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Volume II, No. 229
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McDonald’s outlets in Russia face closure MOSCOW––Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky has proposed to close all McDonald’s restaurants in Russia. “We will close them (McDonald’s restaurants) all over the country, and then we’ll deal with Pepsi,” Zhirinovsky told journalists before a plenary session in the State Duma. Earlier, McDonald’s announced that it had suspended work in Crimea. “Due to operational reasons beyond our control, McDonald’s has taken the decision to temporarily close
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Government troops join peace assembly in C. de Oro u 2 CARAGA
22 city, provincial firms cited for labor laws compliance u 4
To prevent summer brownouts, energy department to make power consumers subsidize the rich By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com
BAYAN Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate on April 4 slammed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) “Interruptible Load Program (ILP),” saying that electricity consumers are be-
ing made to subsidize mall owners through this because of the Energy Department’s lack of foresight. “With the ILP, the Energy Department is asking consumers to pay for electricity they do not use. They want us poor consumers to subsidize billionaire mall owners
when most of us can hardly make ends meet,” said Rep. Colmenares. Under the ILP, shopping malls and factories are set to use their diesel generators this summer so that they would not have to draw power from the grid. See rich, page 11
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Displaced Ata-Manobo children decry military harassment u 9
Medical, dental mission set Apr. 9 By IRENE ROA ANIBONG and DODO CANOY Contributors
WORKING CONGRESSWOMAN. Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette Uy explains the new rules of government programs to barangay officials of Poblacion in Claveria town who recently paid a courtesy visit to her district office in Cagayan de Oro City. Punong Barangay Moises Macabasa and his fellow barangay officials visited Rep. Uy to get updates on various social and infrastructure programs. Photo supplied
VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––Local residents, including the nearby barangays in the towns of Jasaan and Claveria, will soon benefit from the scheduled April 9 medical and dental mission. Mayor Julio Uy and his wife, Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliete Uy, will spearhead the free healthcare and livelihood projects which will be conducted in sitio Lourdes in Barangay Imilda in Villanueva town. Aside from sitio Lourdes, local residents from the neigboring Barangay Corrales in Jasaan town and Barangay Patrocenio in Clave- HARASSED. Some 1,500 Ata Manobos left their villages last April 1 in the hinterria town can also avail of the lands of Talaingod, Davao del Norte after what they said were harassments brought medical and dental by military troops occupying their communities for weeks. See DENTAL, page 11
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April 7, 2014
Refugees in Zambo to be transferred See CLOSURE, page 11
Regional Top Stories
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AMBOANGA City–– The impending transfer of internally displaced persons (IDPs) about 846 families from Cawa-Cawa shorelines to the elementary schools in Mampang and Arena Blanco will push through early next week notwithstanding resistance from certain sectors. See FULL STORY, page 8
Digong not happy over NPA taxation system By Lovely A. Carillo of the PNA
DAVAO City––Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte expressed his disgust over the revolutionary taxation system being imposed by the New People’s Army (NPA) on Dabawenyos especially those in the boondocks. “I u nd e rst and t hat collecting taxes from the citizens is your way of supporting a revolutionary cause,” Duterte said even as he admitted that he was one of those who received the NPA’s solicitation form last Christmas. The form Photo by Ace R. Morandante of DavaoToday.com indicated that he was be-
ing assessed for a certain amount by the revolutionary movement. Duterte chided the NPA and said he has no qualms paying the revolutionary taxes for as long as they will give him a receipt and the collector should collect it directly from his house since he also wants to collect something from them. Despite his obvious dismay over the NPAs taxation scheme, Duterte said he wants the government and the National See SYSTEM, page 11
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