February 23, 2010
DAVAO CITY – NACIONALISTA VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SCORED LP BET MAR ROXAS FOR CREDIT-GRABBING THE CHEAPER MEDICINES LAW WHEN IN FACT IT WAS ROXAS WHO “PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE REPORT INTO SUCH A WAY THAT ITS ORIGINAL INTENTION TO EASE CONSUMERS OF THE RISING COST OF MEDICINES WAS NOT FULFILLED.”
“Sabi sa mga TV commercial ng ibang pulitiko dyan, mura na ang gamot. Pero ang mga nakakasalamuha ko sa kampanya, nagrereklamo sa akin na ang mahal […]
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February 23, 2010
PRESIDENT GLORIA ARROYO SHOULD KEEP ATTENDING TO THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEMS – AMONG THE MOST CURRENT ARE POWER AND WATER SHORTAGE AND NOW A MEASLES OUTBREAK – INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND TRYING TO KEEP THE POLITICAL POWER OF HER FAMILY IN PLACE.
“Just because she’s what’s traditionally called a ‘lame-duck President,’ must she act like one?” Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said on Monday, shortly after learning about a measles outbreak reported by the Department of Health in Camarines […]
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February 23, 2010
CEBU, PHILIPPINES–IF THE WELCOME THEY RECEIVED IN THE VISAYAS WERE TO GAUGE THEIR VICTORY, NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET LOREN LEGARDA SAID THEY ALREADY FEEL LIKE WINNERS.
“We already feel like winners… that’s because of the very warm welcome we’ve received in all the places we visited in the Visayas. And the welcome we got here was no less as warm and encouraging as in the other places,” Legarda said following their visit to Bantayan Island last Sunday.
The NP […]
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February 22, 2010
NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA CONGRATULATED THE MILITARY ON MONDAY FOR FINALLY CATCHING UP WITH ABU SAYYAF COMMANDER ALBADER PARAD, A YEAR AFTER THE REBEL LEADER AND HIS GROUP KIDNAPPED THREE VOLUNTEERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS IN SULU.
“This is certainly good news,” she said. “Parad and his group of bandits have sown enough fear and destruction in Mindanao.”
Legarda, an honorary Muslim princess, pointed out that the Abu Sayyaf has been putting ordinary […]
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February 22, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO REVIEW ITS GROWTH TARGETS THIS YEAR, PENDING MORE DATA ON THE SEVERITY OF THE ONGOING EL NIÑO PHENOMENON.
In an interview with reporters, Rolando Tungpalan of the economic planning agency said the government was keeping its growth targets of 2.6% to 3.6% for 2010–for now.
“The current target for the year of 2.6% to 3.6% takes into account the possible effects of El Niño,” the deputy director general of the National Economic […]
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