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DFA: Spratlys accord valid, aboveboard
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
insists that the 2004 Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU)
between the Philippines, China and Vietnam is aboveboard.
In a statement, the DFA said that the JMSU
“does not impinge on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
the Philippines” and is basically scientific in nature, intended
to map vital natural resources in the Spratlys.
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RP eyes more war games
with other countries
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The country’s top military commander on Monday said the
Philippines is studying the possibility of expanding joint military
exercises with the United States to a multilateral one that includes
other antiterror allies.
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Lawmakers want to probe
military promotion system
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A military officer convicted twice of violating
the Articles of War and should have been automatically discharged,
was in fact recommended for promotion to the rank of colonel to the
Commission on Appointments (CA).
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RP dispatches officials to
help in Japan rape case
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The Arroyo government has sent diplomats to help in the case of a
woman allegedly raped by a US serviceman in Japan, President Gloria
Arroyo’s spokeswoman said Monday.
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Pasei wants mandatory job seminar
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RECRUITMENT firms are asking the government to
make mandatory the pre-employment orientation seminar being given to
individuals planning to work abroad to protect them against illegal
recruiters and abusive employers.
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DOH seeks to control typhoid
fever outbreak in Calamba
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The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it
has sent a team of epidemiologists or disease experts to Calamba
City, Laguna, to contain the typhoid fever outbreak in several areas
in the said city, where some 1,262 typhoid fever cases were
reported.
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DA to advance start of third cropping season
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THE Department of Agriculture will ask farmers
to advance the third cropping season for palay immediately after the
summer harvests under its quick turnaround program to take advantage
of the La Nina, that will last till mid-2008.
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