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		<title>ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUPS JOIN HANDS WITH DILG TO END RED PLATE ABUSES</title>
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Anticorruption groups today sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of the Interior and Local Government to jointly undertake a project which aims to end the rampant abuse of government-issued vehicles we popularly call “red plates”. Representatives of the Makati Business Club- Coalition Against Corruption and the Partnership for Transparency Fund witness the actual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHILIPPINE ENERGY CRISIS: MORE OPPORTUNITIES, LESSER BARRIERS EXCEPT FOR POLITICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Pastrano Gangoso
Editor in Chief, Western Times News
June 29, 2010



Civil society organizations and environmental networks have been continually questioning the country’s current level of dependence to coal-based energy sources. Over the years, there have been no concrete measures being undertaken by the national government to venture alternative energy sources even after the passage of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/opinion/philippine-energy-crisis-more-opportunities-lesser-barriers-except-for-politics/</link>
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		<title>Youth solon files bill seeking SK reforms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today filed House Bill 1963 or the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Bill as registration period for the upcoming barangay and SK elections opens on August 6.

“It is our belief that the basic local government unit of the youth should not be abolished as proposed by many. What SK needs is for it to be strengthened and empowered,” said Palatino.

HB is a revised and improved version of HB 6870 first filed by Palatino in the 14th Congress.]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/youth-solon-files-bill-seeking-sk-reforms/</link>
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		<title>Youth solon files House Reso investigating oil contracts, pipelines franchises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In line with the consecutive cases of oil spills, Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today filed House Resolution No. 136 in the 15th Congress to conduct an investigation on all the petroleum service contracts and pipelines franchises granted by the national government to private oil companies.
“Recent reports of oils spills are most alarming given the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/youth-solon-files-house-reso-investigating-oil-contracts-pipelines-franchises/</link>
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		<title>Police Convoy Ambushed in Basilan</title>
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ISABELA CITY , Philippines  – The Basilan police director escaped unhurt but two of his police escorts were killed when they were ambushed by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants in Sumisip town Wednesday afternoon.
One of the militants was killed during the ensuing firefight, police said.
Senior Superintendent Antonio Mendoza, Basilan police director, said they were on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/police-convoy-ambushed-in-basilan/</link>
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		<title>Former Rep. Clarete arrested for alleged gunban violation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joint elements of the Philippine Coast Guard and PNP Maritime Group arrested incumbent Plaridel, Misamis Occidental Mayor Ernie Clarete and his two body guards at the Port of Batangas earlier around 10 a.m. today due to violation of the COMELEC Gun Ban&#8230;
Lt Cdr Troy Cornelio, Coast Guard Station Batangas Chief said that his men were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/former-rep-clarete-arrested-for-alleged-gunban-violation/</link>
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		<title>Media Protests on 4th Month Since Ampatuan Massacre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four months since the brutal carnage of the 57 people – 32 of them were media workers – justice have not been served. And it seems, according to media groups, that “the judicial road to justice will be very, very long and very, very tortuous to navigate.”
Led by members of the Philippine Center for Photojournalism [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/media-protests-on-4th-month-since-ampatuan-massacre/</link>
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		<title>Clarete, Acosta leads distribution of BHW Honorarium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hon. Mayor and former Congressman Ernie D. Clarete along with former Vice Mayor Lemuel Acosta lead the Provincial government ‘s project of distributing additional honorarium to Barangay Health Workers or BHW’s.
More than 400 BHW’s from 47 barangay of Oroquieta City have received cash gifts equivalent to 5 months of their regular honorarium. Also present duringthe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/politics/clarete-acosta-leads-distribution-of-bhw-honorarium/</link>
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		<title>“Ang 180-million Town Center Loan mohugno sa atong ekonomiya” &#8211; Councilor Centino says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amidst railroading process in the approval of the 180-million Town Center loan, three-termer Hon. Anthony Centino  stood to contest all aspects of the project.
IIn an interview with Western Times News, Hon. Centino  reveals several issues concerning the loan. One of which the the seemingly discreet process in the approval of the project. “ There is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/business-and-leisure/%e2%80%9cang-180-million-town-center-loan-mohugno-sa-atong-ekonomiya%e2%80%9d-councilor-centino-says/</link>
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		<title>Ched memo now disallows ‘no permit, no exam’ policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tertiary schools could no longer bar students with unpaid tuition from taking exams, after the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) issued a memorandum against the “no permit, no exam” policy, which is a common rule enforced by schools to ensure that students pay tuition on time.
Under the order, Ched stated that “higher education institutions shall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/breaking-news/ched-memo-now-disallows-%e2%80%98no-permit-no-exam%e2%80%99-policy/</link>
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		<title>Makabayan holds Opening Salvo Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Makabayan Coalition held an Opening Salvo to join the nationwide opening of the national campaign period.
A short program was held at the City Public Plaza attended by at least 500 delegates from different organiations inclding Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Anakpawis, and Kabataan partylist. The campaign highlights the candidacy of Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/balitang-mindanao/makabayan-holds-opening-salvo-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Baka nga gikawat sa Grandstand, narekober</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nakerober sa kapulisan ang usa ka baka nga nawala kaniadtong Pebrero 8 sa may alas 5 ang kahapunon samtang gitugway kini sa may MOPAC Grandstand.
Ang maong baka nga bitantayan ni Michael Pit, 32 anyos ug lumulopyo sa Poblacion 1 ning dakbayan sa Oroquieta, ug gipanag-iyahan ni Napoleon Lumasag narekober kang Jeffrey Esick Ordona, matansero sa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/balitang-mindanao/baka-nga-gikawat-sa-grandstand-narekober/</link>
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		<title>Inahan, nakadawat ug hulga gikan sa uyab sa iyang anak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nakadawat ug hulga gikan sa uyab sa iyang anak nga babaye si Julieta Esick, usa ka 46 nga lumulopyo sa Poblacion 2 ning Dakbayan sa Oroquieta. Base sa report sa kapulisan, mireklamo ang maong biktima human kini nakadawat ug usa ka text message nga naga-ingon “wala nako labot mga baga mo nawong gigamit pa ninyo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://westerntimes.net/balitang-mindanao/inahan-nakadawat-ug-hulga-gikan-sa-uyab-sa-iyang-anak/</link>
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