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                    [Title] => P40M Luna Painting purchase: Winston glad COA gave okay
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Winston Garcia said he felt vindicated by the Commission on Audit’s decision to reconsider its disallowance of the purchase of the Juan Luna painting that was bought for around P40 million at an auction in Hong Kong during his time as president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System.

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MTRCB is particularly concerned about scenes of Estrada’s "ouster" in "Ang Buhay Para sa Masa (To Live for the Masses)."
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348916 [Title] => LTFRB chief pinasisibak ng employees [Summary] => Pinasisibak ng mga empleyado ng Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) si Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista dahil umano sa graft and corruption at iba pang kaso.

Sa petisyong ginawa ng mga nasabing empleyado na kanilang isinumite kay Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza at kay Pangulong Arroyo, nakasaad dito na sa tatlong taong panunungkulan ni Bautista bilang pinuno ng LTFRB ay ginawa niya itong "money-making" na ahensya sa pamamagitan ng ibat-ibang klase ng multa at penalty na naging napakahirap sa buhay ng mga driver at transport operators.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335713 [Title] => ACTO plans nationwide strike over fuel prices [Summary] => A militant group of public utility drivers and operators is planning to launch a nationwide transport strike this month.

Efren de Luna, president of the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO), told The STAR they are going around the country to finalize plans to paralyze the transport industry.

"Gusto namin na pinagsamang transport strike na may isang panawagan lamang (We want a consolidated transport strike with one list of demands)," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334386 [Title] => Jeepney drivers seek additional P1.25 to proposed P9 minimum fare [Summary] => The president of a nationwide organization of jeepney operators and drivers will amend his fare hike petition on Tuesday to ask the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to allow an additional P1.25 to the proposed minimum fare of P9.

Efren de Luna, Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO) president, said in a phone interview he will request that jeepney drivers be permitted to collect from passengers an additional P1.25 after the first four kilometers, not 75 centavos.
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Ayon kay LTFRB Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista, dapat na umanong palitan ng mga bus operator ng mas bago ang lahat ng kanilang mga bus na tumagal na ng 15 taon dahil magdudulot lamang ito ng disgrasya at problema sa tinatayang 1.2 milyong pasahero sa kahabaan ng EDSA araw-araw.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265058 [Title] => New taxi fares next month [Summary] => Transportation officials admitted yesterday that the petition by Metro Manila taxi operators to increase the flagdown rate from P25 to P30 will most likely be granted.

While she declined to reveal the actual decision on the petition for a flagdown rate increase filed by the Association of Taxi Operators in Metro Manila, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista admitted that they were preparing for the massive "re-sealing" of taxi meters at the end of this month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254611 [Title] => No more fare hike for PUJs [Summary] => Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista said jeepney groups will have a hard time asking for another fare hike after the P1.50 and P2 fare rate increase granted to them last May.

Bautista said that jeepney groups in other regions of the country had even written the LTFRB in the past days expressing their desire for a reduction of the increase from P1.50 to P1 only.

To address these requests, Bautista said that the LTFRB has authorized their regional directors to decide on the cases.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254495 [Title] => LTFRB extends fare guide deadline [Summary] => After issuing a stern warning that they would not be extending the deadline for jeepney and bus operators to pay the P520 fee and secure their respective fare matrix forms, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) officials backtracked and announced that they are giving another extension, this time until June 27.
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Claire dela Fuente, Integrated Metro Bus Operators Association president, questioned the LTFRB’s timing.

"It is not yet the time. We are still in the middle of a very hard crisis. This would be suicide if we do that. Who will invest in the country?" she asked.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1499288
                    [Title] => P40M Luna Painting purchase: Winston glad COA gave okay
                    [Summary] => 

Winston Garcia said he felt vindicated by the Commission on Audit’s decision to reconsider its disallowance of the purchase of the Juan Luna painting that was bought for around P40 million at an auction in Hong Kong during his time as president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-12 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354415 [Title] => MTRCB says Erap DVD ‘undermines’ gov’t [Summary] => Scenes from the documentary on the life and times of former President Joseph Estrada may weaken the people’s faith in the government, thus earning it an "X" rating, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) said yesterday.

