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Taxes on book imports lifted!
From The Philippine Star: “President Arroyo ordered yesterday the Department of Finance to scrap the taxes imposed on imported books and reading material.“ * Manuel L. Quezon III: “N… more →
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Current Garda Uniforms – An Accident waiting to happen?
notthenewsireland wrote 1 month ago: Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has complimented his British counterpart Sir Hugh Orde for a rece … more →
Residential Tenancies Branch
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Jemyoung Leigh wrote 1 month ago: Several Months ago, I got a notice from my care taker that my rental fee would be increased to $711 … more →
DOF stays pat on decision not to revise forecasts
eaaeduph wrote 1 month ago: The Department of Finance (DOF) declared that there is no apparent need to make revisions in the bud … more →
Profiting From Misery
Fernando Gagelonia wrote 2 months ago: We are thanking the heavens for ‘making’ typhoon Pepeng skirt Metro Manila, even as it it dilly-dall … more →
New SCRIE Application
esinc wrote 2 months ago: Beginning today the Department for the Aging will no longer be administering SCRIE. Instead, the Dep … more →
Questions & Answers
jamesfarrar wrote 5 months ago: A little comment on public sector responsiveness perhaps. Below is my question posed and the answer … more →
The True State of the Nation
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jojobinay wrote 5 months ago: The True State of the Nation By Jojo Binay President, United Opposition Ayon sa mga taga-Malacanang, … more →
Liberals Manufacture Controversy, Rattle Election Sabres
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Adrian MacNair wrote 6 months ago: Photograph by: Chris Wattie, Reuters The Liberals predictably hammered on the Conservatives today, a … more →
Selling The CBC: Could It Happen?
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Adrian MacNair wrote 6 months ago: I’ll just go on record in order to state the obvious: the CBC isn’t going anywhere. At l … more →
Taxes on book imports lifted!
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: From The Philippine Star: “President Arroyo ordered yesterday the Department of Finance to scr … more →
Book associations appeal to GMA to withdraw book tax
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: The following letter appeared as a full-page ad in the print edition of The Philippine Star today, a … more →
Let's stop this dumbing down of our country!!!
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emperorbananaketchup wrote 7 months ago: As I have posted in my previous column, our good ol’ Department of Finance has gone through a … more →
What are you doing on Sunday?
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: Excerpted from “The perils of loyal oppositon” by Manuel L. Quezon III [my emphasis]: Wr … more →
"Taxing Our Future"
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: Click here to read the full official statement by the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines … more →
UNESCO speaks out against book tax
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) National Commission o … more →
The Great Philippine Book Blockade of 2009 by Gerry Alanguilan
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: [via komikero] … more →
Updates on the book blockade II
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: In addition to the timeline and readings assembled by Manuel L. Quezon III, the entries and compilat … more →
A battle plan against the book blockade
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: Excerpted from “How to Break a Book Blockade” by Norman Sison of La Nueva Liga Filipina: … more →
A nation of idiots
random_salt wrote 7 months ago: The Philippine Daily Inquirer publishes an editorial on the book blockade today. In part, it says: E … more →
