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		<title>Senator pushes bill for household helpers</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/06/23/senator-pushes-bill-for-household-helpers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, appealed to the House of Representative to pass their own version of the “Kasambahay Bill.” The Senate Bill No. 78, which was approved by the Senate in the third and final reading in December last year, provides a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSIS suspends processing of housing loan applications</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/05/28/gsis-suspends-processing-of-housing-loan-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) suspended its housing loan program, but GSIS president and general manager Robert Vergara said that it is not because of the agency’s financial status but to focus on other types of loans it can offer to members. Vergara said agencies like the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Lotto jackpot to reach P230 million</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/05/15/grand-lotto-jackpot-to-reach-p230-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 01:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6/55 Grand Lotto jackpot to reach P230 million today, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office (PCSO) after nobody won the online lottery draw last Saturday night. The PCSO said nobody got the winning six-digit number combination 35-19-51-12-25-9 drawn last Saturday with a total jackpot prize of P221,558,353.20. Because of that, more players are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOLE 12 to hold manpower summit</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/05/15/dole-12-to-hold-manpower-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 13:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 is planning to conduct a manpower summit to address the perennial problem of job mismatch in the region. Jessie dela Cruz, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) secretary, said the plan is already on the drawing board. The planned manpower summit is in line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional daily allowance instead of wage increase</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/05/09/additional-daily-allowance-instead-of-wage-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of a wage increase, Metro Manila employees will get an additional P22 a day as “emergency” cost of living allowance (COLA). The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the increase was approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-NCR (RPTWPB-NCR) following discussions with employers and workers’ union. This would bring the total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Lotto reaches P160 M</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/04/30/grand-lotto-reaches-p160-m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6/55 Grand Lotto online lottery would have a jackpot of up to P160 million in tonight&#8217;s draw, according to the Philippine Charity Sweeptakes Office (PCSO). PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas II said that nobody got the winning number combination on last Wednesday night&#8217;s draw, a nationwide lotto frenzy started to build up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil companies raised prices of gasoline and diesel anew</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/04/12/oil-companies-raised-prices-of-gasoline-and-diesel-anew/</link>
		<comments>http://money.roysville.com/2011/04/12/oil-companies-raised-prices-of-gasoline-and-diesel-anew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even before the “Pantawid Pasada” or the fuel subsidy could be implemented, another round of price increase has been slapped in the face of Filipinos by major oil players in the company. The price of diesel and gasoline were increased by P1.50 to P1.75 a liter and kerosene by P1.40 a liter. Companies who were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs opportunites available for students</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/04/07/jobs-opportunites-available-for-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported that there are over 80,000 jobs in various government offices and establishments that are available for poor but deserving high school and college students. This is good news for students in need of money in order to continue with their education. DOLE-Labor Communication Office (LCO) director Nicon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTFRB approved a provisional P1 fare hike for buses in Metro Manila</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2011/03/28/ltfrb-approved-a-provisional-p1-fare-hike-for-buses-in-metro-manila/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LRFRB)  said that while it recognizes the plight of the commuting public “in this time crisis,” it could not be sensitive to the clamor of the operators. LTFRB cited increases in fuel prices and the recent turmoil in oil-producing countries that have burdened the transport sector, LTRFRB granted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meralco hikes rates anew</title>
		<link>http://money.roysville.com/2010/02/07/meralco-hikes-rates-anew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be implementing around round of power rate increase this month. Meralco hikes rates by P0.56 a kilowatt, and the company said the power rate increase was due to the higher cost of power it buys from independent producers and the electricity spot market. Meralco first vice president Ivana de [...]]]></description>
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