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                    [Title] => No Lakas-NPC coalition in N. Vizcaya
                    [Summary] => BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — They may be political allies in the national level  but the Lakas-Christian-Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) and the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) here are bitter enemies, especially in the race for the province’s lone congressional seat.


The administration’s Lakas-CMD formally endorsed on Friday former Police General Thompson Lantion as its official congressional bet here who will run against three-term Gov. Rodolfo Agbayani of NPC.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189178 [Title] => Commercial fishing companies press for review of DAO 17 [Summary] => Commercial fishing companies are lobbying vigorously to pressure government into allowing them to operate in municipal fishing waters currently limited to small-scale fishermen.

The push so far has prompted two line departments to review Department of Environment and Natural Resources administrative order 17 (DAO-17). Under DAO-17, municipalities were given control over revenue collections, law enforcement and resource allocation of its territorial waters DAO-17 also provides for the exclusive use of municipal fishers and off limits to large commercial fishing vessels.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183927 [Title] => Solons urge ’04 aspirants to resign from Cabinet [Summary] => Two congressmen urged Cabinet members and other officials planning to run in the 2004 elections to now quit their posts.

"They should resign this early because they will not be effective as alter egos of the President and as implementors of government programs and projects if they are at the same time campaigning," said Rep. Prospero Nograles (Lakas, Davao City).

He said people will give political color to everything a Cabinet member who is eyeing an elective post in 2004 does.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183109 [Title] => PNOC fields 6 natural gas-powered taxis [Summary] => Make way for Enviro 2000, a taxi van fueled with liquefied natural gas.

Six of these Malaysian-made vehicles, costing P1.4 million each, will be seen plying Metro Manila’s streets starting today until May 2003.

The deployment of the taxi vans was part of the memorandum of understanding between the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) and Petronas NGV Sdn Bhd to jointly develop and accelerate the utilization of natural gas as an alternative fuel.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182833 [Title] => ‘Amianan’ to undergo surgery to remove bullet in chest [Summary] => A Philippine monkey-eating eagle rescued from the wilds of the North is set to undergo surgery today to remove a bullet in its chest, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced.

The mature raptor, named "Amianan" by Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez, was found severely wounded in Isabela last Oct. 25 and is currently confined at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181532 [Title] => DENR, BOC raid chemical warehouse [Summary] => Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officers and Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents, raided yesterday the warehouse of a chemicals company in Parañaque City, seizing illegally imported substances.

Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez and BOC Commissioner Antonio Bernardo led operatives to the All Transport Network warehouse and confiscated 30,000 kilos of Genetron 12, or chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC), worth P2.6 million.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180392 [Title] => Sec. Alvarez pinagbabayad ng P10-M kada buwan [Summary] => Pinagbabayad ng P10 milyon kada buwan ng Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC) si Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez makaraang pagbawalan nito ang isang kompanya na manguha ng kanilang raw materials para sa paggawa ng mga papel batay na rin sa Integrated Forest Management Contract.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178625 [Title] => DENR chief faces graft raps before PAGC [Summary] => Barely relishing his post after a tedious battle for confirmation by the Commission on Appointments, Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez is now facing graft charges before the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC).

An employees union at the department filed on Wednesday a complaint against Alvarez for reportedly hiring an "excessive" number of consultants.

Alvarez dismissed the accusation as "baseless," adding it was an "old story" already used by the union in opposing his confirmation.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177611 [Title] => Government OKs Tipco cogeneration power plant [Summary] => The government has approved the 50 megawatt coal-fired co-generation power plant project to Trust International Paper Corp. (TIPCO), Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday.

Formosa Heavy Industries is set to build a $90-million power co-generation facility project in the country that will supply electricity to TIPCO.

The two companies signed a memorandum of agreement in Taiwan last Aug. 20 with Roxas witnessing the signing between Formosa Heavy Industries executive vice president K.H. Wu and TIPCO chairman and chief executive officer Elon Ting.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176194 [Title] => Telethon for deportees raises P7.2-M [Summary] => Give until hurts.

This was the overriding message in yesterday’s conclusion of the government-initiated eight-hour telethon which started Sept. 14 for the benefit of the Sabah deportees dubbed "Pagbabalik... Tulong," generating around P7.2 million in cash and in kind pledges from callers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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