Posted by Mai on 30th September 2008
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Senate OKs renewable energy bill
09/30/2008 | 04:44 AM
MANILA, Philippines – A priority government measure granting tax perks to renewable energy investors was approved on third reading Monday by the Senate.
Approved unanimously was Senate Bill 2046 which, among others, provides for a seven-year income tax holiday and a 5% gross income tax as perks for renewable energy projects, which include biomass, solar, wind, geothermal and hydro.
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Posted by Mai on 30th September 2008
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2 missing Benguet miners found alive
Survival hinged on two liters of water
By Elmer Kristian Dauigoy, Vincent Cabreza
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Northern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 04:59:00 09/30/2008
ITOGON, BENGUET—Jessie Panio along with a group of rescuers trudged the murky, smelly water inside the Level 700 tunnel here Monday, searching for the remaining 14 local miners trapped there at the height of Typhoon “Nina†(international codename: Hagupit) last week.
While navigating the dark pit in the Shaft 114 area past 3 p.m., Panio’s group, including miners and Philippine Navy divers, heard shouts.
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Posted by Mai on 30th September 2008
Philippine Star – Articles – -
Cadbury recalls China-made chocolates
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
HONG KONG – British chocolate maker Cadbury yesterday became the latest foreign company to be hit by China’s tainted milk scandal, ordering a recall of its Chinese-made products after saying tests “cast doubt†on their safety.
Two US food makers were meanwhile investigating Indonesian claims that high traces of the industrial chemical melamine had been found in Chinese-made Oreos, M&Ms and Snickers, but stressed the same goods had tested negative in other Asian countries.
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Posted by Mai on 30th September 2008
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FG to appeal CA ruling on journalists’ class suit
by CARMELA FONBUENA, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/29/2008 5:50 PM
The lawyer of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo on Monday said he will ask the Court of Appeals (CA) to reconsider its September 22 decision denying his client’s petition to dismiss the class suit filed by journalists who accused him of threatening press freedom.
The CA’s Seventh Division denied Mr. Arroyo’s petition “for lack of merit.â€
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Posted by Mai on 30th September 2008
Manila Bulletin Online
RP financial system strong
Angara’s Senate panel assured by finance experts
Nation’s economy relatively stable, BSP tells Senate
By MARIO B. CASAYURAN and LEE CHIPONGIAN
The Senate was assured yesterday that the country’s financial system can absorb the fallout from the financial crisis in the United States that is affecting the global economy, Senator Edgardo Angara said yesterday.
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Posted by Mai on 27th September 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
Food bureau to test soya, tofu for melamine
Bureau says lack of personnel snags testing of China-made food products alone
It said it is undermanned but added that the testing of possibly tainted food products will have to go on.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) on Saturday said it will subject soya and tofu to tests to determine if they also have risky levels of melamine, which were found in a number of milk products coming from China.
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