MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) yesterday opposed the move by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) to press for a P75 across-the-board pay hike for private sector workers in the metropolis via petition before the National Capital Region (NCR) wage board.
DAVAO CITY, April 18 (PNA) – Mining investments in the Davao Region remarkably increased in 2006 compared to previous year, data from the Mines Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Davao showed.
In 2006, mining companies that applied for exploration operations in the region?s mineral-rich deposit areas totaled to 26 with a paid up capital amounting to P872,952,278.91 compared to 2005 with 14 companies and corresponding paid up capital of P799,063,920.00.
MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – Government forces on Wednesday morning found the body of United States peace corps volunteer Julia Campbell who had been reported missing since last week in Ifugao province, military officials reported.
Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang, commander of the Army?s 8th Infantry Division, said the Campbell?s body was recovered by Army soldiers participating in an inter-agency effort to search and rescue the American.
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18 April 2007 Tel. No.: 0922-7288044
PIMENTEL CITES NEED TO CORRECT FLAWS IN ABSENTEE VOTING LAW
Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today cited the need to correct legal flaws in the Overseas Absentee Voting Law that prevent or discourage overseas Filipinos from availing of the right to vote for national government officials of their homeland.
Unless these flaws are rectified, Pimentel said expatriate Filipinos, particularly those who have migrated to the United States, will remain indifferent to the exercise of their voting right.
Manila, 18 April 2007?Greenpeace activists today constructed a
four-meter replica of a (smoke-spewing) coal plant at the main entrance
of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila.
The Bank has been under heavy criticism for its extensive funding of
fossil fuel projects in Asia which have massively contributed to the
region’s greenhouse gas emissions and abetted dangerous climate change.
The protest came two weeks ahead of the Bank’s Annual Governors Meeting
in Kyoto, birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally-binging
global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.