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Philippines president to bare non-wage benefits package on Labor Day

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will bare a package of non-wage benefits but no salary increase on May 1, Labor Day, Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said Tuesday.

“President Arroyo will announce the good news on Labor Day,? Brion said. ?Now let me announce the not-so-bad news: Many are speculating that on Labor Day we will give a new a salary increase. This Labor Day, there is not going to be any salary increase because it will be decided by the regional wage boards.”
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Tawan-Tawan Residents Storm Floirendo Firm Over Drainage

DAVAO CITY — The patience of the residents of Barangay Tawan-Tawan in Baguio District has worn out pushing them to storm the main office of the Floirendo-owned Davao Agri-ventures Corp, (Davco) in Lanang to again demand from the company to do something about their problem on the absence of a comprehensive drainage system in the village that has resulted in flooding and impassable roads.
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25 ‘SMART Mentors’ to Master Creative Use of ICT in Philippine Classrooms

MANILA — Many public school teachers manage 65 to 80 students at a time. Among the challenges of handling bloated class sizes is ensuring that everyone pays attention. This is where creativity, ingenuity and technology can make a big difference.

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Philippines Telco Introduces GK1MB ?Service Card?

NAGA CITY, PHILIPPINES — As part of its continuing support for the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Foundation, leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) announced last week that it will soon introduce a new GK service card featuring the mobile commerce services of the Smart Money platform.

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Philippines: Leading partylists pledge swing vote for 8 Senate bets

MANILA — Five leading party list groups with a combined mass base of 3.6 million voters have thrown their support behind eight senatorial candidates from the Genuine Opposition and the so-called Wednesday Club for the upcoming May 2007 elections.

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