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FREE CALLS FOR OFWs
December 24, 2003
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo formally opened to the public today (Dec. 24) a call center
in Malacañang that will give overseas Filipinos the chance to keep in touch with their loved
ones here at home this Christmas season for free.
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ON THE ISSUE OF AMNESTY:
POLITICAL CRIMES, YES; THIEVERY, NO – ALVAREZ
December 23, 2003
A counter-challenge was issued today by former Senator Heherson T. Alvarez against
Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos who said that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should
include the killers of US Army Col. James Rowe, killed in 1989 by two hit men of the
Communist New People’s Army, in its coverage of amnesty.
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DENR TOLD: PINPOINT ‘DISASTER HOTSPOTS’ NATIONWIDE
December 23, 2003
Former Environment Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez today said environment officials
should have a regular bulletin of potential “hot spots” for landslides, mudslides
and flash floods to warn the public of natural dangers before they strike.
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ALVAREZ SEEKS ASSURANCE OF OFWs’ SAFETY IN SAUDI
December 22, 2003
Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez is seeking information from the Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the status of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in
Saudi Arabia in the face of a renewed alert on terrorism in the kingdom.
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GMA’s X’mas gift to tricycle drivers:
NO PHASE OUT OF TWO-STROKE TRICYCLES
Appoints ‘Trike Czar’
December 20, 2003
Some 2.8 million tricycle drivers and operators all over the
country have reason to celebrate this holiday season after
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced that there will
be no phase-out of two stroke tricycle engines.
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2.8-M TRIKE DRIVERS NATIONWIDE FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE
December 18, 2003
Some 1,000 leaders of associations of tricycle
operators and drivers nationwide are meeting today
(Dec. 18) to seek President Arroyo’s intervention to
stop the eventual phase-out of two-stroke motorcycle
engines, to seek a reduction of emission testing fees,
and to abort an additional tax to be imposed on the
sector.
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GLOBAL FILIPINO CONVENTION OPENS TODAY
December 15, 2003
Some 4,000 Filipinos overseas from Asia, Canada, Europe and the Americas are expected to converge at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City today (Dec. 16) as the country hosts the three-day 2nd Global Filipino Networking Convention, with the theme, “Filipino Power for Development.”
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ALVAREZ ASSAILS DENR’S ‘DANGEROUS INNACURACIES’ IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
December 15, 2003
The implementation of Republic Act 8749 or the Clean Air Act suffered not only serious technical but also hazardous setbacks because of ‘dangerous inaccuracies’ committed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) when it ‘relaxed indefinitely’ the emission standards for motor vehicles that Congress has set to address air pollution.
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More defections to Lakas seen as opposition spat contines – Alvarez
December 9, 2003
Lakas-CMD party spokesperson and senatorial aspirant Heherson T. Alvarez foresees more defections
to the administration camp as the date of the filing of certificates of candidacies of both national
and local candidates nears.
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DENR’S OBSOLETE VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS A MAJOR SET BACK TO CLEAN AIR ACT – ALVAREZ
December 1, 2003
Former Senator and Environment Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez today branded the recent
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order No. 51-2003 lowering the emission
standards for motor vehicles in the country as “a major environmental set-back.”
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