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Australia hikes financial aid to Philippines |
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By Katrice R. Jalbuena, Reporter
Australia has hiked its official assistance funds to the Philippines
to P4.4 billion for the 2008 to 2009 fiscal year, the top Australian
envoy to Manila said Friday.
Canberra’s new aid package for
the Philippines, an increase of nearly 9 percent over the previous
year, has helped Australia become the country’s number two aid
donor next to Japan, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod
Smith said.
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Diplomatic talks with Japan for JPEPA ongoing
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said
Thursday that Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon Jr. is
now talking with his Japanese counterpart, Ambassador Majoto Katsura,...
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Palace wants bus arsonists charged
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Malacañang assured the public that the people
responsible for the bus burning incident in Cubao, Quezon City will
be brought to justice and that “the long arm of the law will go
after them.”
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Govt, Meralco set talks to lower rates
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President Gloria Arroyo’s aides are to meet with
executives of the top power distributor in the Philippines to look
for ways to cut electricity rates, officials said Friday.
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Rights body to probe ‘rubout’ of suspects
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CHAIRPERSON Leila de Lima of the Commission on Human
Rights on Friday directed CHR Region 4 to dispatch a team to
investigate the alleged shootouts between Batangas police operatives...
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Perez arraigned
for robbery-extortion
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Former Justice Secretary Hernando “Nani” Perez
was finally arraigned Friday before the Sandiganbayan Second
Division for the case filed against him by former Rep. Mark Jimenez
of Manila,...
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