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                    [Title] => After Abu Sayyaf, government trains sights on communist rebels
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After the government scored victories against the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, President Arroyo ordered security forces yesterday to train their sights on communist rebels who have reportedly intensified their "revolutionary taxation" to take advantage of political candidates out to campaign in rebel-infested areas for the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2007-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345601 [Title] => Labella says criminalizing the naming of infra projects after politicians too harsh [Summary] => Sanctions sought by proposed House Bill 5497 criminalizing the practice of naming public roads, schools, government buildings, bridges, health centers or public comfort rooms after politicians who facilitated the construction of such infrastructures are "too harsh and inappropriate".

This was the reaction of councilor Edgardo Labella, chairperson of the committee on laws, ordinances, good government and public accountability in the city council after party-list lawmakers authored House Bill 5497, which imposes stiff penalty for violations.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295691 [Title] => Party-list reps want Capitol's demolition plan investigated [Summary] => Two party-list representatives has filed a resolution requesting the House Committees on Housing and Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation to jointly investigate the plan of the Cebu Province to demolish an entire housing community in barangay Lahug, Cebu City.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294545 [Title] => House orders inquiry on coal power plants [Summary] => Groups opposing the expansion projects of Salcon in Naga and Mirant Global Corporation in Toledo City won the first round of the battle against coal-fired power plants after Congress recently ordered an inquiry into the issue.

With this, Cebu Alliance for Renewable Energy and its allied groups asked the Department of Energy to drop the proposed expansion projects of the two firms.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279650 [Title] => 6 more regions to grant wage hike [Summary] => Workers in six regions are next in line to receive economic relief.

Wage boards in Metro Manila, the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Visayas, Caraga and Western Mindanao may issue new wage orders within the week, the Department of Labor and Employment said.

National Wages and Productivity Commission Executive Director Ciriaco Lagunzad said the pay increase for workers in Metro Manila could be announced "by late Monday or early Tuesday."
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261115 [Title] => Medium of instruction: Pilipino/Tagalog again? [Summary] => Remember how many of us lauded President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) when she told the Department of Education (DepEd) to make English our medium of instruction? Indeed, English has been the Filipino’s biggest advantage over other foreigners applying for jobs abroad and finally the Arroyo administration recognized this fact and righted one of the wrongs that has been plaguing this nation since the removal of the Marcos Dictatorship in 1986.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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