals estimated the proceeds at P2 million. Charlie Williams, founder of Chicago-based firm event organizer Dragon Promotions, said financial targets can still be achi... (original story)
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MALACANANG on Saturday defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it recommended criminal and administrative charges against sacked National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Magtanggol Gatdula. In an interview over state-run dzRB radio, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said t... (original story)
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THE Education department has ordered its regional offices to stop the holding of regional and division achievement tests effective June this year in preparation for the start of its K to 12 program. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said his order contained in Memorandum Order 7 also covered simi... (original story)
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MOTHERS of missing University of the Philippines (UP) students hit the alleged slow progress in the government manhunt against retired Army general Jovito Palparan despite the P1-million bounty for his immediate arrest. Palparan, who remains at large along with Master Sergeant Rizal Hilario, went in... (original story)
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MALACAÑANG assured Sunday that former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Magtanggol Gatdula will be given fair chance to prove his innocence in the abduction and extortion cases he is facing. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said there will be preliminary investigation ... (original story)
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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has ordered Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to look for a "tough and clean" official who will replace sacked National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) chief Magtanggol Gatdula. This was revealed by presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda Monday when asked the kind of quali... (original story)
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THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finally given up on its bid to utilize the Internet as a way to encourage more Filipinos overseas to vote in the 2013 midterm polls. Commissioner Armando Velasco, Comelec Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting chairman, said they will not be able to use the i... (original story)
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MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) insisted Sunday that there are no discrepancies or misuse of close to $200,000 of the $21.9-million loan extended by the World Bank (WB) to the High Court in 2003. Malacañang earlier said the World Bank report on Judicial Reform Support Program (JRSP) regarding the... (original story)
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RECRUITMENT agencies in the Philippines believe that more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could be deployed as caregivers in Taiwan in the coming years. In a statement, the Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (Pilmat) said the coming years could see a rise in the number of Filipino care... (original story)
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GIFT and holiday décor manufacturers expect growth of between eight and 12 percent in 2012 after posting negative figures the previous year due to the weak global economy, an official of the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport) said. “The vitality of the export sector has returned... (original story)