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                    [Title] => Scrap permanent incentives not IPP, says Domingo
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The government should repeal laws that grant permanent incentives and retain the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) to ensure that perks are given only to those which need support, the country’s trade chief said.

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The Department of Finance is counting on Sen. Franklin Drilon to push for the original  “sin tax” measure after Sen. Ralph Recto approved a “watered-down” version.

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Civil society group yesterday urged lawmakers not to pass Senator Ralph Recto’s version of the sin tax bill and instead adopt the proposal filed by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

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The government incurred a budget deficit of  P34.854 billion in September, bringing the nine-month total to P106.062 billion, lower than program.

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SABI ni Sen. Ping Lacson  imposible ang panukala ng ilang mambabatas na gawing illegal ang paninigarilyo.

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Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a proposed resolution directing the concerned Senate committees to reopen the probe on the alleged grossly disadvantageous transaction behind the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) bonds and finally put closure on the case.

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Ito ang pahayag ni Philippine Olympic Com-mittee president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco sa PSA Forum na ginanap sa Manila Pavilion kahapon.

Magkakaroon ng meeting ang Southeast Asian Games Federation sa April 29, kung saan imumungkahi ang mga karagdagang events sa naunang 388-events na naaprubahan na ng POC.
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The government should repeal laws that grant permanent incentives and retain the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) to ensure that perks are given only to those which need support, the country’s trade chief said.

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The Department of Finance is counting on Sen. Franklin Drilon to push for the original  “sin tax” measure after Sen. Ralph Recto approved a “watered-down” version.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 861851 [Title] => Senators urged to pass Santiago version of sin tax bill [Summary] =>

Civil society group yesterday urged lawmakers not to pass Senator Ralph Recto’s version of the sin tax bill and instead adopt the proposal filed by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 860112 [Title] => Gov’t incurs P34.854-B budget deficit in Sept [Summary] =>

The government incurred a budget deficit of  P34.854 billion in September, bringing the nine-month total to P106.062 billion, lower than program.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 859723 [Title] => The ‘right’ to smoke [Summary] =>

SABI ni Sen. Ping Lacson  imposible ang panukala ng ilang mambabatas na gawing illegal ang paninigarilyo.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133395 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804793 [AuthorName] => Al G. Pedroche [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 752929 [Title] => Jinggoy wants PEACe bonds controversy probed [Summary] =>

Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a proposed resolution directing the concerned Senate committees to reopen the probe on the alleged grossly disadvantageous transaction behind the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) bonds and finally put closure on the case.

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Ito ang pahayag ni Philippine Olympic Com-mittee president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco sa PSA Forum na ginanap sa Manila Pavilion kahapon.

Magkakaroon ng meeting ang Southeast Asian Games Federation sa April 29, kung saan imumungkahi ang mga karagdagang events sa naunang 388-events na naaprubahan na ng POC.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257392 [Title] => Nightmare of the worst kind [Summary] => Xavier School parents are reportedly having a nightmare of the worst kind. Our Greenhills Spy-ring disclosed that the school has recently been plagued by a gambling epidemic. This problem blew up in the public's consciousness during the whitewashed shootout between a son of a former legislator and a son of a businessman. The high school freshman son of a former chair of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), who is feuding with a female former PSE chair, reportedly lost P500K to the gambling syndicate headed by the former legislator's son. [DatePublished] => 2004-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135725 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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