Philippines military to get into greening activity
TAGUM CITY—- The military joins a nationwide call of greening the environment as it has entered into an agreement on watershed rehabilitation with upland farmers.
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Philippines expects to raise P6.54 trillion by 2010
By Rose B. Palacio
Based on the Medium-Term Philippine Investment Plan (MTPIP), the national government expects to raise a total of P6.54-trillion until 2010.
` Finance Secretary Gary Teves said about twenty percent of the amount of P1.3-trillion might be used for government capital expenditures.
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Philippines remains hopeful jockeying for 2010 polls won’t derail reforms, fiscal discipline
MANILA — While conceding that early politicking could take place in the Senate in the run-up to the 2010 presidential elections, Malaca?ang remains hopeful that all parties would move “forward in a united way to stay on the path of economic reform and fiscal discipline.”
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Philippines determined to end political killings, go after culprits — Bunye
MANILA — Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye reiterated over the weekend that Malaca?ang is determined to go after assassins of journalists and put an end to all extra-judicial killings.
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Philippines elections, an indictment of Arroyo — NDF
The circus that is the recent Philippine midterm elections was an indictment of how Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “won” her presidency in the last 2004 elections and punctuated her government’s acute isolation from the Filipino masses.
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