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In hot seat.
Dr. Carlito
S.Puno, chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
fields questions from the media at a news conference
marking Higher Education Week. Most questions centered on
the 88 private schools that have raised tuition for the
new school year.
--NONIE REYES |
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Business seeks peso-trading band |
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AS more
exporters sidestepped the central bank’s call for them to be
more competitive instead of badgering government for greater
protection from the impact of a strong peso, industrialist
and consumer watch advocate Raul Concepcion offered his own
suggestion on Monday. It is now time, he said, for
government to make some interventions that would allow the
exchange rate to play within the range of low-P47 to
high-P48 per dollar. |
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New
Zealand milk processing in RP mulled |
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THE
Philippines and New Zealand are exploring the possibility of
processing
New Zealand
milk in the Philippines as part of efforts to improve
two-way trade between them. |
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Danding MRs Sandigan, wants full trial
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BUSINESSMAN
Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. asked the First Division of the
Sandiganbayan on Monday to set aside its May 11, 2007,
resolution that awarded the disputed shares in the United
Coconut Planters Bank to the government as it pleaded for a
full-blown trial. |
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Plantations, not phone firms |
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HONG KONG
conglomerate First Pacific Co., the controlling shareholder
of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), is
acquiring plantations in Indonesia, not an Asian phone
company. |
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Oil,
food prices to push inflation |
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PHILIPPINE
inflation may accelerate this month on higher oil and food
prices, central bank Governor Amando Tetangco said Monday. |
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PCCI
says scanning fees will hurt them |
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FILIPINO
businessmen protested newly imposed fees for the scanning of
incoming shipments in container vans saying the rates are
too high, which they contend contradicts the government’s
thrust to lower transaction costs for businesses. The
collection of the fees began Monday. |
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Businessmen say opposition-ruled Senate good for balance |
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THE business
community favors an opposition-led Senate, a result
indicated by the trend in the canvassing, as this would
perfect the balance in a Congress where the House of
Representatives is controlled by the administration,
industrialist Raul Concepcion said on Monday. |
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SUNEETA MUKHERJEE, UN
Resident Coordinator, a.i., and concurrent UNFPA Country
Representative, and Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza
Cabral join the launch of the UN program to facilitate the
implementation of the UN Convention Barring Discrimination
Against Women, or Cedaw.
--NONIE REYES |
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