The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 972 out of 2,689 passed the Agriculturist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Agriculture in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga this July 2010.

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 Valerie Concepcion and Mariel Rodriguez, co-hosts of the soon-to-be defunct noontime show, “Wowowee,” expressed sadness over having to let go of the show that they said they’d “grown to love.”
 
“Hindi biro ang years na ini-spend namin dun,” Rodriguez said in a recent TV interview. “Nakakalungkot isipin.”
 
Concepcion concurs, adding that more than the show itself, she felt sad for their colleagues who are bound to get the axe.
 

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Actor-senator Bong Revilla and Senator Ralph Recto, husband of actress-Lipa City Governor Vilma Santos, are squabbling over the chairmanship of the Committee of Ways and Means and the Public Services Committee.

Both contend that it was promised to them by the majority bloc. The Public Services Committee tackles franchises, water and toll fees, among others. The Committee of Ways and Means tackles taxes.
 
Revilla felt slighted over not being given the proper respect.
 

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President Benigno C. Aquino III has appointed former Integrated Bar of the Philippines president Jose Anselmo “Joel” Cadiz as the new Solicitor General, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Thursday.

He replaced Assistant Solicitor General Amparo Tang, the Office of the Solicitor General officer-in-charge.

Cadiz was part of the PNoy lawyers group, the legal arm of Aquino’s campaign team in the May 10, 2010 polls.

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Vice President Jejomar Binay has tapped actor Robin Padilla as the Special Assistant for the housing sector in the Muslim Mindanao area.

Padilla made a courtesy visit to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) Thursday, where he expressed his willingness to work with the government, particularly with the Vice President’s projects in the housing sector in Muslim Mindanao.

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Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will cooperate in an investigation by the Truth Commission into alleged misdeeds when she was president.

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Thousands of government workers, from Malacañang down to the line agencies, will be joining the ranks of around three million unemployed as the Memorandum Circular 1 (MC 1) of President Aquino extending their services expires today.

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The government would start a lifestyle check, starting with the officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) primarily blamed for the heavy importation of rice that caused the debts of the state-owned grains agency to balloon through the years.

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