May, 2013
CA strikes down ECC, deal on Subic power plant
May 29, 2013 ·
A Court of Appeals division has invalidated the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued by the government to a firm planning to build a P56-billion, 600-megawatt power plant in Subic, Zambales. Apart from nullifying the December 2008 ECC issued to Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc (RP Energy), the CA 15th Division also struck down two subsequent amendements […]
Read More...READLANI Sports Festival 2013
May 28, 2013 ·
READLANI is a network of all the licensed and accredited child caring institutions in Central Luzon. The sports festival for this year was spearheaded by the officials of the said organization and was hosted by the Province of Bataan, City of Balanga (a regional winner in the most child friendly city for 2012). This year¹s […]
Read More...HAND PUMP DISTRIBUTION
May 28, 2013 ·
Six (6) indigenous people’s communities in Zambales received hand pump for water supply from PREDA. The beneficiaries of this assistance projects are the communities of PAPAHT, Cadmang, Reserva, Baculi, LAKAS and Cabuyao. Many more will be distributed with lengths of pipe and cement to supply clean drinking water and end the spread of disease in […]
Read More...THE SILENCED SCREAMS
May 23, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Rachelle, when she was just 13 years old, suffered in silence and isolation. Like most children in the world, she turned into herself and at that young age, having being certified mentally challenged with a mental age of a 9 year-old, she felt totally helpless to change or prevent what adults more powerful and knowledgeable did to […]
Read More...Inquirer report: In the Senate, the rich get richer
May 22, 2013 ·
Talk about the rich getting richer. Nobody did it better than outgoing Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar whose wealth increased by some P600 million last year, largely because of the country’s soaring stock market. Shares of stock, most likely in Vista Land and Star Malls, publicly listed property firms that his family controls, account for the […]
Read More...CAMPAIGN ASKING SAINSBURY’S TO STOCK PREDA DRIED MANGOS ONCE AGAIN.
May 22, 2013 ·
Dear friends of Preda , Customers of Preda dried mangos are writing letters like this to Sainsbury’s. Please send your letter of support to: Customer Care Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd 33 Holborn London EC1N 2HT A Customer writes: ’I am very disappointed to learn that Sainsbury’s has recently stopped stocking PREDA/Forest Feast dried mangos, which […]
Read More...Olongapo Mayor-elect Rolen Paulino
May 21, 2013 ·
For the first time in nearly half a century, no member of the Gordon family holds any government position. Former senator Richard ³Dick² Gordon failed to regain his old seat. His younger brother, James ³Bong² Gordon, lost the congressional race in the First District of Zambales. Anne Gordon sought the Olongapo City mayoralty post, to […]
Read More...PH approves three new wind farms
May 20, 2013 ·
Agence France-Presse 9:22 pm | Monday, May 20th, 2013 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has approved three wind farm projects that will generate 208 megawatts, enough to power more than 40,000 middle-class homes, an energy official said on Monday. The wind projects will be the first to benefit from an incentive scheme which aims to […]
Read More...END OF AN ERA: Unknown bets beat Gordons, Magsaysays in Olongapo .
May 19, 2013 ·
A controversial family dynasty comes to a humiliating end. For the first time in nearly half a century, no member of the Gordon family holds any government position. Former senator Richard “Dick” Gordon failed to regain his old seat. His younger brother, James “Bong” Gordon, lost the congressional race in the First District […]
Read More...Sex abuse justice cannot be fast-tracked by a ten year statute of limitation
May 18, 2013 ·
by Michael Mullins (Eureka Street via CNUA) Victims of church sexual abuse have suffered a setback, with reports that the NSW Victims Rights and Support Bill proposes a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. Under the legislation, applications must be made within ten years of the […]
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