CITY OF MATI, Philippines ? The young daughter of then Mati mayor Luis G. Rabat and now the first city mayor of Mati Michelle Rabat bared three priority goals in her first year in office. During the inaugural rites held last July 3, Rabat stressed the need to push for two important codes. These are the Market Code of the City, and the Property Tax Code.
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MANILA — The Philippine government is putting in place intervention measures for the palay sector to boost production to 19.058 million metric tons (MMT) by 2010 and help drive annual growth of agriculture to 5-6 percent over the next three years.
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MANILA — Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) spokesman Ricardo Blancaflor on Sunday allayed fears over the implementation of the Human Security Act (HSA) or the Anti-Terrorism Law, which he said, is for the protection of human rights.
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MANILA — The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is “confident that it will succeed” in addressing the revenue-generation shortfall recorded by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for the first half of this year.
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