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FOURTEEN elementary pupils were believed to have been poisoned after eating repacked biscuits in Barangay Lopez Jaena in the town of Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, health and police officials said Thursday.
21:26:57 2009-11-20
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GOVERNMENT subsidies to 35 state-owned and -controlled corporations and institutions were slashed by 37.6 percent in October as the budget deficit breached the full-year target limit with still two months to go.
20:26:19 2009-11-20
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WE TRUST that acting Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Joel-Tan Torres will live up to the standards set by his predecessors—Sixto Esquivias IV and Lilian Hefti, two good public servants, with their excess of candor and deficiency in collection.
20:59:25 2009-11-19
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WATCH OUT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, the Bureau of Internal Revenue intends to make death and taxes doubly certain.
22:58:11 2009-11-18
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The budget deficit ballooned to P266.1 billion in the 10 months to October, overshooting the full-year target limit of P250 billion by 6.4 percent.
22:58:02 2009-11-18
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Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said on Wednesday the full-year budget deficit would most likely come in at P280 billion ($5.99 billion), above the goal of P250 billion.
19:21:21 2009-11-18
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The Cebu City government still has no formal agreement with SM Prime Holdings Inc. for the company’s purchase of 30.4 hectares of reclaimed land, but Mayor Tomas Osmeña is already planning how to spend it.
08:18:00 2009-11-18
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I AM A FILIPINA who resides in Spain and is married to a Spanish national. The Filipino community here follows the news back home closely through www.inquirer.net.
23:47:59 2009-11-17
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A plan that would effectively hike cigarette prices yet possibly fail to boost government revenues was questioned by members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
21:34:35 2009-11-17
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JUST TWO months before the end of the year, Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is preparing another supplemental budget for the city, this time amounting to at least P100 million to finance various government projects.
10:15:15 2009-11-17
