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Election agency to put up polling precincts in jails

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – For the first time ever, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will put up special polling precincts in jails and other detention centers to enable inmates to vote in the coming May 10 polls, a ranking Comelec official announced.

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Arroyo signs law requiring banks to lend more to farmers

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed a law requiring government and private commercial banks to extend at least 25 percent of their loan facilities particularly to farmers, agrarian reform beneficiaries and fishermen, according to a Malacanang announcement.

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Red rebel kills Bicol bet for refusing to pay ‘fee’

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – A suspected member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) shot and killed a candidate running for councilor in a town in Camarines Sur province in the Bicol Region, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported.

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Manila asks overstaying OFWs to leave Oman

By MBJ on March 6, 2010

MANILA –A senior Malacanang official has appealed to overstaying Filipino workers (OFWs) in Oman to avail of the amnesty programme offered by the Omani government for foreign workers with expired work permits.

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Official: Manila jail prepared for Mindanao ‘massacre clan’

By MBJ on March 6, 2010

MANILA – A detention facility in Metro Manila has been prepared to accommodate members of a powerful and influential clan and their supporters who are facing various criminal charges for their alleged involvement in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao on November 23, a ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported.

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Election agency disqualifies Marcos party presidential bet

By MBJ on March 6, 2010

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified the presidential bet of the once mighty political party founded by the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos for being a “nuisance candidate.”

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Manila immigration agents bust human trafficking gang

By MBJ on March 5, 2010

MANILA – Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have busted an international human trafficking syndicate with the arrest of three foreign nationals using the country’s premier airport as their transit point, a ranking BI official reported.

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Arroyo declares power crisis in Mindanao

By MBJ on March 5, 2010

MANILA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday announced she declared a power crisis in Mindanao to enable the government to cope with the worsening shortage of electricity blamed on the “El Nino” weather phenomenon.

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Bicol lawmaker gets 10 years in jail for graft

By MBJ on March 5, 2010

MANILA – A senior administration member of the House of Representatives from the Bicol Region has been meted out a 10-year jail term following his conviction for graft and falsification of public documents by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court.

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US report warns against use of drug money in May elections

By MBJ on March 4, 2010

MANILA – A just-released US State department report has warned against the use of illegal drug money, totaling at least $8.4 billion a year, to fund the campaign of certain candidates in the coming Philippine elections on May 10.

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Arroyo appoints 4 new Cabinet officials

By MBJ on March 4, 2010

MANILA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed on Wednesday four new members of her Cabinet to replace those deemed resigned by the Supreme Court (SC) because they are running for elective positions in the May 10 polls, Malacanang announced.

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Manila labor group seeks $1 pay increase for workers

By MBJ on March 4, 2010

MANILA –The Philippines’ biggest labor group has filed a petition seeking an across-the-board wage increase, equivalent to more than $1, for workers in Metro Manila and in Southern Mindanao.

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Bishops gang up on senior Arroyo aide over condoms

By MBJ on March 3, 2010

MANILA – Members of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) have ganged up on a senior woman member of the Arroyo Cabinet over the government decision to distribute condoms.

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Quake disrupts Arroyo speech in North Luzon

By MBJ on March 3, 2010

MANILA – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake on Tuesday disrupted the speech being delivered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before students of a private school in Cagayan province in the Northern Luzon highlands.

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Luzon city officials name street after cigarette brand

By MBJ on March 2, 2010

MANILA – Health advocates are up in arms over a resolution passed by a city council in Batangas province in Southern Luzon, which named one of its streets after a popular cigarette brand.

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