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==Land Bank relocates Alabel branch to Sarangani==
*Source: http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/news/2012/04/13/6257017.htm
*April 13, 2012]
:by John Anthony Concepcion
Apr 13, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Land Bank of the Philippines has relocated its Alabel branch to a more spacious facility at the Provincial Capitol Complex of Sarangani, to expand its network.
"LANDBANK's strategic network expansion is consistent with our thrust to provide banking services to the unbanked and underserved areas in continuous pursuit of countryside development," said LANDBANK President and CEO Gilda E. Pico.
LANDBANK first established its presence in Alabel in 1996 with its first branch at the Provincial Capitol Gymnasium. Among the clients of the branch are the local government of Alabel, the provincial government of Sarangani, and the neighboring municipalities of Malapatan, Glan, and some barangays of Malungon, along with rural bank and micro and SME clients.
"This forms part of our financial inclusion program which we are aggressively pursuing as we hope to bring banking services closer to underserved and unbanked areas. This will likewise benefit the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps beneficiaries since they will no longer need to travel out of their towns to withdraw their cash grants," said LANDBANK President Pico.
The MOU was signed by Maitum Mayor Elsie Lucille Perrett, Malungon Mayor Reynaldo Constantino, Rural Bank of Kiamba President Teresa Falgui, and LANDBANK First vice president for Mindanao Branches Joselito Gutierrez, for the installation of automated teller machines (ATMs) in the six other municipalities of Sarangani, namely Glan, Kiamba, Maasim, Malapatan, Malungon, and Maitum.
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==‘BIR is right going after Pacquiao’==
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/175693/%E2%80%98bir-is-right-going-after-pacquiao%E2%80%99
*7:58 pm | Thursday, April 12th, 2012
:by  Frances Mangosing
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Following the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s filing of the tax evasion case against its former poster boy, boxing icon and Representative Manny Pacquiao, half of INQUIRER.net readers think it was only the right thing to do.
In a poll conducted between March 29 and April 12, 51.73 percent or 2,682 answered “BIR is only right to go after Pacquiao” to the question, “What do you think of the BIR’s tax case against Manny Pacquiao?”
However, 32.15 percent or 1,667 thought it could be talked over by answering “BIR and Pacquiao should settle the case amicably.”
Meanwhile, 16.12 percent or 836 voted that “Pacquiao is right in calling the BIR move as harassment.”
In March, the BIR filed a tax evasion case against Pacquiao, for his alleged failure to submit complete tax records for the year 2010.
It said that Pacquiao ignored summons issued by the BIR office in Central Mindanao asking him to explain his failure to submit complete tax documents.
Pacquiao cried foul over the case, claiming that it was “without basis” and a form of harassment.
“The institution of the case against me is plain and simple harassment.  Contrary to public perception, I am not charged with Tax Evasion or Tax Fraud.  That is farther from the truth.  Over the years as a boxer, a product endorser and a businessman,” he said in a statement.
Pacquiao said the BIR violated its own rules when it served the subpoena to a person unknown to him. He also asked why the BIR served the subpoena in General Santos City when he is now a resident of Sarangani.
The boxing sensation, who topped the taxpayer’s list in 2008, made a 30-second television commercial for BIR in 2009 reminding citizens to pay their taxes.
==PNoy PREEMPTS ENERGY SUMMIT, APPROVED MORE COAL-POWERED PLANTS==
==PNoy PREEMPTS ENERGY SUMMIT, APPROVED MORE COAL-POWERED PLANTS==
*Source: http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl111735.htm
*Source: http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl111735.htm
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“Private owners do not and cannot afford to compete with government, which can operate at a loss,” he said.
“Private owners do not and cannot afford to compete with government, which can operate at a loss,” he said.


==Last 2 Pacquiao fights fail to impress Ariza==
==Last 2 Pacquiao fights fail to impress Ariza==