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NEDA
to LGUs: Maximize IRA
By
KIT BAGAIPO
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The
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
is urging local chief executives in the province
to maximize the utilization of their internal
revenue allotments (IRA) to achieve the Philippines'
Millennium Development Goals on top of which is
the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
This
was the call issued by NEDA Development Information
Director Benjamin Turiano during the agency's
progress report in coordination with the Philippine
Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) held
at the Bohol Beach Club yesterday.
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"GMA
MUST ACT ON KILLINGS"
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Two
bastions of democracy, the United Nations and the
United States of America, are both concerned about
the extra-judicial killings of militants, agrarian
leadersand media men |
(830)
in the Philippines. This country is supposed to be the
Citadel of Christianity in the Far East and a vibrant
democracy in Asia that Washington used to be proud of.
Meantime,
the International Press Institute (representing media
as the fourth pillar of democracy) classified the Philippines
as the second most dangerous country for journalists
in the world, next to war-torn Iraq. It was set to recently
edit a documentary on media killings in the Philippines.
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Just
Before Deadline
Power
rates cut nationwide
The
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced yesterday
that it had ordered the state-owned National Power Corp.
to reduce its rates by as much as 31.5 centavos per
kilowatt hour, more than a month into the campaign for
the senatorial elections.
Consumers
-- whether residential, commercial or industrial --
in the Visayas will benefit from the largest rate cut
of 31.5 centavos while those in Luzon and Mindanao will
have 4.3 centavos and 4.5 centavos reductions, respectively.
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