July 14th, 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law Republic Act No. 9653, otherwise known as the Rent Control Act of 2009, which imposes a one-year moratorium on rent increases for covered residential units in Metro Manila and other highly urbanized cities, and caps subsequent annual hikes at a maximum of 7% cap until December 31, 2013.
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June 28th, 2009
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 295 out of 650 or 45.38% passed the Dentistry Board Exam administered by the Board of Dentistry this June 2009.
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June 28th, 2009
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 691 out of 1,280 or 53.98% passed the Social Worker Board Examination given by the Board for Social Workers in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga this June 2009.
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June 11th, 2009
Former beauty queen and actress Rochelle Barrameda on Wednesday confirmed (based on the clothes worn by the body) that the remains inside the cemented steel case recovered from the Navotas river was that of her sister’s, Ruby Rose Jimenez.
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June 9th, 2009
Three students of the Ateneo de Manila High School were confirmed infected with the swine flu virus or A(H1N1).
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June 3rd, 2009
The De La Salle University Manila Taft Avenue campus suspended classes for 10 days until June 14, after one of the their foreign exchange students, a 21 year-old Japanese female was found to have been infected with the A(H1N1) influenza virus.
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May 28th, 2009
MRT-3 general manager Reynaldo Berroya announced that starting June 1, the Metro Rail Transit or MRT-3 on EDSA is going on 24-hour operations.
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May 14th, 2009
Seventy call center agents filed a legal suit against Dell Philippines for alleged illegal dismissal.
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May 10th, 2009
Libya is reportedly in need of more than 16,000 migrant workers.
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May 7th, 2009
Typhoon Emong reportedly made its landfall at about 7PM Thursday in Bolinao, Pangasinan.
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May 4th, 2009
Former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino underwent a surgical operation at the Makati Medical Center to remove the cancer-stricken portion of former her colon.
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May 1st, 2009
A total of 7,470 elementary teachers out of 26,812 examinees (27.86%), and 5,914 secondary teachers out of 23,975 examinees (24.67%) passed the PRC LET or licensure examination for teachers held last April 5, 2009.
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April 26th, 2009
A 10-hour blackout swept the entire Visayas yesterday due to a reported fault in the transmission line of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.
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April 26th, 2009
A fire of still unknown origin hit Power Plant Mall at Rockwell Center in Makati City early Saturday night, causing panic among mall goers, police said.
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April 25th, 2009
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed on Friday new party list representatives following a Supreme Court ruling increasing the number of party list seats in the House of Representatives from 22 to 51.
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April 21st, 2009
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Fe Barin told the senate hearing Monday that it had prohibited Prudentialife Plans Inc. from selling new pre-need plans since April 16 for failing to comply with the Commission’s trust fund and capital requirements.
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April 17th, 2009
Trinidad “Trina” Etong, wife of ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol World anchor Ted Failon, succumbed to a gunshot wound in the head at 8:50PM Thursday.
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April 16th, 2009
ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol World news anchor Ted Failon’s wife, Trinidad “Trina” Etong remains in critical condition at the New Era General Hospital in Quezon City after sustaining a bullet wound in her left temple Wednesday.
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