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Monday, June 22, 2009 |
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GMA won’t run in 2010 |
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JPE: President wants to avoid lame-duck tag
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By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo will not run for Congress in 2010 and
there will be no convening of a Constituent Assembly at the
inaugural session of the Fourteenth Congress, Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile said on Sunday. President Arroyo has kept silent on her
political plans for 2010 amid speculations that she would run for
Congress in the Second District of Pampanga, her home province. Her
eldest son, Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, represents the
district in Congress.
Enrile said during an interview over radio
station dzRH that he understood why the President had kept mum on
what she intended to do.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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RP backs creation of regional IMF
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TOKYO: President Gloria Arroyo supports wider cooperation in
stabilizing Asia’s financial market, including creating a regional
version of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a report said
Sunday.
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Content providers face heavy penalties
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Content providers found to be the cause of vanishing cell phone
loads or credits would be heavily penalized by the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC), an official of the regulator
said over the weekend.
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Their ‘Rebel’ fathers, their true
heroes
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The Oakwood mutiny, the Marines standoff and the Manila Peninsula
siege have left a mark not only in history but also in the hearts of
three young girls.
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Filipino footballer among new confirmed killer flu patients
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HONG KONG: The number of confirmed Influenza A(H1N1) cases in the
Asia-Pacific region continued to rise on Saturday as more new cases
were reported.
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Health dept warns against herbal
‘cures’
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HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd over the weekend appealed to
the public not to be fooled by so-called herbal supplements that can
ward off A(H1N1), which has affected 344 people in the country.
A(H1N1) is the virus that causes swine flu.
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NOTES & COMMENTS
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SIGNS OF WEAKNESS
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Political system still unable to deliver development
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I’ve been arguing that the central characteristic of the
Philippine state is its continuing weakness, which prevents our
political system from delivering development to our patient people
until now.
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Taking in refugees West’s ‘duty’
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SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday reminded Western
countries of their “duty” to welcome refugees, despite the
economic and social problems of assimilating them into society.
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Housing backlog may soon be over
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HOUSING and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman
Vice President Noli de Castro said the Philippines is looking to
complete the housing backlog of close to 3.8 million, as more
potential buyers have been flooding the...
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GMA’s vision–RP a First World in 20 years
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President Gloria Arroyo on Sunday said the Philippines needs to
reform its political system to become a “First World” in 20
years, a local news agency reported.“We also need to reform the
political system,” President Arroyo said Saturday in Tokyo, Japan
before leaving for Brazil.
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