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Also assures no rate increase in the offing
“We are now withdrawing the five-year moratorium and 20-year time frame to pay. We are now going to pay in eight years and nine months as originally stipulated in the ERC order to INEC to refund.”
Former three-term Laoag City Mayor Roger C. Fariñas has expressed his willingness to square off with Ilocos Norte Governor Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. should the three-term governor decide to run for Laoag City mayoralty post in the 2007 elections.
The Ilocos Norte Water District (INWD) has announced that it is facing water shortage in supplying its estimated 14,7000 concessionaires as of May this year.
Burgos officials, residents wary of silted lakes, farms
Burgos, Ilocos Norte—Due to the rising problems of silted areas in several small bodies of waters and farmlands in this town, local officials and residents had expressed worries that the on-going operation of a local mining company here—which had been extracting minerals for quite some time now and which they believe is the reason for the siltation problems—may result in more environmental problems for the coastal municipality.
Balancing Idealism and Harsh Reality: The Economic Plight of Filipino Teachers
(Editor's Note: In this series of "The Canadian Connection," our Canada-based contributor, Dr. Ernie T. Lumaoang, takes a look at Filipino teachers and the very crucial issue of economics that may be jeopardizing their role as "shapers of the leaders of tomorrow.")
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