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Meralco faces class suit over high rates
suit over high ratesMANILA — The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has exposed itself to further scrutiny and possible a class suit following its admission that it has been passing close to half a billion pesos worth of electric bill to its consumers. .
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DoH suspends 2 docs, nurse in surgery scandal
CEBU CITY — Department of Health (DoH) Regional Director for Central Visayas Susana Madarieta has imposed a three-month preventive suspension on two doctors and a nurse implicated in the rectal surgery scandal at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC).
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DOJ puts Lozada on hold-order list
MANILA— Justice secretary Raul Gonzalez has ordered the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to place on its hold-departure order (HDO), self-styled whistle-blower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr., after the controversial witness threatened to flee in the event the Court of Appeals (CA) junks his protection order petition.
Gonzalez disclosed that Lozada was placed on the BI’s watch-list because counter-charges were filed against him by ranking officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other government functionaries who the latter accused of having kidnapped him in February 5.
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Catholic bishops predict 3 to 5 years food crisis
as aggie output increase
MANILA (PinoyNews) - Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines expect the crisis of high food prices to last up to three to five years.
This was disclosed by Fr. Anton Pascual, head of the Archdiocese of Manila’s charitable arm, Caritas Manila, even as the Department of Agriculture reported a 4.0 percent rise in farm output for the first quarter
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‘Super regions’ projects ordered fast-tracked
By LYNDA B. VALENCIA
MANILA – Malacanang has directed agencies to accelerate infrastructure projects under the “super regions”.
President Gloria Macagapal Arroyo said “super regions” help to sustain growth that has been weighing heavily on two of the economy’s key drivers — exports and remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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Cabinet revamp on; Bunye goes to BSP
MANILA (PinoyNews) - The revamp of the Arroyo Cabinet is on with the scheduled transfer in July 3 of Press Secretary and presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye to his new position as member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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Ben Menor may walk free, says prosecutor
SAN JOSE (JGLi) – Filipino American community leader Ben Menor pleaded “no-contest” to Count 1, a felony – filing false financial statements – that could land him three years in jail or three years probation.
Judge Ray Cunningham of the Santa Clara Superior court in San Jose, California set the sentencing on July 24.
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Ex-Army man gets 18 years for killing of Pinay wife
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
CHICAGO, Illinois (JGLi) – A former U.S. Army man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after pleading guilty for the killing of his Filipina wife in their home in Jersey City, New Jersey a day after celebrating her 34th birthday last year.
State Prosecutor Steve Dill told this reporter that Superior Court Judge Peter J. Vazquez of the Hudson County in Jersey City “sentenced Eddy Casco to 18 years in New Jersey State Prisons and must serve 85% of the time before he is eligible for parole.”
Casco, 30, a native of Managua, Nicaragua, was charged with aggravated manslaughter for the killing of Maritess “Teris” Casco (nee: Cabuco), a medical administrator for Riverside Pediatric Group in Secaucus, New Jersey.
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House oks higher tax exemptions
QUEZON CITY — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a consolidated measure that seeks for higher tax exemption for a family of six with a total income of P200,00 and below.
During its
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