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Despite all the evils said in its name, the pork barrel does have a peculiar role in the Philippine setting that any hasty move to completely do away with it may result in more problems than it hopes to solve. Caution is therefore urged, not passion.

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This after the mayor expressed opposition to an earlier move by the City Council creating more commissions and councils for the city government. 


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Unaudited net income reached P36 million in the same period. Asset base stood at P4.536 billion while paid-up capital remained at P550 million, well over the minimum required P100 million. 


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                    [Title] => Understanding UNESCO in order to play an active role
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Home and school are working together from the moment the children wake up in the morning. Then the "basic needs of man" learned in Social Studies get activated as the child dresses up, takes his breakfast, leaves home and rides to school.
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                    [Title] => GSIS insurance monopoly: A never-ending scam
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(First of a series)
For years, local firms in collusion with some of the biggest insurance companies in the world, including the likes of British company Jardines have fattened themselves from bloated premiums and commissions from government agencies. 


Their accomplice: no less than the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).


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This after the mayor expressed opposition to an earlier move by the City Council creating more commissions and councils for the city government. 


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Their accomplice: no less than the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).


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EDITORIAL - A word for the pork barrel

May 28, 2014 - 12:00am

Despite all the evils said in its name, the pork barrel does have a peculiar role in the Philippine setting that any hasty...

Freeman Opinion

Rama won't block Council changes on boards, special bodies

By Jessica Ann R. Pareja | August 5, 2011 - 12:00am

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will not make a big deal out of the plan of the City Council to amend some ordinances that created the special bodies and commissions under his office.

Cebu News

Loyalty checks for consultants too

By Garry B. Lao and Jessica Ann R. Pareja | June 1, 2011 - 12:00am

All consultants at the Cebu City Hall will not be spared from the loyalty checks being conducted by the mayor.

Cebu News

Lawmakers seek fixed wages for bus drivers

By Jess Diaz | September 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Two congressmen advocated yesterday the grant of fixed wages instead of commissions to bus drivers and conductors.

Metro

Citi starts prepaid service in Asia

December 8, 2009 - 12:00am

Citi’s Global Transaction Services has officially launched Citi Prepaid Services to clients in Asia Pacific.

Banking

Commission-ers destabilizing RP

By Marichu A. Villanueva | March 14, 2008 - 12:00am

Advisers of President Arroyo are getting anxious that a group of people who lost their “commissions” from the government’s cancelled telecom project are fast becoming a destabilization factor, although...

News Commentary

CH to scrap useless bodies

August 9, 2006 - 12:00am

Mayor Tomas Osmeña is streamlining the operations at the City Hall and will soon terminate several existing commissions and councils that he deemed unproductive. This after the mayor...

Cebu News

Ayala Plans income, trust fund expand

March 22, 2005 - 12:00am

Ayala Plans has maintained a trust fund of P2.495 billion at the end of December last year. That is considered favorable in supporting its actuarial reserve liabilities of P2.448 billion. Unaudited net income reached...

Banking

Understanding UNESCO in order to play an active role

By A POINT OF AWARENESS | By Preciosa S. Soliven | January 17, 2002 - 12:00am

Click here to read Part I (Part 2 of a series on The Training of UNESCO Sec-Gen in the Era of Terrorism) Home and school are working together from the moment the children wake up in the morning. Then the "basic...

Opinion

GSIS insurance monopoly: A never-ending scam

By Sheila Samonte-Pesayco | November 7, 2001 - 12:00am

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (First of a series) For years, local firms in collusion with some of the biggest insurance companies in the world, including the likes of British company Jardines...

Headlines