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NDRRMC remains in red alert for Typhoon ‘Wipha’
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) on Monday announced that all its units are still in red alert as Typhoon “Wipha” (international name) moves closer to extreme Northern Luzon. Under red alert, all personnel are to be at their posts at any given time. NDRRMC personnel are in red alert since October 11 or the day Typhoon “Santi” arrived in the country.
Earlier Monday, PAGASA said Typhoon “Wipha” moved closer to Extreme Northern Luzon and may enter the Philippine area of responsibility before noon yesterday. It will be locally codenamed “Tino.” But weather forecasters said “Tino” is not likely to make landfall or directly affect any part of the country, and that it will linger in the PAR for
SM PRIME HOLDINGS - Awardee for
only 24 hours. “Santi” exited the Philippine area of responsibility Sunday after leaving at least 13 dead, 32 hurt and seven missing. As of Monday morning, the NDRRMC said “Santi” had affected 154,766 families or 747,353 people in 682 villages in 67 towns and seven cities in 13 provinces. See TYPHOON/p.11
Mall Operator category of 2013 MINDANAO BUSINESS INVESTORS AWARDS
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ONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Barangay captains in this town said they were willing to give P10,000 from the village coffers to help defray expenses in the upcoming barangay elections, as long as the national government gives them their share of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). SEE FULL STORY/p.8
PrimeNews Court junks Butuan dad’s move to halt water project By PAT SAMONTE and OBET SAMONTE Caraga News Bureau
BUTUAN City––The Regional Trial Court Branch IV here has denied the move of Caraga Indigenous Peoples’ Management and Develop-
ment Corporation (CIPMDC) for the issuance of a 72-hour ex parte Temporary Environmental Protection Order and to stop Butuan City Water District (BCWD) from proceeding with the P500 million Treated See project/p.11
Call center employees bat for tax holiday, relief By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com
First of two-part series CALL center employee Rakel Rivera has been working in the BPO sector for 10 years now. She started in her current company seven years ago with a basic pay
of P13,000 ($301). Now, her basic pay is about P19,000 ($439) a month. Every payday, her payslip shows that taxes ranging from P2900 to P5000 or See RELIEF/p.11
SM Prime Holdings represented by Ms. Ivy Guantero received the award for Mall Operator category during the awards night of the 2013 Mindanao Business Investors Awards. Also in photo are Vice President Mike Villa Real, STEAG Community Relations Supervisor Jerome Soldevilla, , BusinessWeek Mindanao Group of Publications Publisher-CEO Mr. Dante Sudaria, photo by shaun alejandrae uy
SM Prime Holdings is the parent company of the SM Group’s shopping malls. It is the largest shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines. It was incorporated on January 6, 1994 by Filipino-Chinese
entrepreneur Henry Sy to develop, conduct, operate and maintain SM commercial shopping centers and all businesses related thereto, such as the lease of commercial spaces in the compound of shopping centers. It went
public on July 5, 1994 and subsequently grew to become the largest company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange in terms of revenue. The company’s main sources of revenues include
rental income from mall and food courts, cinema ticket sales and amusement. SM Prime become one of the largest shopping mall chains in the world with 40 supermalls with eight proposed/under construction.
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