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In his State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday before a joint session of congress, President Benigno Aquino III cited the country's economic gains, saying that the Philippines is no longer the "sick man" in Asia.

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Nanawagan ang grupong Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) sa publiko na makiisa sa isasagawa nilang araw-araw na pagpatay ng lahat ng appliances sa bahay sa loob ng tatlong minuto bilang protesta sa patuloy na pagtaas sa singil sa kuryente.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804755 [AuthorName] => Danilo Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 735785 [Title] => 'Phl power rates fifth highest in the world' [Summary] =>

The country’s power rates are now the fifth highest in the world, Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza of the party-list group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358119 [Title] => Gwen to join in call for Suu Kyi's release [Summary] => Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday pledged to members of the Parliament Union of Burma to join in the campaign for the release of political prisoner and the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The three members of the Parliament Union of Burma who participated as special observers in the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization general assembly in Cebu City visited the governor's office with Akbayan party-list Reps. Loreta Ann Rosales and Mario Aguja.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357653 [Title] => Singapore bans 2 Pinoy activists from IMF-WB meet [Summary] => Singapore has reportedly banned two Filipino activists from attending the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) scheduled there this week.

Prof. Walden Bello, executive director of Focus on the Global South, and Ana Maria Nemenzo, president of Freedom from Debt Coalition, were reportedly among 18 individuals from other countries barred by the Singaporean government from attending the meetings.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335448 [Title] => Buntis bawal kutyain habang nanganganak [Summary] => Bawal murahin, laitin at pangaralan ng mga hospital personnel ang mga misis habang sila’y nanganganak.

Ito’y sa sandaling maipasa ang House Bill 3744 o "Empowerment of Women in Vulnerable Situations Act of 2005" ni Cebu Rep. Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz.

Ayon kay Rep. Soon-Ruiz, mas nae-expose sa verbal at psychological abuse ang mga mahihirap na buntis na pinapangaralan pa na animo’y mga bata ng mga hospital personnel sa tuwing sila’y manganganak partikular na sa mga ospital ng gobyerno.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324899 [Title] => ‘Women now less dependent on men’ [Summary] => The so-called "weaker sex" isn’t so weak after all.

As modern-day women become more aware of gender equality issues, sociology experts believe they are now bolder and more able to face broken relationships, even marriages, because of their reduced dependence on men.

"A big contributing factor to this is that men aren’t as dominant as they were before of their wives because we women can now do things that only men could do in the past," Rosario Francisco, a social science professor at a university in Bulacan, told The STAR yesterday. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212305 [Title] => ADB assures critics on privatization policies [Summary] => The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assured its critics yesterday that it will pay attention to their concerns on the impact of the private sector’s involvement in public utilities.

"ADB shares many of your concerns and we will study your materials very closely," Richard Ondrik, acting country director of ADB’s Philippine Country Office, told Ana Maria Nemenzo, president, of Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) one of the protest organizers.

Be happy to meet with you after the Annual Meeting," Ondrik said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187679 [Title] => MWSS to hire external auditors to determine Maynilad’s loss claims [Summary] => The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is set to hire external auditors to check on the claims of Maynilad Water Services Inc. that it is no longer viable for the firm to provide water service to the western half of Metro Manila.

This was among the initial steps agreed upon by the nine-member MWSS board, which temporarily took over Maynilad’s concession after it was returned to the MWSS last Monday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
ANA MARIA NEMENZO
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                    [ArticleID] => 831367
                    [Title] => Aquino cites economic gains in 3rd address to nation
                    [Summary] => 

In his State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday before a joint session of congress, President Benigno Aquino III cited the country's economic gains, saying that the Philippines is no longer the "sick man" in Asia.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 735697 [Title] => Power-off kada araw vs taas ng kuryente [Summary] =>

Nanawagan ang grupong Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) sa publiko na makiisa sa isasagawa nilang araw-araw na pagpatay ng lahat ng appliances sa bahay sa loob ng tatlong minuto bilang protesta sa patuloy na pagtaas sa singil sa kuryente.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804755 [AuthorName] => Danilo Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 735785 [Title] => 'Phl power rates fifth highest in the world' [Summary] =>

The country’s power rates are now the fifth highest in the world, Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza of the party-list group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358119 [Title] => Gwen to join in call for Suu Kyi's release [Summary] => Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday pledged to members of the Parliament Union of Burma to join in the campaign for the release of political prisoner and the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The three members of the Parliament Union of Burma who participated as special observers in the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization general assembly in Cebu City visited the governor's office with Akbayan party-list Reps. Loreta Ann Rosales and Mario Aguja.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357653 [Title] => Singapore bans 2 Pinoy activists from IMF-WB meet [Summary] => Singapore has reportedly banned two Filipino activists from attending the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) scheduled there this week.

Prof. Walden Bello, executive director of Focus on the Global South, and Ana Maria Nemenzo, president of Freedom from Debt Coalition, were reportedly among 18 individuals from other countries barred by the Singaporean government from attending the meetings.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335448 [Title] => Buntis bawal kutyain habang nanganganak [Summary] => Bawal murahin, laitin at pangaralan ng mga hospital personnel ang mga misis habang sila’y nanganganak.

Ito’y sa sandaling maipasa ang House Bill 3744 o "Empowerment of Women in Vulnerable Situations Act of 2005" ni Cebu Rep. Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz.

Ayon kay Rep. Soon-Ruiz, mas nae-expose sa verbal at psychological abuse ang mga mahihirap na buntis na pinapangaralan pa na animo’y mga bata ng mga hospital personnel sa tuwing sila’y manganganak partikular na sa mga ospital ng gobyerno.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324899 [Title] => ‘Women now less dependent on men’ [Summary] => The so-called "weaker sex" isn’t so weak after all.

As modern-day women become more aware of gender equality issues, sociology experts believe they are now bolder and more able to face broken relationships, even marriages, because of their reduced dependence on men.

"A big contributing factor to this is that men aren’t as dominant as they were before of their wives because we women can now do things that only men could do in the past," Rosario Francisco, a social science professor at a university in Bulacan, told The STAR yesterday. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212305 [Title] => ADB assures critics on privatization policies [Summary] => The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assured its critics yesterday that it will pay attention to their concerns on the impact of the private sector’s involvement in public utilities.

"ADB shares many of your concerns and we will study your materials very closely," Richard Ondrik, acting country director of ADB’s Philippine Country Office, told Ana Maria Nemenzo, president, of Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) one of the protest organizers.

Be happy to meet with you after the Annual Meeting," Ondrik said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187679 [Title] => MWSS to hire external auditors to determine Maynilad’s loss claims [Summary] => The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is set to hire external auditors to check on the claims of Maynilad Water Services Inc. that it is no longer viable for the firm to provide water service to the western half of Metro Manila.

This was among the initial steps agreed upon by the nine-member MWSS board, which temporarily took over Maynilad’s concession after it was returned to the MWSS last Monday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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