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[Title] => P125 across-the-board wage increase unlikely
[Summary] => MALOLOS, Bulacan — Employers might not agree to a P125 across-the-board wage hike for workers nationwide, Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday.
In an interview over radio station dzMM, Sto. Tomas said it is impractical for business establishments to grant the salary increase demanded by organized labor as 95 percent of them are small and medium enterprises employing a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 50.
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[Title] => Doomsayers cannot stop economic recovery efforts — Palace
[Summary] => "Naysayers" and "doomsayers" cannot hold back the Arroyo administration from its efforts to stabilize the country’s fiscal crisis.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said a strong partnership between the executive and legislative branches of government ensures the administration enjoys popular support for its economic measures.
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[Title] => Freeze Hiring won’t stop gov’t services, says Palace
[Summary] => The "freeze" will be in the "hiring," not in the public service.
In a statement aired over the government-run Radyo ng Bayan, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye allayed fears that the "freeze hiring" announced by Budget and Management Secretary Emilia Boncodin would result in government paralysis.
"We are observing austerity and we will undertake all of the means to save," he said. "But this does not mean that we would paralyze or slow down essential operations."
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[Title] => Gov’t employees offered attractive early retirement incentive
[Summary] => Malacañang is encouraging government employees to avail themselves of the early retirement package of President Arroyo to downsize the bureaucracy.
Speaking on state-run Radyo ng Bayan yesterday, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said government employees who go on early retirement will be handed their retirement pay on the last day of their employment.
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[Title] => Drilon defends gov’t reorganization
[Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon took up the cudgels for President Arroyo yesterday, saying the recent flurry of executive orders (EOs) reorganizing certain government agencies outside the Office of the President is legal.
The legality of the President’s orders to reorganize certain government agencies was raised during the meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) held yesterday at the Palace.
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[Title] => Palace seeking Congress’ consensus on tax bills
[Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday President Arroyo will try to forge a consensus with members of the incoming 13th Congress for her eight proposed tax measures to be passed into law.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said even before Mrs. Arroyo announced the other day that she will endorse these eight tax proposals, she had already consulted with some members of Congress.
"There is a consensus-building up on the tax plan in the reform coalition led by (Mrs.) Arroyo and leaders of the House and Senate," Bunye said.
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[Title] => House turns over P50-M savings
[Summary] => The House of Representatives has returned over P50 million in savings to the National Treasury, a first in the chamber’s history.
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. handed a check for the P50 million to President Arroyo in simple rites at Malacañang yesterday.
At hand during the turnover was Budget and Management Secretary Emilia Boncodin, along with members of the House led by acting minority leader Makati City Rep. Agapito Aquino Jr.
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[Title] => Arroyo mulls measures to stem worsening fiscal situation
[Summary] => President Arroyo met her top economic advisers yesterday to address the Philippines’ deteriorating fiscal situation, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said.
"We are pursuing action plans to help avert any threat to the fiscal sector and the economy as a whole," Neri said in a written statement as he and other senior aides of Mrs. Arroyo met in Malacañang.
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[Title] => Ombudsman urged to speed up GMA plunder case
[Summary] => Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay urged yesterday the Office of the Ombudsman to expedite its probe on charges by losing senatorial bet Frank Chavez that President Arroyo had diverted P728 million in agricultural funds to bankroll her presidential campaign.
Pichay, at the same time, slammed Chavez for being a sore loser in the recently held polls.
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[Title] => Arroyo faces 3rd plunder suit
[Summary] => Alyansa ng Pag-asa senatorial candidate Frank Chavez filed before the Ombudsman yesterday what he called the "first of a series of plunder cases" against President Arroyo for allegedly diverting P728 million in agricultural funds to bankroll her campaign for the May 10 elections.
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BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SECRETARY EMILIA BONCODIN
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[Title] => P125 across-the-board wage increase unlikely
[Summary] => MALOLOS, Bulacan — Employers might not agree to a P125 across-the-board wage hike for workers nationwide, Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said yesterday.
In an interview over radio station dzMM, Sto. Tomas said it is impractical for business establishments to grant the salary increase demanded by organized labor as 95 percent of them are small and medium enterprises employing a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 50.
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[Title] => Doomsayers cannot stop economic recovery efforts — Palace
[Summary] => "Naysayers" and "doomsayers" cannot hold back the Arroyo administration from its efforts to stabilize the country’s fiscal crisis.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said a strong partnership between the executive and legislative branches of government ensures the administration enjoys popular support for its economic measures.
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[Title] => Freeze Hiring won’t stop gov’t services, says Palace
[Summary] => The "freeze" will be in the "hiring," not in the public service.
In a statement aired over the government-run Radyo ng Bayan, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye allayed fears that the "freeze hiring" announced by Budget and Management Secretary Emilia Boncodin would result in government paralysis.
"We are observing austerity and we will undertake all of the means to save," he said. "But this does not mean that we would paralyze or slow down essential operations."
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[Title] => Gov’t employees offered attractive early retirement incentive
[Summary] => Malacañang is encouraging government employees to avail themselves of the early retirement package of President Arroyo to downsize the bureaucracy.
Speaking on state-run Radyo ng Bayan yesterday, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said government employees who go on early retirement will be handed their retirement pay on the last day of their employment.
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[Title] => Drilon defends gov’t reorganization
[Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon took up the cudgels for President Arroyo yesterday, saying the recent flurry of executive orders (EOs) reorganizing certain government agencies outside the Office of the President is legal.
The legality of the President’s orders to reorganize certain government agencies was raised during the meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) held yesterday at the Palace.
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[Title] => Palace seeking Congress’ consensus on tax bills
[Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday President Arroyo will try to forge a consensus with members of the incoming 13th Congress for her eight proposed tax measures to be passed into law.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said even before Mrs. Arroyo announced the other day that she will endorse these eight tax proposals, she had already consulted with some members of Congress.
"There is a consensus-building up on the tax plan in the reform coalition led by (Mrs.) Arroyo and leaders of the House and Senate," Bunye said.
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[Title] => House turns over P50-M savings
[Summary] => The House of Representatives has returned over P50 million in savings to the National Treasury, a first in the chamber’s history.
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. handed a check for the P50 million to President Arroyo in simple rites at Malacañang yesterday.
At hand during the turnover was Budget and Management Secretary Emilia Boncodin, along with members of the House led by acting minority leader Makati City Rep. Agapito Aquino Jr.
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[Title] => Arroyo mulls measures to stem worsening fiscal situation
[Summary] => President Arroyo met her top economic advisers yesterday to address the Philippines’ deteriorating fiscal situation, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said.
"We are pursuing action plans to help avert any threat to the fiscal sector and the economy as a whole," Neri said in a written statement as he and other senior aides of Mrs. Arroyo met in Malacañang.
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[Title] => Ombudsman urged to speed up GMA plunder case
[Summary] => Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay urged yesterday the Office of the Ombudsman to expedite its probe on charges by losing senatorial bet Frank Chavez that President Arroyo had diverted P728 million in agricultural funds to bankroll her presidential campaign.
Pichay, at the same time, slammed Chavez for being a sore loser in the recently held polls.
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[Title] => Arroyo faces 3rd plunder suit
[Summary] => Alyansa ng Pag-asa senatorial candidate Frank Chavez filed before the Ombudsman yesterday what he called the "first of a series of plunder cases" against President Arroyo for allegedly diverting P728 million in agricultural funds to bankroll her campaign for the May 10 elections.
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