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Coal plant OKd amid opposition

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The plan to build a 15-megawatt coal-fired power plant adjacent to the protected island of Rasa off the town of Narra, home to a critically endangered bird species, got the nod on Friday from the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), overriding the opposition mounted by conservationists.

Posted: February 24th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

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  2. PNG girl beheads father after he rapes her— report
  3. Jack Enrile was top campaign spender at P150.8M
  4. Rain plunges parts of Metro Manila into traffic chaos
  5. A wretched father-daughter tale
  6. ‘Gun-toting dad’ arraigned on grave threat rap
  7. More couples seek to nullify marriages in cities
  8. Tropical depression ‘Emong’ lingers in PH, to bring more rains—Pagasa
  9. New airport, new worries
  10. BBC veteran broadcaster jailed for sex assaults
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  2. Biazon ‘shocked’ by political backers at BOC
  3. Retired general ordered to pay gov’t P11.2M
  4. Miriam College gears for empty classrooms in 2016
  5. Pimentel reaches out to Zubiri
  6. Senate run made Nancy Binay P8M richer
  7. Aquino: We will not back down
  8. Why Abaya is not doing well at DOTC
  9. PNG girl beheads father after he rapes her— report
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  2. Student enrolls–using 41 names
  3. 3 PH beaches make it to CNN’s list of world’s best
  4. Estrada to Trillanes: You’re ‘ungrateful,’ ‘crazy’
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