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‘Morong 43’ still awaiting govt attention
BY CRIS G. ODRONIA REPORTER
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima has submitted another recommendation to President Benigno Aquino 3rd on the case of the “Morong 43” health workers, a Malacañang official said on Sunday.
Deputy spokesman Abigail Valte re- iterated that the government has been taking steps to rectify the situation of the “Morong 43” as the detained 43 health workers continued their hun- ger strike.
“I’m not at liberty to discuss this [de
Lima’s recommendation] at this time. Something is being done to rectify the
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Melo urges Ombudsman to drop charges
BY JOMAR CANLAS REPORTER
COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo over the weekend asked the Office of the Ombudsman to drop various charges against him so that he can have a peaceful retirement. Melo is in danger of not being able to get his benefits and clearance from the Ombudsman because of pending cases lodged against him during his stint as Comelec chief.
Such concern prompted Melo and the Comelec en banc to urge Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to drop all the charges against him and several comelec
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• Editor’s note: Only in the Philippines is a weekly series featuring indigenous plants and animals. This is a joint project of Haribon Foundation and The Manila Times to promote biodiversity and conservation in the Philippines.
PHOTO BY RENE DILAN
Devotees accompany an image of the Virgin Mary under the title “Our Lady of Remedies” during the Grand Marian Procession inside Intramuros in Manila on Sunday.
Bread prices to go up again this month BY BEN ARNOLD O. DE VERA REPORTER
KAPA-KAPA (Luzon, Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Mindanao)
A BEAUTIFUL shrub or small tree found in mossy forests up to 1, 400-meter altitude. Its leaves are oblong, growing in a cupped-like curve. It produces pink flower clusters resembling an elegant chandelier, and these become asymmetric petals that grow as long or much longer than its leaves. Mainly an ornamental shrub, it is found in the Philippines and other countries. Logging and mining in local
remaining natural forests continue to be threats to this species.
Source: E.S. Fernando, B.Y. Sun, M.H. Suh, H.Y. Kong, K.S. Koh. Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mt. Makiling.
BAKERS’ groups over the weekend said that prices of branded bread are ex- pected to rise again this month because of higher prices of raw materials. The prices of the branded bread will be increased by the middle of Decem- ber because of rising costs of sugar, short- ening and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), according to the bakers’ groups.
Last month, the groups raised prices
by P1 to P1.50 a loaf and P0.50 a 10- piece pack of pan de sal, citing higher flour prices. The government last week said that sugar prices would increase to P64 a kilo from P50 a kilo levels a month ago. Also, LPG prices would rise by as much as P55 a 11-kilogram tank in the next two weeks because of soaring glo- bal prices.
Prices of shortening have risen by
between 20 percent and 25 percent, Walter Co, Philippine Baking Indus- try Group (PhilBaking) president, said. Amid these price increases, the cheaper bread loaf variant “Pinoy Tasty” is selling briskly, the bakers’ groups said. Pinoy Tasty now comprises a tenth of bread sales in the country.
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Senator says legislative can’t pressure judiciary
BY EFREN L. DANAO SENIOR REPORETR
ENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday rejected passage of a proposed
resolution urging reinvestigation of a case filed against fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson for the murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and Dacer’s driver Emmanuel Corbito.
“I will not agree to any resolution on Sen. Lacson that would put pres- sure on the judiciary. The Senate can’t interfere in the discretion of the ju- diciary,” he said during the public- affairs program Balitang Todo-Todo aired over radio station dzBB. Earlier, Sen. Gregorio Honasan ■ Senate
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Manila eyes key role in Middle East peace
BY BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZON REPORTER
THE Philippines’ Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York on Sunday reiterated the government’s will- ingness and readiness to play a key role in achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, saying that Manila places great importance to the security of the region partly because some 2 million Filipinos are living and working there. Ambassador Libran Cabactulan, the head of the Perma- nent Mission to the UN, said during the plenary of the UN General Assembly on “The Situation in the Middle East” that the “stability and progress” of the region is “essential” for world peace and security.
DOLE SUSPENDS CHRISTMAS VISITS
BY JOMAR CANLAS REPORTER
TO prevent inspections of commercial establishments from turning into opportunities for corruption, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Administrative Order (AO) 443, which suspended all activities related to enforcement of labor standards all over the country effec- tive December 1. According to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, the sus- pension will last until January 14 and inspections will resume on January 17, 2011. “I have ordered a suspension of all labor inspection ac-
tivities, including the conduct of Training and Advisory Vis- its [TAVs] and Self-Assessment [SA] activities, in all of the
➤SuspendsA2 Prepaid electricity to light up day of consumers BY JOVEE MARIE N. DE LA CRUZ REPORTER
UNWELCOME bills, long lines in payment centers, unexpected disconnections and illegal connec- tions—these are some of the common problems that electricity consumers and providers experience monthly. The Xen Energy System Inc. or XESi, during a discussion with The Manila Times last week, announced that burdens of paying monthly bills can now easily be solved through a “prepaid meter” system. Ariel de la Cruz, the president of XESI, told The
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Times that people can now “load” their own electric meters in convenience stores and sari- sari (variety) stores in the same way that they load their cell phones. According to de la Cruz, the prepaid meter
system will function with the use of a SIM card that will be placed in a concentrator. Through the system, he said, “a consumer
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■ Frank Dianko 2nd, Xen Energy System Inc. business development manager, shows prepaid concentrator at Xen’s Manila office. PHOTO BY JESSIE LAURETA
Donaire stops Sidorenko in 4th
BY JUN MEDINA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
■ Nonito Donaire Jr.
FILIPINO-AMERICAN Nonito Donaire Jr. stopped former world bantamweight titlist Wladimir Sidorenko in the fourth round of a sensa- tional performance to win
the interim World Boxing Association bantam- weight crown on Saturday night (Sunday in
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