February 15, 2010
FORMER TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER JOSEFINA LICHAUCO PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING. SHE WAS 75.
A report from the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Lichauco, who also served as National Telecommunications Commission commissioner during the Aquino administration, died two weeks after suffering a stroke in Hong Kong.
A radio dzBB reported early Monday that Lichauco died at about 5 a.m. Sunday while undergoing treatment at the St. Luke’s Medical Center.
The report said Lichauco’s remains were cremated and may be brought […]
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February 15, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA, CHAIR OF SENATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD COMMITTEE, IS HAPPY ABOUT STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES WHICH ARE HELPING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IMPLEMENT THEIR AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES PROGRAMS.
“I am enjoining the Department of Agriculture–the lead agency in the implementation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 or AFMA–to constitute a fund as part of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES) that can be used to reward SUCs with R&D and extension and […]
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February 15, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL (JBC) HAS CUT TO SIX NOMINEES THE INITIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR CHIEF JUSTICE AFTER TWO ASPIRANTS WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR HAVING PENDING CASES.
In an advertisement published in The STAR last Saturday, the JBC released the names of the remaining candidates and invited the public to submit comments.
The nominees are Senior Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Renato Corona, Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, and Sandiganbayan acting […]
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February 14, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING MORE ASSISTANCE TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES (MSMES).
Loren, author of the Barangay Kabuhayan Act (R.A. 9509) and the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act (R.A. 9501), called for the implementation of these laws to stimulate the so-called informal sector in the face of the alarming nosedive of the country’s exports.
“By their sheer number and inescapable presence alone, addressing MSMEs concerns will certainly […]
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February 14, 2010
AS THE COUNTRY CELEBRATES THE DAY OF LOVE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLS ON FILIPINOS TO RENEW THEIR LOVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
“Love of the environment translates to love for people. By taking care of the earth, our only home, we take care of the people we love,” she said.
“We must address climate change now. Our environment has suffered too much degradation. Do we want our loved ones to live in an environment where there is flood, hunger and poverty?”
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