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                    [Title] => Big players buck removal of hotel tax perks
                    [Summary] => 

Big industry players are against the government’s proposal to remove the income tax holiday (ITH) being enjoyed by hoteliers in Metro Manila and Central Visayas, and nearby provinces, saying that this is a violation of the Tourism Act.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img845/368/gen5newx.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 509740 [Title] => French to be taught in 13 public science high schools [Summary] =>

The Department of Education (DepEd) will introduce the teaching of the French language in selected public science high schools starting school year 2010-2011 with the help of the French embassy in Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196457 [Title] => Robbery, theft cases up 26% [Summary] => Cases of robbery and theft all over the country rose by 26 percent to a total of 18,054 last year, compared to only 14,407 incidents in 2001, Philippine National Police (PNP) statistics showed.

Nearly 35 percent of these thefts and robberies occurred in the National Capital Region (NCR).

These figures have prompted PNP chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. to order yesterday the advance deployment and increased posting of policemen to areas where the rate of street crimes remains high, especially in Metro Manila and Central Visayas.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93660 [Title] => LGUs mobilized vs dengue [Summary] => The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) mobilized yesterday local government units (LGUs) in a nationwide drive to prevent the rise of dengue fever cases in their localities.

Interior Secretary Jose Lina Jr., in a directive to city and municipal mayors all over the country, called on local chief executives to launch a massive information drive particularly in remote areas on the danger posed by dengue fever.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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