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                    [Title] => A crisis of prices
                    [Summary] => The surge of the price of crude to beyond US$75 over the weekend instantly brought to mind a remark Energy Secretary Popo Lotilla made a few weeks back in his typically reassuring, unruffled, unflappable manner that our oil crisis was not a crisis of supply, but a crisis of prices.


 Popo was not kidding. US$75 – and  still skyrocketing! When all it takes is about US$18 to extract a barrel of the unctuous goop and then that same plain, unvarnished goop is sold at 400 percent – that is a little excessive, don’t you think?


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                    [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas
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                    [Title] => Palace finalizing new appointments to end lobbying for posts
                    [Summary] => Malacañang is finalizing new appointments to spare President Arroyo from intense lobbying for the remaining vacant positions in government.


Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said yesterday the list of new appointees had been completed and that their names would be announced in a "matter of days."


"I know there are a few already signed by the President, in the next few days hopefully there may be some announcements," he said.


The standard operating procedures would have to be followed before any announcement could be made, he added.

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                    [Title] => Lawmakers support gov’t revamp
                    [Summary] => Two congressmen expressed support yesterday for President Arroyo’s plan to undertake a top-to-bottom government revamp that would begin with her Cabinet.


In a joint statement, Representatives Federico Sandoval II of Malabon-Navotas and Vincent Garcia of Davao City said a government-wide reorganization would make the bureaucracy more lean, effective and efficient.


"The government should have the political will to make the bureaucracy lean but efficient in serving the public. Efficiency is not in numbers but in skill, focus and heart in service," they said.

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                    [Title] => Obando residents stage fluvial protest vs Navotas dumpsite
                    [Summary] => OBANDO, Bulacan — Residents of this coastal town held a protest action in the form of a fluvial parade locally known as "libad" to protest the continuous operation of the Navotas-controlled dump facility in Barangay Tanza.


Some 15 bancas (boats) loaded with fisherfolk and residents from Barangay Binuangan milled around a larger fishing vessel where an ecumenical prayer service was  held to protest the operation of the dumpsite, which they said has  endangered their source of livelihood.


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                    [AuthorName] => James Mananghaya
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                    [Title] => Don’t listen to FVR, Bro. Mike, GMA urged
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo was urged yesterday not to listen to the "man with the cigar" and El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde who are proposing that she cut her term of office or share power with the opposition.


"I think GMA should not listen to FVR (former President Fidel Valdez Ramos), the main proponent of abbreviating her term of office. His role in saving her skin is a bit exaggerated. She has no debts to repay him," said Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra, an Arroyo ally.


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                    [Title] => Defensor pushes for Garci tapes authentication
                    [Summary] => SUBIC BAY — Environment Secretary Mike Defensor yesterday called on Congress to review and authenticate all versions of the controversial "Hello, Garci" tapes.


"With all the versions of the tape going around, it’s hard to pinpoint which is the original and which isn’t," Defensor told The STAR in an interview. 


This came in the light of lawmakers withdrawing their statements on which tapes were authentic and worthy to be used in the ongoing impeachment hearings. 


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                    [Title] => United opposition hits Malacañang for ‘confusing the public’
                    [Summary] => Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay of the United Opposition (Uno) accused Malacañang yesterday of trying to confuse the people.


President Arroyo and her supporters, he said, are doing everything to counter evidence of electoral fraud which the highest official of the land is being accused of.


"If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again," was Binay’s reaction to Malacañang’s latest move to discredit the controversial ‘Hello Garci!’ tapes.


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                    [Title] => Defensor masisibak!
                    [Summary] => Nanganganib na masipa sa kanyang puwesto si Environment Secretary Mike Defensor, ito’y matapos hilingin kahapon ng militanteng grupo sa mga miyembro ng Commission on Appointments...
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                    [AuthorID] => 1605495
                    [AuthorName] => Ni Rudy Andal
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
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                    [Title] => Garci tape dinuktor!
                    [Summary] => Nilinaw kahapon ni Environment Secretary Mike Defensor na dinoktor lamang ang naging pag-uusap nina Pangulong Arroyo at dating Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano kaugnay ng kontrobersiyal na "Hello Garci" tape.
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                    [Title] => Recla survey gibalik
                    [Summary] => Gipa-survey og balik sa kagamhanan sa siyudad sa Sugbo ang 295 hektaryas nga South Reclamation Project (SRP)  nga kabahin sa mga rekisitos nga gipangayo sa DENR aron ma-release na ang gipangayu niini nga titulo sa maong proyekto.


Gipahibalo ni SRP manager Engr. Paul Villarete nga niadtong milabay'ng adlaw pang gisugdan sa mga enhinyero sa siyudad ang survey sa SRP nga gipangulohan sa Geodetic Engineer nga si Edgar Batiquin ug gipaabot nga makompleto na kini karung adlawa.


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ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY MIKE DEFENSOR

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 Popo was not kidding. US$75 – and  still skyrocketing! When all it takes is about US$18 to extract a barrel of the unctuous goop and then that same plain, unvarnished goop is sold at 400 percent – that is a little excessive, don’t you think?


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"I know there are a few already signed by the President, in the next few days hopefully there may be some announcements," he said.


The standard operating procedures would have to be followed before any announcement could be made, he added.

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"The government should have the political will to make the bureaucracy lean but efficient in serving the public. Efficiency is not in numbers but in skill, focus and heart in service," they said.

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Some 15 bancas (boats) loaded with fisherfolk and residents from Barangay Binuangan milled around a larger fishing vessel where an ecumenical prayer service was  held to protest the operation of the dumpsite, which they said has  endangered their source of livelihood.


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"I think GMA should not listen to FVR (former President Fidel Valdez Ramos), the main proponent of abbreviating her term of office. His role in saving her skin is a bit exaggerated. She has no debts to repay him," said Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra, an Arroyo ally.


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"With all the versions of the tape going around, it’s hard to pinpoint which is the original and which isn’t," Defensor told The STAR in an interview. 


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President Arroyo and her supporters, he said, are doing everything to counter evidence of electoral fraud which the highest official of the land is being accused of.


"If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again," was Binay’s reaction to Malacañang’s latest move to discredit the controversial ‘Hello Garci!’ tapes.


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Gipahibalo ni SRP manager Engr. Paul Villarete nga niadtong milabay'ng adlaw pang gisugdan sa mga enhinyero sa siyudad ang survey sa SRP nga gipangulohan sa Geodetic Engineer nga si Edgar Batiquin ug gipaabot nga makompleto na kini karung adlawa.


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