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		<title>NSO partners with SM City Baguio for issuance of security papers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lito Dar Baguio City (31 July) &#8212; Just like its advertisement, &#8220;Here at SM, We&#8217;ve Got it All For you,&#8221; one can now request National Statistics documents at the SM City Baguio. According to National Statistics Office (NSO) Regional Director Olivia Gulla, SM City Baguio is NSO&#8217;s new Batch Request System (BREQS) partner where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/nso-partners-with-sm-city-baguio-for-issuance-of-security-papers/</link>
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		<title>DTI turns over &#8220;OTOP Ko, Orgullo Ko&#8221; signages to MSMEs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by BA Recebido Sorsogon Province (29 July) &#8212; Eight Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that established One Town, One Product (OTOP) Pasalubong Shops/Stores received the OTOP Signage from the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) on Thursday, July 22, during the culminating activity of the MSME Development Week celebration. &#8220;As an emblem of OTOP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army soldiers apprehend illegal logs in Catanduanes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by HM Cabunoc Camp Elias Angeles, Pili, Camarines Sur (29 July) &#8212; Army soldiers confiscated illegally-cut logs in landslide-prone Catanduanes Sunday (July 25), a military report said. Lt. Col. Danilo Aquino, commander of the 83rd Infantry Battalion of Philippine Army based in Catanduanes, said that he sent a platoon of his soldiers to conduct checkpoint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFA poised to investigate rice over-importation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manila (28 July) &#8212; The National Food Authority (NFA) will conduct an in depth inquiry into the reported over-importation of rice as divulged by President Benigno Aquino III in his State-of-the Nation Address on July 26, as part of government&#8217;s commitment to eliminate irregularities in the bureaucracy.. According to NFA Administrator Lito Banayo, the probe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/nfa-poised-to-investigate-rice-over-importation/</link>
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		<title>DSWD joins celebration of 32nd NDPR week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuguegarao City (28 July) &#8212; The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office here spearheaded the multi-agency observance of the 32nd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) week on July 17-23, 2010. The activity aimed to stimulate public awareness on disability issues and concerns that will strengthen the involvement of the different government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Aquino receives new envoys from Switzerland, Chile, Cambodia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manila (28 July) &#8212; President Benigno C. Aquino III received the credentials of three foreign ambassadors who called on him in Malacañang yesterday morning (July 27). First to arrive at 10 a.m. was His Excellency Ivo Sieber, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation, followed by His Excellency Roberto Mayorga Lorca, Ambassador Extraordinary and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/president-aquino-receives-new-envoys-from-switzerland-chile-cambodia/</link>
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		<title>PNoy details cases of fund misuse in first SONA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manila (27 July) &#8212; In his first state of the nation address (SONA) delivered yesterday before the joint opening session of the 15th Congress, President Benigno C. Aquino III bared in detail some cases of fund misuse during the Arroyo administration which in part have worsened the country&#8217;s budget deficit problems. He said that in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/pnoy-details-cases-of-fund-misuse-in-first-sona/</link>
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		<title>TESDA provides scholarships to 5,000 poor students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pagadian City (27 July) &#8212; Underprivileged students who cannot afford to pursue formal college education can now avail of scholarship programs of the government thru the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). This was learned from TESDA Provincial Director Eulalio B. Lumactod who said 4,613 scholarships will be given to poor but deserving students. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/tesda-provides-scholarships-to-5000-poor-students/</link>
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		<title>DOLE creates Alaminos, Rosales field offices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dagupan City (27 July) &#8212; The Department of Labor and Employment has set up two field offices in Pangasinan. Adonis Peralta, until recently provincial labor officer of the Dagupan district office, now heads the field office in Alaminos City which will cater to clients from districts 1 and 2. The Rosales Field Office under Erlinda [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://balitangpilipinas.com/luzon/2010/07/dole-creates-alaminos-rosales-field-offices/</link>
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		<title>President Aquino pledges honest governance in SONA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manila (26 July) &#8212; President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) pledged an honest government that will guarantee a peaceful and progressive nation under his administration as cabinet officials received marching orders to go after the corrupt and the violators. As expected, he exposed anomalies of the previous [...]]]></description>
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