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MANILA — In line with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s thrust to ensure enough and cheap energy for communities and industries, the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) is set to privatize 50 percent of the National Power Corporation’s (NAPOCOR) assets within the year.
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TEAM Unity has joined the call for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to make public poll returns in Maguindanao province to clear its name over allegations that it was cheating in the area.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the announcement that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the establishment of a Wage Board for working journalists and other media workers working for the country?s newspapers saying it is recognition of the ?key role decent working conditions play in building quality media.?
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today reiterated calls for urgent action to protect journalists as the killings of an Iraqi cameraman and a sound technician working for ABC News who were kidnapped and found dead on Friday signalled that 2007 will be another record year for media deaths ? with 33 deaths in Iraq already this year.
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Militant farmers mulling to file charges against 56th IB
MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) hit the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for delaying the investigation on the abduction of KMP member Jonas Burgos and not fully cooperating with the Burgos family.
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