AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EDGARDO

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                    [Title] => Allowances for solons a common practice, Estrada says
                    [Summary] => 

Now they are called "allowances."

President Estrada said yesterday it was "common practice" for House leaderships
in the past to hand out money to congressmen whenever they go on a long
recess.

"Dahil ang mga congressmen ay may kanya-kanyang opisina at distrito,
at kapag bakasyon, pag-uwi nila sa kanilang mga probinsiya at distrito, iyon
ang gagamitin sa kanilang mga tauhan (That's because congressmen have their
own offices and districts.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-04-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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                    [ArticleID] => 100221
                    [Title] => Presidential issuance on socialized irrigation fees to bescrapped?
                    [Summary] => 

CABANATUAN CITY -- A move to return the collection rate for irrigation service
fees (ISF) from the present socialized system to the old one is now gathering
steam among officials of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and
irrigators' associations nationwide.

STAR sources said a consensus among Agriculture Secretary Edgardo
Angara, NIA Administrator Manuel Arevalo and the National Confederation of
Farmers and Irrigators' Association (NCFIA) has been reached seeking to
formally ask President Estrada to scrap Administrative Order 17 he issued in
1998 imposing a soc
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-03-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097277
                    [AuthorName] =>  Manny Galvez
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => Pili nut ready for global market
                    [Summary] => 

The country's very own pili nut may soon find itself competing against almonds,
pecan, walnuts, and macadamia nuts in the highly global competitive
confectioneries market.

That is, if government is willing to invest P212 million in a massive pili tree
planting project to allow the country to meet the growing demand for the
product.

Agricultural development planners of Region 5 have unveiled a six-year master
plan aimed at fully developing the native pili's vast commercial and industrial
potentials and in the process convert typhoon-prone Bicol into the world's top
producer 
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-01-09 00:00:00
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Allowances for solons a common practice, Estrada says

By Marichu A. Villanueva | April 20, 2000 - 12:00am

Now they are called "allowances." President Estrada said yesterday it was "common practice" for House leaderships in the past to hand out money to congressmen whenever they go on a long recess. "Dahil ang mga...

Headlines

Presidential issuance on socialized irrigation fees to bescrapped?

By Manny Galvez | March 19, 2000 - 12:00am

CABANATUAN CITY -- A move to return the collection rate for irrigation service fees (ISF) from the present socialized system to the old one is now gathering steam among officials of the National Irrigation Administration...

Business

Pili nut ready for global market

January 9, 2000 - 12:00am

The country's very own pili nut may soon find itself competing against almonds, pecan, walnuts, and macadamia nuts in the highly global competitive confectioneries market. That is, if government is willing to...

Business