Loren Warns Against Rise of Preventable Disease

March 10, 2010

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY, RENEWS HER CALL FOR A “MASSIVE AND SUSTAINED VACCINATION DRIVE” TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AGAINST PREVENTABLE DISEASES, ESPECIALLY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE CAUSING MORE PEOPLE TO BE PRONE TO DISEASE.
“The curative approach in medication is much more costly than the preventive approach. It must also be considered that many preventable diseases have lifelong consequences which range from hearing loss and speech defects to more severe ones such […]

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Roxas Tried to Broker Deal with Legarda to Get Her Out of VP Race

March 10, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA REVEALED ON WEDNESDAY THAT LP BET MAR ROXAS TRIED TO BROKER A DEAL THAT WOULD SEE HER WITHDRAWING FROM THE RACE.
In an interview on Wednesday with Mike Enriquez over DZBB’s Ikaw Na Ba?: The Vice-Presidentials Series, Legarda said the offer was made before the Senate adjourned in February.
“Back when I had yet to find my running mate, Mar tried to make an arrangement wit me ‘outside of the political process’,” she said.
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Next Administration Faces Food Crisis–Loren

March 10, 2010

NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA WARNED THAT THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE WOULD BE A FOOD CRISIS, AND URGED THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT MEASURES, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF FUNDS, TO COUNTER THE DEVASTATION OF EL NINO ON THE COUNTRY’S AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR.
“Unless we lay down a strategic plan and take immediate steps to counter the effects of El Nino on our agriculture sector, the biggest challenge that the next administration in June would […]

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Court junks Morong 43’s habeas corpus plea

March 10, 2010

THE COURT OF APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY DENIED A PETITION TO ISSUE A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR THE 43 HEALTH WORKERS ARRESTED BY GOVERNMENT SECURITY OFFICERS IN MORONG, RIZAL LAST FEBRUARY ON SUSPICION OF BEING COMMUNIST REBELS.
Voting 3-2, the five-member appelate court panel said it was leaving it to the regional trial court of Morong to decide whether the arrest of the 43 workers was illegal and arbitrary, according to a radio dzBB report.
In the 20-page decision, the […]

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Meralco rates up P1.83/kilowatthour

March 10, 2010

MANILA, PHILIPPINES–CUSTOMERS OF MANILA ELECTRIC CO. (MERALCO) CAN EXPECT TO PAY P1.83 PER KILOWATTHOUR (KWH) MORE IN THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS THIS MONTH.
Meralco incurred a total generation cost of P15.9 billion for the supply month of February, translating to a generation charge of P6.76/kWh to its customers in their March 2010 bill.
Meralco has filed a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) seeking to lower by 44.46 centavos the increase in the generation charge for the March billing, from […]

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