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                    [Title] => Burglars hit BI office
                    [Summary] => Thieves broke into the accounting office of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Intramuros, Manila before dawn last Friday, ransacking the room, and carting away slightly over P2,000 owned by the staff. 


A statement from the bureau said Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. has created a three-man fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. 


In an interview with reporters, accounting office chief Gealicia Nunezca said the break-in was discovered by one of her staff members shortly before 7 a.m. 


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                    [Title] => Burglars hit BI office
                    [Summary] => Thieves broke into the accounting office of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Intramuros, Manila before dawn last Friday, ransacking the room, and carting away slightly over P2,000 owned by the staff. 


A statement from the bureau said Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. has created a three-man fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. 


In an interview with reporters, accounting office chief Gealicia Nunezca said the break-in was discovered by one of her staff members shortly before 7 a.m. 


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                    [Title] => Suspected Yakuza man nabbed at BI office
                    [Summary] => A Japanese man suspected to be a member of the Yakuza Gang and wanted by the Interpol was arrested Monday right at the Bureau of Immigration office in Intramuros, Manila while he was applying for an extension of his tourist visa.


Immigration officer Alipio Fernandez Jr. identified the suspect as Takamashi Tatsuhiko.


In a statement, Fernandez said Tatsuhiko, 44, has been on the wanted list of the Interpol and the Tokyo police since March 11 this year.


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                    [Title] => Manila Archbishop Rosales open to ‘religion tax’
                    [Summary] => Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales wants Congress to pass a law collecting a "religion tax" to help maintain public hospitals and schools, and help people earn a livelihood.


Speaking during a pastoral visit at San Lazaro chapel in Manila yesterday, Rosales said a "religion tax" has been successfully collected in Germany and Italy.


"There is a difference between taxing religion and the ‘religion tax,’" he said. "I want politicians to be forward thinking."


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                    [Title] => MMDA ready to face landfill protests
                    [Summary] => Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando said the agency is ready to face protests from people who would  oppose having a sanitary landfill in their areas.


"The ‘not in my backyard’ mentality is brought about by fear of garbage. The best thing to do is to explain to them that a sanitary landfill is not dangerous as long as it is handled properly," Fernando said in an interview last Friday.


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                    [Title] => 3,000 jaywalkers caught
                    [Summary] => Nearly 3,000 jaywalkers in the metropolis were apprehended last month by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in the agency’s renewed campaign against jaywalking. 


More than half of them were caught in the vicinity of the busy EDSA and Aurora Boulevard intersection in Cubao, Quezon City, said Angelito Vergel de Dios, executive director of the MMDA Traffic Operations Center (TOC). 


Violators were held in a prison van where lecturers from the MMDA’s education division gave a refresher course on rules and regulations. 


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                    [Title] => MMDA to host  Camanava Summit
                    [Summary] => The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will host a one-day Camanava Summit this month to tackle the perennial flood, garbage, and traffic problems in the Northern Metro Manila area and find effective solutions to them. 


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                    [Title] => Car theft incidents in Makati down significantly
                    [Summary] => From dealing with an average of four stolen cars a month, the Makati Police Department (MPD) said yesterday that only one case of car theft was reported for the month of July.


The MPD also noted that only three cases of motorcycle thefts were recorded during the same period, compared to the average of 12 a month.


The data was based on the report by MPD chief Senior Superintendent Jovito Gutierrez Jr. and was released by the city government in a press statement.


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                    [Title] => Makati PWDs seek equal opportunities
                    [Summary] => It was a gathering that enabled the persons with disabilities (PWD) sector in Makati City to air a long list of concerns and needs that have long been overlooked.


At the city’s first PWD Congress held last Wednesday, participants emphasized the need to be provided equal opportunities and benefits, such as those accorded senior citizens, both at the national and local levels.


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                    [Title] => Soliven, Fernando lead inauguration of Meralco flyover
                    [Summary] => Philippine STAR publisher Max V. Soliven and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando are the guests of honor in the inauguration of the Meralco Avenue flyover today.


Fernando is the representative of President Arroyo while Soliven represents the business and media sector.


The flyover traverses the Meralco Avenue and Julia Vargas Avenue intersection.


In a phone interview, Fernando told The STAR that the flyover "reduces the number of vehicles on the ground level."


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A statement from the bureau said Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. has created a three-man fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. 


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                    [Title] => Burglars hit BI office
                    [Summary] => Thieves broke into the accounting office of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Intramuros, Manila before dawn last Friday, ransacking the room, and carting away slightly over P2,000 owned by the staff. 


A statement from the bureau said Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. has created a three-man fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. 


In an interview with reporters, accounting office chief Gealicia Nunezca said the break-in was discovered by one of her staff members shortly before 7 a.m. 


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                    [Title] => Suspected Yakuza man nabbed at BI office
                    [Summary] => A Japanese man suspected to be a member of the Yakuza Gang and wanted by the Interpol was arrested Monday right at the Bureau of Immigration office in Intramuros, Manila while he was applying for an extension of his tourist visa.


Immigration officer Alipio Fernandez Jr. identified the suspect as Takamashi Tatsuhiko.


In a statement, Fernandez said Tatsuhiko, 44, has been on the wanted list of the Interpol and the Tokyo police since March 11 this year.


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                    [Title] => Manila Archbishop Rosales open to ‘religion tax’
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Speaking during a pastoral visit at San Lazaro chapel in Manila yesterday, Rosales said a "religion tax" has been successfully collected in Germany and Italy.


"There is a difference between taxing religion and the ‘religion tax,’" he said. "I want politicians to be forward thinking."


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                    [Title] => MMDA ready to face landfill protests
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"The ‘not in my backyard’ mentality is brought about by fear of garbage. The best thing to do is to explain to them that a sanitary landfill is not dangerous as long as it is handled properly," Fernando said in an interview last Friday.


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                    [Title] => 3,000 jaywalkers caught
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More than half of them were caught in the vicinity of the busy EDSA and Aurora Boulevard intersection in Cubao, Quezon City, said Angelito Vergel de Dios, executive director of the MMDA Traffic Operations Center (TOC). 


Violators were held in a prison van where lecturers from the MMDA’s education division gave a refresher course on rules and regulations. 


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                    [Title] => Car theft incidents in Makati down significantly
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The MPD also noted that only three cases of motorcycle thefts were recorded during the same period, compared to the average of 12 a month.


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                    [Title] => Makati PWDs seek equal opportunities
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At the city’s first PWD Congress held last Wednesday, participants emphasized the need to be provided equal opportunities and benefits, such as those accorded senior citizens, both at the national and local levels.


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Fernando is the representative of President Arroyo while Soliven represents the business and media sector.


The flyover traverses the Meralco Avenue and Julia Vargas Avenue intersection.


In a phone interview, Fernando told The STAR that the flyover "reduces the number of vehicles on the ground level."


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