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Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
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Govt optimistic of
peace in Mindanao |
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Monitoring team led by Malaysia set to end tour of
duty by September
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DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sees the
planned pull out of the
Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) from Mindanao as
having an effect on the peace process. However, Teodoro remains
optimistic that peace in Mindanao could still be achieved, and that
peacetalks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) can still achieve success.
At Malacañang, Executive
Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the administration will seek an
extension of the monitoring team’s tour of duty that is overseeing
the ceasefire agreement between the government and the MILF, which
is set to expire this August.
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Govt scores
derogatory short film about Islam
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As one of the major advocates of
religious tolerance through interfaith dialogue, the Philippines is
denouncing as “offensive” the the recently released short film,
Fitna, which attempts to explore...
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PAFMIL scores
continued smuggling of China flour
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The Philippine Association of
Flour Millers (PAFMIL) on Wednesday said that wheat flour from China
continues to be smuggled into the country through the help of
corrupt officials and personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
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Canada lauds SC
for defending human rights
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THE Canadian government is
impressed with the way the Philippine government, through the
Supreme Court, is handling the issue of human rights abuses and
extra-judicial killings.
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182 people barred
from leaving the country
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A TOTAL of 182 people were barred
from leaving the country during the first three months of the year
for using spurious documents, the Bureau of Immigration revealed
Wednesday.
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Enough rainfall
coming to plant rice
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There will be adequate rainfall
this monsoon season to enable the country’s farmers to plant their
rice crops for the next cropping season this year, the Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service...
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Binay says an
arrest warrant is issued against him
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United Opposition president and
Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay said Wednesday that he has “very
reliable information” that an arrest warrant has been issued
against him.
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Heart Evangelista
is now a Kapuso with GMA 7
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Former homegrown ABS-CBN artist
Heart Evangelista has signed a two-year exclusive contract with GMA
Entertainment Network.
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Saludo turns around:
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‘Bloated
bureaucracy clearly an issue’
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THE Palace functionary who,
almost three months ago, criticized then Civil Service Commission (CSC)
chair Karina Constantino-David for attributing the government’s
“bloated bureaucracy” to President Gloria Arroyo’s...
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