+ Follow ALFREDO LIM AND PANFILO LACSON Tag
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[Title] => ‘Cha-cha needed to hike investments’
[Summary] => Business leaders yesterday said constitutional reforms to fix the country’s defective political and economic structures are crucial to turning the Philippines into one of Asia’s magnets for overseas investments.
Francis Chua, who heads the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCI), said the gridlock-prone bicameral presidential setup has grievously hampered the passage of urgent reform measures, which should help attract foreign capital.
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[Title] => Security officials want 30-day detention of terror suspects sans formal charges
[Summary] => Security officials are seeking the passage of an Anti-Terrorism Act allowing authorities to detain for 30 days suspected terrorists without any charges being filed against them in court.
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[Title] => Terror bill eyes stiff penalties
[Summary] => If the Senate has its way, terrorists would either be jailed for life or meted the death penalty.
The Senate version of the anti-terror bill provides the death penalty for convicted terrorists found to be involved in attacks that result in fatalities.
Senate Bill 2137, which will be known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2005, imposes life imprisonment and a P10-million fine to anyone convicted of a terrorist act.
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[Title] => Pimentel, 6 minority senators to question VAT Law before SC
[Summary] => The Senate minority is set to formally question the constitutionality of the standby authority given by Congress to President Arroyo allowing her to raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate before the Supreme Court next week.
A party-list group in the House of Representatives has already petitioned the Supreme Court, questioning the VAT law’s legality.
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ALFREDO LIM AND PANFILO LACSON
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Francis Chua, who heads the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCI), said the gridlock-prone bicameral presidential setup has grievously hampered the passage of urgent reform measures, which should help attract foreign capital.
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Senate Bill 2137, which will be known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2005, imposes life imprisonment and a P10-million fine to anyone convicted of a terrorist act.
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A party-list group in the House of Representatives has already petitioned the Supreme Court, questioning the VAT law’s legality.
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