Priests neglect illegal small scale mining

REX UMPATANG

Two (2) decades ago the industry was at its peak despite per-ceived unregulated operations that according to critics and oppositionists dragged to environmental disturbance (Alyansa Tigil Mina). PAGE 2
Volume 4 No. 25

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June 17-23, 2013

P23M laundry fee in cruise ship

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make more than a living far beyond their daily pay by the government. They fill their pockets with money and their bank accounts with hidden wealth. Because of wealth that is easy to earn at the Bureau of Customs, politicians and men in the corridors of power seek to have their kin and associates occupy any available post.

OFFICERS of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) are likely skinning to the bone Filipinos and foreigners alike passing through the departure and arrival areas of the Philippine airports. Officers of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) are acting CARLAMA YO more than experts in dissecting the quality of bombs THE Bureau of Customs is the money making agency and chemicals in screening plane passengers of their baggage, as well as, personal belongings. of the government. Officers of the Bureau of Quarantine (BQ) under It rakes hundreds of billions of pesos every year. The politicians and willing to sacrifice their the Department of Health are scanning for viruses But its not just the bureau that is raking influential men are names for their kin and PAGE 2 wealth for its officials named by Customs associates no matter in airports atmosphere .
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon as political backers. These political backers are more than their being janitors or clerks at the BoC. Their reason is so simple, There is wealth in trash. In the history of the BoC, there were drivers, janitors and clerks who became millionaires in the service. As admitted by Biazon, there were officials and employees in his turf who have political backers.

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Defeated bets fined

RUFO AMPAT
THIS might be harsh for former Akbayan Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros and Ang Kapa-tiran candidates Rizalito David and Marwil Llasos. After having been defeated in the May 14, 2013 poll, they will be fined by the Commission on Elections. But to be fair, reelected Senator Francis Chiz Escudero will be fined with them. Their pay fines will range from P1,000 to P30,000 depending on the length of and reason for the delay in their submission of their statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) on time. The deadline for filing was set on June 13, Thursday, but Hontiveros, David and Llasos did not file their respective SOCE, while Escudero submitted his document on Friday, June 14. Those who are still filing are definitely late and I think they will face administrative fines, said Comelec Commissioner Sixto Brillantes. Beyond June 30, failure to submit the SOCE will be considered an election offense which has criminal liability under Comelec Resolution No. 9006. We can bring that to our law department for preliminary investigation. But we are still giving them time because they might have legitimate reasons, Brillantes said. May this serve as a reminder because it might have just slipped of their minds, he added. The poll body has earlier said six winning senatorial bets failed to meet the deadline. These included Escudero, Juan Edgarda Sonny Angara, Alan Peter Cayetano, Gregorio Gringo Honasan, Loren Legarda and Joseph Victor JV Ejercito-Estrada.

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