Category Archives: Business Continuity

MILF to gov’t: Freeze gas, oil explorations in Moro areas

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MANILA — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has urged anew the Aquino administration to freeze all gas and oil bidding contracts in areas claimed by the Moros as part of their ancestral domain until the parties in the negotiating …
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Sendong victims to have new homes by April

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Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman Thursday (January 12) announced intensified government efforts towards providing new homes to all the victims of Sendong by the first week of April. In a statement, Soliman said that aside from …
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Gov’t to review crisis response after Sendong

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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III wants a review of the government’s disaster response manual to prevent unnecessary loss of lives in the aftermath of the devastation of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. Several government agencies in Camp Aguinaldo on Saturday …
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Sendong death toll: 334

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The number of dead during tropical storm Sendong’s onslaught has reached 334, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. In its 8:00 p.m. report Sunday (December 18), the NDRRMC said 281 people remain missing while 431 were …
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Is Sendong a ‘Perfect Storm’?

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It was not even a typhoon yet but tropical storm ‘Sendong’ (International codename: Washi) wrought havoc to Visayas and Mindanao in epic proportions. Sendong/Washi crept into the night from Bislig to Iligan, cutting off power and flooding the streets. Hundreds …
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Palace releases list of 2012 holidays

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MANILA – Malacañang has released the dates of the official holidays for the year 2012. Among the new non-working holidays next year are the Chinese New Year (January 23) and Nov. 2, or All Souls’ Day. In Proclamation No. 295, …
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Distribution of Hacienda Luisita an ‘implementation’ challenge for PNoy

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MANILA – Now that the Supreme Court has ordered the distribution of Hacienda Luisita, it is now up to President Benigno Aquino III if he could successfully implement the ruling given that his family and relatives own the sugar estate. …
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NPAs raid Agusan mining site, Samar jail

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Suspected members of New People’s Army (NPA) attacked a mining site in the town of Rosario in Agusan del Sur, seriously wounding three people, last November 1. The rebels, according to the northern Mindanao police, attacked the Datu Bulawanon mining …
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Gov’t urged to intervene in PAL strife

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Business groups have appealed to government to resolve the standoff between Philippine Airlines and its fired workers. Federation of Philippine Industries Inc. (FPI) chairman Jesus Arranza said the current problems plaguing PAL, particularly the recent blocking of one of its …
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