Comelec allows indigenous folk to register as voters
By Sheila Crisostomo | May 21, 2012 - 12:00am
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a resolution relaxing its policy on voter’s registration to allow the indigenous people (IPs) and indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) to sign up for the 2013...
Headlines
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BIR warns public vs fake revenue officers
By Reinir Padua | August 6, 2011 - 12:00am
The Bureau of Internal Revenue warned taxpayers yesterday of fake revenue officers trying to extort money from traders by threatening them that they would be subjected to monitoring by the BIR.
Metro
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Standard uniform for tanods pushed
By Rene U. Borromeo | July 14, 2011 - 12:00am
The Cebu City Council believes that there should only be one uniform for all barangay tanods for easy identification and to prevent confusion on the part of the public.
Cebu News
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Comelec wants law to 'cleanse' voters list
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | December 15, 2010 - 12:00am
The Commission on Elections is pushing for the House of Representatives to enact a law to cleanse the list of voters in the country through the Automated Fingerprints Identification System.
Cebu News
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M/V Princess of the Stars Tragedy: Interpol team back in Cebu to identify skeletal remains
By Jessica Ann R. Pareja | July 20, 2010 - 12:00am
The International Criminal Police Organization is back in Cebu to identify the skeletal remains of the victims recently retrieved from the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars.
Cebu News
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Kin of 'Stars' victims allege bodies were not examined keenly
By Mylen P. Manto | July 18, 2010 - 12:00am
The relatives of the victims of the MV Princess of the Stars yesterday said the bodies that were buried at the Carreta Cemetery were not examined thoroughly the reason why they remained unidentified until now.
Cebu News
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RFID system
October 26, 2009 - 12:00am
I used to own a car but sold the same when the price of unleaded gasoline breached the P50-plus per liter price level sometime last year.
Letters to the Editor
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Letter to the editor
July 3, 2009 - 12:00am
Following media coverage of the one-year anniversary of the tragic sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars and other loss of life caused by Typhoon Frank on 21 June 2008, we feel it is important to correct recent...
Freeman Opinion
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PAO pushes for identification of unnamed victims of Princess
By Edu Punay | June 30, 2009 - 12:00am
The Public Attorney’s Office has pushed for the identification of 34 victims in the sinking of M/V Princess of the Stars off Sibuyan island last year that remained unidentified but were buried in Cebu.
Nation
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New chapter for sea tragedy: Court grants plea to exhume bodies
By Fred Languido | June 30, 2009 - 12:00am
The Regional Trial Court yesterday ordered the exhumation of the close to 40 unidentified cadavers, believed to be passengers of the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars, that were buried in Cebu City during the anniversary...
Cebu News
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