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PGMA sees stronger economy in 2010


MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently said the country’s economic growth will accelerate this year even as she completes all the major projects started during her nine-year term.

“I will leave the nation in better shape. I am confident of the future,” she said.

Government sources, particularly the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas also made the same observations that the economy, which grew by 0.9 percent last year, is expected to grow faster at between 2.6 percent and 3.6 percent while inflation is expected to range between 3.5 percent and 5.5 percent.
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GSIS to launch unified ID system


MANILA, Philippines – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) would soon introduce the Unified Multi-Purpose ID System to replace the agency’s eCard, the all-in-one utility card.

This as the government is scheduled to roll out the first wave of the new ID cards in March, with the Social Security System, the state-owned pension fund for employees in the private sector as the lead proponent.

The shift to the UMID upgrades the present government IDs such as the SSS, GSIS and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. The target is to produce 12 million cards.

GSIS said that its UMID-compliant eCard will replace the eCard Plus but with no cost to the member.
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  • The right to die
    The decades-long debate on assisted suicide was revived recently with the admission on television by a 70-year-old British reporter that he had helped an ailing lover die years ago in fulfillment of a pact that he would help end his lover’s life if the pain from AIDS became unbearable.
    “I killed someone once... He was a young chap. He'd been my lover and he got...
  • Commentaries: Fair elections and the ethics of modernity
    By Randy David

    The law has been there since 2001, but its provisions have been unevenly enforced. This is true of many of our laws—many provisions remain dormant until the situations for which they were specifically crafted actually surface as problems, or the conditions for their enforcement become available. Such is Republic Act No. 9006, more commonly known as “The Fair Election Act.”...
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    By Assemblyman Joel Anderson

    SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The RGP Prosthetic Research Center,  a San Diego company that provides artificial limbs for California Children’s Services, is in danger of having to stop providing these critical services for children in need… again.

    I recently spoke with Mr. Thomas Guth, the company’s President. Guth is understandably worried. Last Monday, California State Controller John Chiang warned...
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