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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
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Arroyo cancels
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By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo told
China’s president she will “stop” the controversial National
Broadband Network deal awarded to ZTE Corp. of China, according to a
report by the TV network GMA-7.
President Hu Jintao, whom Mrs.
Arroyo met Tuesday in Shanghai, “understood and accepted the
decision of the Chief Executive,” Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye
was quoted as saying by the TV network, which posted the story on
its website late Tuesday.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GMA will not fill
Comelec vacancy
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PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo will not
appoint a new chairman at the Commission on Elections (Comelec),
because Benjamin Abalos is considered on terminal leave for four
months despite resigning from his post Monday,...
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Mike Arroyo
returns to RP, denies ‘back off’ statement
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The President’s husband, Jose
Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, personally denied an accusation that he
told the son of the House Speaker to “back off” from the
controversial national broadband project, the government media
reported.
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6.5% GDP growth
forecast for 2007
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The government’s growth
forecast was bolstered Tuesday, when the Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corp. (HSBC) announced that it sees the country’s gross
domestic product going up to 6.5 percent this year.
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Nora Aunor cleared
of drug charges in US
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A court in Los Angeles dismissed
the drug charges filed against the actress Nora Aunor following her
completion of a six-month drug rehabilitation program.
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No MILF accord
after meeting
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Government peace
negotiators and Muslim rebels again failed to arrive at an agreement
that would help end the more than three-decade fighting in Mindanao.
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