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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... The President's lean delegation includes Trade Secretary Peter Favila, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and Press Secretary Jesus Dureza. At noontime on Nov. 22, the President and the other APEC leaders will be accorded the official welcome and greetings and the APEC traditional handshakes (in the APEC alphabetical order) with APEC 2008 host Peruvian President Alan Garcia...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
MANILA, Nov. 13 (PNA) — The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will be in force from December 11 this year, with the swapping last Friday of a diplomatic note between Manila and Tokyo for its implementation. The Japanese embassy in Manila announced that the free trade agreement (FTA) was signed by Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and Japanese Ambassador...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
The Philippines has signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) on the arrangement of standby forces for peacekeeping operations, the government said on Thursday. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo signed the agreement on Contributions to the U.N. Standby Arrangement System with visiting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday night, the government said in...
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UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... of the Forum, which was attended by Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations and Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, that the UAE Government took the initiative, in consultation with other GCC member states, to propose to the Governments of India and the Philippines, the setting up of a pilot project to survey and document best...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon signed in behalf of the world body while Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo signed for the Philippine government. The signing of the pact was held in Malacañang before the gala dinner tendered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in honor of the visiting UN Secretary-General. Ban arrived in the country Tuesday night (Oct. 28) to address the opening...
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UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... told the session which was attended by Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations and Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, that the UAE Government took the initiative, in consultation with other GCC member states, to propose to the Governments of India and the Philippines the setting up of a pilot project to survey and document...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... wrote BBC Trust Chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, on October 3. In Manila, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo summoned British ambassador Peter Beckingham to the DFA, the envoy expressing “regrets” over the incident. Beckingham explained to reporters that BBC is not government-owned nor controlled, and cannot be forced by the British foreign office to apologize but that they will...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Manila - The Philippines protested to the British government on Tuesday for the alleged racial slur against Filipino housemaids in a television show aired by the British Broadcasting Corp in London. Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo summoned the Briti...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... and for granting their request to meet her. They were accompanied by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon, Ambassador Rod Smith, Titon Mitra, Minister Counsellor William Bill Paterson, ambassador for counter-terrorism, and Richard Moore, AusAid deputy director general. The...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... in no way is intended to demean or upset any viewer."In the Philippines, the foreign secretary, Alberto Romulo, summoned the British ambassador, Peter Beckingham, to discuss the matter.The British Embassy in Manila was forced to issue a statement saying the BBC had editorial independence and the views portrayed by the network "are completely independent" from the government.ANALYSISANDREW...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... in no way is intended to demean or upset any viewer."In the Philippines, the foreign secretary, Alberto Romulo, summoned the British ambassador, Peter Beckingham, to discuss the matter.The British Embassy in Manila was forced to issue a statement saying the BBC had editorial independence and the views portrayed by the network "are completely independent" from the government.ANALYSISANDREW...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... government to promote further overseas deployment of the Filipinos. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, for his part, said as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo underscored “ we are not in here, to the exporting of labor but for the protection of those going abroad.” He said that it is through this forum that the best practices, initiatives and new measures will be discussed...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Commission, to protest "this slur on our domestic workers" in Britain. The DFA said Secretary Alberto Romulo also summoned the British Ambassador Peter Beckingham to discuss the matter. Party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros (Akbayan) has demanded an apology from the BBC. "It was revolting. It was disgusting and an insensitive and racist attempt to satirize a scene of exploitation," she...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) — The United Kingdom regrets that a comedy program with supposedly offensive references to Filipino domestic workers and aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Sept. 29 has upset Filipinos in Britain. The regrets were relayed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo by Ambassador Peter Beckingham, who was summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs...
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... well as to the Secretary of State for Women and the Press Complaints Commission. Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo also summoned the British Ambassador Peter Beckingham to discuss the matter, he said. The new show stars Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. Risa Hontiveros, a women's rights activists, demanded an apology from the BBC. She described the episode, broadcast on September 26, as...
