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                    [Summary] => Sen. Robert Barbers said yesterday that he has received numerous calls, including calls from some employees of the Bureau of Customs, supporting his call for the immediate firing of Customs Commissioner Titus Villanueva.
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                    [Title] => Barbers asks GMA to fire Customs chief ahead of retirement
                    [Summary] => Sen. Robert Barbers asked President Arroyo yesterday to immediately fire Customs Commissioner Titus Villanueva, instead of waiting until March 20 to replace him with Finance Undersecretary Antonio Bernardo.


Malacañang announced the other day that Bernardo would take over the Bureau of Customs on March 30, but Barbers protested that Villanueva "does not deserve to stay a minute longer in his post and should be replaced immediately."


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                    [Title] => Overstaying officials bawal sa GMA gov't
                    [Summary] => Hindi na nais pang palawigin ni Pangulong Arroyo ang mga magreretiro nang opisyal ng pamahalaan na bagaman mahusay ang serbisyo ay lampas na sa edad ng panunungkulan sa gobyerno.


Sinabi ng Pangulo na hindi ginaganyak ng kanyang administrasyon ang sistema ng pagpapalawig pa ng serbisyo ng mga opisyal na nasa edad na para magretiro.


Tugon ito ng Pangulo sa katanungan ng mga mamamahayag hinggil sa takdang pag-alis sa serbisyo ni Customs Commissioner Titus Villanueva sa Marso.


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                    [Title] => Joint bidding body for Napocor reinsurance picks Heath Lambert
                    [Summary] => The joint bidding committee (JBC), handling the reinsurance contract for the National Power Corp. (Napocor) is likely to get Heath Lambert as one of the reinsurance brokers for Napocor’s assets.


Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said "Heath Lambert was appointed but maybe it could not be the only one to be picked out."


According to Perez, the JBC is inclined to choose at least two reinsurance brokers for the state-owned power generation company. "They will be getting two," he said.


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                    [Title] => Napocor’s $6.5-B reinsurance contract to be negotiated
                    [Summary] => The joint bidding committee (JBC) tasked to handle the reinsurance of the National Power Corp.’s assets will now work on a negotiated insurance contract following two failed biddings.


"We are proceeding on that basis," Finance Undersecretary Antonio Bernardo and chairman of the JBC said.


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                    [Title] => Napocor reinsurance bidding fails anew
                    [Summary] => The second bidding for the $6.5-billion reinsurance coverage of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) failed anew yesterday, a ranking government official said.


Finance Undersecretary Antonio Bernardo said the insurance brokers were not able to meet the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the insurance auction.


"The brokers did not pass the 100-percent mandatory requirement," said Bernardo, who is the chairman of the joint bidding committee tasked to handle the auction of the $6.5-billion Industrial All Risk insurance policy.


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                    [Title] => Bidding for Napocor’s reinsurance policy set
                    [Summary] => The second bidding for the $6.5-billion industrial all risks (IAR) policy of the state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) will be held on Monday, Nov. 19, a top government official said yesterday.


Finance Undersecretary Antonio Bernardo said that the joint biddings committee, tasked to handle the reinsurance of the country’s largest power producer, decided to conduct the auction next Monday.


He said the new date was finalized in a committee meeting attended by representatives from Napocor and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) last Friday.


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                    [Title] => ‘I will not bend to mob rule’
                    [Summary] => No to mob rule.


A day after she replaced a reform-minded pension fund official in the face of strikes and protests, President Arroyo warned yesterday that she would not be pressured to do the same thing again.


Last Thursday, Mrs. Arroyo replaced Vitaliano Nañagas as president of the Social Security System after a strike by SSS executives and employees who were angered by reforms he was initiating.


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FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY ANTONIO BERNARDO

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Malacañang announced the other day that Bernardo would take over the Bureau of Customs on March 30, but Barbers protested that Villanueva "does not deserve to stay a minute longer in his post and should be replaced immediately."


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Sinabi ng Pangulo na hindi ginaganyak ng kanyang administrasyon ang sistema ng pagpapalawig pa ng serbisyo ng mga opisyal na nasa edad na para magretiro.


Tugon ito ng Pangulo sa katanungan ng mga mamamahayag hinggil sa takdang pag-alis sa serbisyo ni Customs Commissioner Titus Villanueva sa Marso.


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Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said "Heath Lambert was appointed but maybe it could not be the only one to be picked out."


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"The brokers did not pass the 100-percent mandatory requirement," said Bernardo, who is the chairman of the joint bidding committee tasked to handle the auction of the $6.5-billion Industrial All Risk insurance policy.


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Finance Undersecretary Antonio Bernardo said that the joint biddings committee, tasked to handle the reinsurance of the country’s largest power producer, decided to conduct the auction next Monday.


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Last Thursday, Mrs. Arroyo replaced Vitaliano Nañagas as president of the Social Security System after a strike by SSS executives and employees who were angered by reforms he was initiating.


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