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House defers action on baseline bill
CEBU Rep. Antonio V. Cuenco on Monday agreed to a proposal of House Speaker Prospero Nograles to postpone action on the baseline bill on third reading until the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council has met on the proposed legislation. “This is a brilliant idea to which I subscribe,” Cuenco, chair of the House committee on »Read More
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VERA Files’ reaction to Teves statement
THE POINTS raised by former Negros Oriental representative Herminio Teves in reaction to the VERA Files stories “Ethical lapses mark passage of biofuels law” and “Iggy Arroyo to use biofuels law to evade CARP?” written by Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante had already been mentioned in the said reports. The reports stated that he »Read More
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Teves’ reaction to VERA Files story in Philippine Star
ON YOUR April 8th issue, the article titled “Ethical Lapses Mark Ok Bio Fuels Law” allegedly written by Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante, my name was mentioned as one who own agricultural lands, which can or will provide feedstock for bio fuel production. These writers, including “Vera files,” ought to undertake thorough study or investigation »Read More
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Zubiri’s statement on biofuels story
I HAVE never denied that I am a scion from a sugar producing family. That my great-grandfather was planting sugarcane in the fields of Kabankalan, Negros almost 90 years ago. But I abhor the maliciousness of the VERA report by suggesting that my family today would greatly benefit from the Biofuels Law. How could we »Read More
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Vera Files’ reaction to Zubiri statement
THE VERA Files story, “Ethical lapses mark passage of biofuels law” written by Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante, was the result of six months’ research that included gathering and reading voluminous documents and interviewing dozens of sources. The story is part of an abridged version of a thesis submitted to the University of the Philippines »Read More
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Farmers dare Iggy Arroyo: Place land under CARP
A PEASANT federation based in Bacolod City on Tuesday dared presidential brother-in-law and Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo to make good his word and place the 157-hectare family-owned Hacienda Bacan in Isabela, Negros Occidental under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. In a press statement, Task Force Mapalad also said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should send »Read More
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Iggy Arroyo: CARP to cover family-owned land
PRESIDENTIAL brother-in-law Rep. Jose Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo indicated yesterday that the sugar plantation the Arroyo family owns in Negros Occidental would still be covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP. “There is no truth to the allegation that the Biofuels Act will protect sugar land from CARP. Land conversion has no connection to »Read More
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Vera Files’ reaction to Iggy Arroyo’s denial
VERA Files maintains that its story, “Iggy to use biofuels law to evade CARP,” written by Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante, is factual and accurate. The Biofuels Act of 2006 which Rep. Jose Ignacio Arroyo co-authored effectively creates a demand for ethanol. The construction of an ethanol plant on Hacienda Bacan was in line with »Read More
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Palace to House: Exclude Kalayaan, Scarborough from baseline
MALACANANG has asked the House of Representatives to reconsider a bill which seeks to enclose the Kalayaan Island Group (KIB) and Scarborough Shoal within the archipelagic baseline. A Palace statement said Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita wrote Speaker Prospero C. Nograles last April 4 to reiterate the position of the executive branch “to enclose »Read More
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Trillanes fears more skirmishes in Spratlys
SEN. Antonio Trillanes IV has warned the government of the likelihood of more skirmishes between the Philippine Navy and the naval forces of other countries claiming the Spratlys in view of the increasing global demand for oil and the growing need to explore oil reserves in the area. He urged the government to take »Read More
