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The Social Security System cannot simply say it will go bankrupt in a few short years had the bill granting a P2,000 per month across-the-board pension for retirees not been vetoed by Noynoy Aquino.

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Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella is meeting with the City Anti-Indecency Board  on its anti-pornography campaign after the Cebu Citizens Press Council opined that the body may have exceeded its mandate in its recent operation.

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The proposal by the National Food Authority for the government to make it mandatory for Filipinos to eat less rice (in Cebu City an NFA official is asking for an ordinance requiring "half-rice" servings) is the best proof of NFA's inefficiency and failure.

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At first glance, it is easy to see why the only two opposition members in the Cebu City council failed to win any seat in any of the 24 committees in the legislature. At first glance, it is a simple expediency of numbers. Whoever has the numbers rules.

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The results of the elections in Cebu City, in which Mayor Michael Rama got re-elected convincingly against comebacking former mayor Tomas Osmeña, should send a very clear signal to the city council.

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President Barack Obama worried and Republicans celebrated when they first heard the news. But not so fast: In the split-second rush to report the Supreme Court's health care decision Thursday, CNN and Fox News Channel got it wrong.

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The individual insurance requirement that the Supreme Court is reviewing isn't the first federal mandate involving health care.

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Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no.

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The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.

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The proposed postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections is unconstitutional, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said today.

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Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella is meeting with the City Anti-Indecency Board  on its anti-pornography campaign after the Cebu Citizens Press Council opined that the body may have exceeded its mandate in its recent operation.

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The proposal by the National Food Authority for the government to make it mandatory for Filipinos to eat less rice (in Cebu City an NFA official is asking for an ordinance requiring "half-rice" servings) is the best proof of NFA's inefficiency and failure.

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At first glance, it is easy to see why the only two opposition members in the Cebu City council failed to win any seat in any of the 24 committees in the legislature. At first glance, it is a simple expediency of numbers. Whoever has the numbers rules.

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The results of the elections in Cebu City, in which Mayor Michael Rama got re-elected convincingly against comebacking former mayor Tomas Osmeña, should send a very clear signal to the city council.

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The proposed postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections is unconstitutional, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said today.

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