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Trade dep’t eyes price controls for construction items
Manila :: Philippines | over 1 year ago
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Maglaya said Malacanang could be asked to approve rules akin to those passed in 2009 for local cement, steel bars, and galvanized iron sheets after Ondoy battered Metro Manila. We can eventually impose price controls on construction materials because
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Pag-IBIG ready to allocate P5B in loans for 'Pedring' victims
Manila :: Philippines | over 1 year ago
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Emma Linda Faria told reporters after the Senate finance committee hearing on the budget of the state housing agencies. Jejomar Binay also said the agency had allocated P14 billion in calamity loan funds for victims of Typhoon Ondoy...Multi-Purpose
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DSWD enrolls 1,817 typhoon-battered NCR residents in cash for work program
Manila :: Philippines | almost 2 years ago
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NCR residents into its cash for training/cash for work program. Ondoy, Pepeng and Santi that hit the country in 2009 and 2010. It is a developmental approach to welfare wherein the victims are directly involved in various community endeavors...She
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SC lawyer's Ondoy photo among CNN's 5 best photojournalism samples
San Bruno :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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CNNs iReport chose SC lawyer-photographer Doranne Lims shot of the how tropical cyclone Ondoy" (Ketsana) inundated a Metro Manila in 2009 as one of its indelible images." Pasig City, Philippines, almost looked like the Venice of the East after
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Angara stresses need to modernize PAGASA
Manila :: Philippines | almost 2 years ago
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The typhoon affected 600,000 families, leaving 31 casualties and injuring 27 people not to mention the millions of pesos of damages to agriculture and infrastructure. "Every time a typhoon strikes us, we lose so much money, but more than that, we
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Villar files bill granting victims of calamities tax reprieve
Manila :: Philippines | almost 2 years ago
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Senator Manny Villar has filed a bill that seeks to exempt victims of natural calamities from paying their taxes...I'm pushing for the early passage of the bill considering that in the case of typhoon Falcon alone, it was reported that more than 400,
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Marikina City execs: No need to worry yet about river water level
Manila :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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Marikina City officials assured residents that there was no need to worry even if the water level at the Marikina River rose to 13.6 meters last night. As of Thursday morning, the water level was at 13.5 meters but it was expected to go down,
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PHILIPPINES: Time to prepare for the typhoons
Manila :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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At the peak of the summer season, tropical storm Aere caught many unprepared. Almost 400,000 people were affected and 24 people lost their lives, the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on 11 May . But as clear
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PH need not forego growth for environment, says World Bank exec
Manila :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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PhilippinesLike other developing nations, the Philippines does not have to sacrifice growth to save the planet, according to the World Bank's special envoy on climate change. Andrew Steer, who was on a two-day visit here earlier this week, said the
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JICA allows use of P493-M loan savings for reconstruction
Manila :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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P493 million in savings from previous loans for other reconstruction work...P5.054-billion loan for 48 flood control projects worth P1.523 billion and 31 road and bridge projects worth P1.576 billion. The loan also allows for reimbursements of 87 sub-
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