MTRCB is particularly concerned about scenes of Estrada’s "ouster" in "Ang Buhay Para sa Masa (To Live for the Masses)."
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348916 [Title] => LTFRB chief pinasisibak ng employees [Summary] => Pinasisibak ng mga empleyado ng Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) si Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista dahil umano sa graft and corruption at iba pang kaso.

Sa petisyong ginawa ng mga nasabing empleyado na kanilang isinumite kay Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza at kay Pangulong Arroyo, nakasaad dito na sa tatlong taong panunungkulan ni Bautista bilang pinuno ng LTFRB ay ginawa niya itong "money-making" na ahensya sa pamamagitan ng ibat-ibang klase ng multa at penalty na naging napakahirap sa buhay ng mga driver at transport operators.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335713 [Title] => ACTO plans nationwide strike over fuel prices [Summary] => A militant group of public utility drivers and operators is planning to launch a nationwide transport strike this month.

Efren de Luna, president of the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO), told The STAR they are going around the country to finalize plans to paralyze the transport industry.

"Gusto namin na pinagsamang transport strike na may isang panawagan lamang (We want a consolidated transport strike with one list of demands)," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334386 [Title] => Jeepney drivers seek additional P1.25 to proposed P9 minimum fare [Summary] => The president of a nationwide organization of jeepney operators and drivers will amend his fare hike petition on Tuesday to ask the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to allow an additional P1.25 to the proposed minimum fare of P9.

Efren de Luna, Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO) president, said in a phone interview he will request that jeepney drivers be permitted to collect from passengers an additional P1.25 after the first four kilometers, not 75 centavos.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317431 [Title] => Bus na 15-taon, tatanggalin na sa kalsada – LTFRB [Summary] => Siguradong luluwag ang kalsada sa kahabaan ng EDSA kung matutuloy ang plano ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) sa kanilang panukala na pag-phase-out sa mga bus na umaabot na sa 15 taon pataas.

Ayon kay LTFRB Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista, dapat na umanong palitan ng mga bus operator ng mas bago ang lahat ng kanilang mga bus na tumagal na ng 15 taon dahil magdudulot lamang ito ng disgrasya at problema sa tinatayang 1.2 milyong pasahero sa kahabaan ng EDSA araw-araw.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265058 [Title] => New taxi fares next month [Summary] => Transportation officials admitted yesterday that the petition by Metro Manila taxi operators to increase the flagdown rate from P25 to P30 will most likely be granted.

While she declined to reveal the actual decision on the petition for a flagdown rate increase filed by the Association of Taxi Operators in Metro Manila, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista admitted that they were preparing for the massive "re-sealing" of taxi meters at the end of this month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254611 [Title] => No more fare hike for PUJs [Summary] => Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairwoman Ma. Elena Bautista said jeepney groups will have a hard time asking for another fare hike after the P1.50 and P2 fare rate increase granted to them last May.

Bautista said that jeepney groups in other regions of the country had even written the LTFRB in the past days expressing their desire for a reduction of the increase from P1.50 to P1 only.

To address these requests, Bautista said that the LTFRB has authorized their regional directors to decide on the cases.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254495 [Title] => LTFRB extends fare guide deadline [Summary] => After issuing a stern warning that they would not be extending the deadline for jeepney and bus operators to pay the P520 fee and secure their respective fare matrix forms, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) officials backtracked and announced that they are giving another extension, this time until June 27.
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Claire dela Fuente, Integrated Metro Bus Operators Association president, questioned the LTFRB’s timing.

"It is not yet the time. We are still in the middle of a very hard crisis. This would be suicide if we do that. Who will invest in the country?" she asked.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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