Ifugao provincial board hit for junking seniors? project
By JUAN B. DAIT JR. LAGAWE, Ifugao ? The Ifugao Provincial Federation of Senior Citizens has denounced in a resolution the sangguniang panlalawigan (SP) for disapproving the proposed construction of a building for the senior citizens of this province.

Angola: Government Formalises Creation of Professional Training Centres
Luanda ? The Angolan Government has formalised the creation of Provincial Professional Training Centres, to train cadres of the 1st, 3rd and 4th levels, according to the required system.

U.S. contacts N.L. government over Abitibi expropriation
The U.S. State Department says it has been in contact with the Newfoundland government about the province?s plans to expropriate AbitibiBowater?s hydro and timber assets.

IBP sees guv as having power to impose parking fee: official
WHY has the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) distanced itself from the suit now pending between a group of lawyers and the Provincial Government over parking fees at the Capitol compound and a surveillance camera pointed at the IBP building?

B.C. to enforce logging road speeds with radar
Radar-equipped forest cops have started patrolling the province?s logging roads in a new push by the provincial government to end deaths and injuries in logging.

New funding available for city - Federal/provincial program makes grants available for infrastructure
Grande Prairie?s economy may receive a boost through a new infrastructure fund announced Tuesday. Grants have been made available by the provincial and federal [...]

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SAINT JOHN, NB - With the current recession many people are looking for help managing their finances and debt. The provincial government and Credit Counselling Services of Atlantic Canada are teaming up and launching a series of workshops.

Gov?t will change payday loan plan (comment on this article)
WINNIPEG ? Manitoba?s provincial government moved yesterday to carry on with the planned regulation of payday loan rates, hopeful it will render a court challenge to be essentially moot.

'Maisan sa Barangay' launched
LINGAYEN -- The Abono party-list group, in partnership with the Provincial Government, launched Wednesday its "Maisan sa Barangay" project in Pangasinan.

CINOT program fills the gap
ALMAGUIN ? A dental gap between recipients of Ontario Works and the working poor has been filled as part of a provincial poverty reduction strategy. The provincial government announced as of Jan. 1 the Children in Need of Treatment (CINOT) program will be expanded.

RP government conducts exercise to prevent, be ready against bird flu By Penaflor Sapnu
ANGELES CITY, Jan. 08 (PNA) -? Not a single instance of bird flu or avian influenza (AI)has ever been recorded or confirmed in the Philippines but the Philippine government does not want to take a gambit just to keep the dreaded fowl disease out of the country.

Guitar maker receives funding
The provincial government will fund a local guitar maker to the tune of $14,490. MPP David Orazietti announced the funding, under the Northern Ontario Heritage [...]

Collecting Stories on the Newfoundland Pony
The Provincial Government, the Newfoundland Pony Society and Memorial University are getting together to create a photographic history of the Newfoundland pony.

Icy Gravel Roads in Lunenburg, Queens counties require caution
The following road condition warning has been issued by the provincial government Jan...

US General: Anbar lacks support of Iraq government
The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops to chase al-Qaida out of the western province.

New bus bust irks Roadlink
On Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal transport authorities denied that SA Roadlink luxury buses were being targeted by the provincial government after another Roadlink bus was impounded at Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape, on New Year's Eve.

Grant reduces impact of mill closure
The Town of Smooth Rock Falls will receive more than $1 million from the provincial government to help reduce the impact of the Tembec paper [...]

Eyes on growth
Municipal, academic and industry leaders gathered Wednesday at Lakehead University to talk value-added forestry. The session was part of a series of discussions being held across the region to help the provincial government devise the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario.

US General: Anbar lacks support of Iraq government
(By CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press Writer) The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops to chase al-Qaida out of the western province. Marine Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly told The Associated Press that his greatest ...

This Time, Iraqis Hear and See Candidates
The nation?s provincial elections on Jan. 31 are the first in which the government has deemed it safe enough for the names of office seekers to appear on the ballot.