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                    [Title] => Unified jail system pushed
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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday batted for a unified penitentiary system that she said would improve the plight of prisoners in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266182 [Title] => Fishers slam gov’t on subsidies [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — Fisherfolk from coastal towns in Bataan and Zambales blamed the Arroyo administration for their worsening plight, saying that their government subsidy has been reduced to a pittance of only P7 for every three million fishermen in the country.

The fisherfolk staged a protest rally in Mendiola, Manila the other day, bringing with them a damaged boat, a dilapidated gas lamp and torn fishing nets to symbolize their plight.
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Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable Jr., who is also head of the Presidential Management Staff, issued a statement yesterday on reports that port workers were growing restless over the unreasonable demand of shipping operators, importers and exporters for a rollback of port tariffs.
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