Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The discussions in the previous post on this question of how the next president would handle Gloria Arroyo have been vibrant. However, I noticed that some quoted just a part of the answers which could be misleading. For my column for Abante I got all the answers of the four presidential aspirants: Senators Manny Villar, [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) –- In an effort to sustain food production and food security in Southern Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is expected to inspect irrigation projects in the island, particularly in Northern Mindanao on today.
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | yesterday
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Gloria Arroyo is ready to reassure Hillary Clinton of clean elections in 2010. There is something wrong here. The press secretary and spokesman of a president of one country assuring a cabinet member of another country that the elections in her country would be clean. In the first place, elections should [...]
Sunstar (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers a message after the awarding ceremonies Friday (Nov. 6, 2009) of the 2009 Go Negosyo most inspiring Bataenios entrepreneurs and microentrepreneurs at the Bataan People’s Center in Balanga City, Bataan. (OPS/NIB-Photo) MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plan to resign as national chairman of Lakas-Kampi-CMD is simply party tradition,...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
MANILA, Nov. 8 (PNA) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang on November 12, on the first day of her first-ever visit to the Philippines since assuming the highest United States diplomatic post in January this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
MANILA, Nov. 8 (PNA) -- Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States on Saturday concluded a two-day special meeting here to set the stage for the 1st ASEAN-U.S. Leaders’ Meeting in Singapore on November 15, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
Sunstar (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
MANILA — The election lawyer of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo advised her critics to wait until December 1 if she would file her certificate of candidacy for any position or not. Lawyer Romulo Macalintal said the President is qualified to run in any elective position in 2010 elections other than the presidency. Macalintal, who served as Arroyo’s election [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Nov. 6 (PNA) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday led the groundbreaking and time capsule laying ceremony for a 10-storey Donggwang ODE Officetel on C.M. Recto Highway here.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Saying poverty and neglect is partly fueling terrorism and rebellion in Mindanao, Acting Public Works and Highways Secretary Victor Domingo has vowed to push for the immediate construction of key infrastructure projects in Southern Philippines, which he described as the “Land of Broken Promises.”
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Concerned about how Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo treated the president of the Union of Foreign Service Officers, Victoria Bataclan, foreign service corps, including non-career employees, want to send this letter to Gloria Arroyo. “We, the concerned members of the Philippine Foreign Service Corps, are dismayed at the action of Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Alberto G. [...]
Philippine Commentary (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The ghost of Fernando Poe Jr., or FPJ for short, was reportedly seen by his grave at the Manila North Cemetery on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. The 'apparition' witness asks why FPJ chose to show himself to her. The incident seems to be the first time the man deprived of the 2004 presidential victory "Hello Garci" style made himself visible by his tomb. Could it be that because we are only months...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
MANILA, Nov. 5 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will attend the Second National Information and Communication Technology Confederation of the Philippines Summit 2009 today at the Fontana Convention Center inside the Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga.
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
There’s a brewing tension in what is traditionally a sedate world of foreign service that threatens to blow into the face Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo. Last Friday, Assistant Secretary Victoria Bataclan was told that she has been relieved as assistant secretary for European Affairs. No reason was given. The Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ed Malaya [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A Norwegian government mediator is in the Philippines to seek the possible resumption of talks between the Philippine government and leftist Communist rebels, a senior official said Monday. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Annabelle Abaya said she has already informed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that the mediator, whose name is not disclosed, from the Royal Norwegian government is looking...
Sify (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The Philippine government rejected a $2 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers of an ailing Irish priest in the country's volatile south and said Sunday that efforts would continue to safely
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