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China ship off to Spratlys
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Palace orders DFAto confirm reports,holds off
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China has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China
Sea, state press said Sunday, after an incident with a US naval
vessel and a fresh claim by the Philippines
to disputed territory.
The Beijing News said the vessel would conduct
patrols on what it called China’s exclusive maritime zone in the
disputed waters surrounding the Paracel and Spratly Islands.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GOVT TO START TALKS WITH NEIGHBORS ON BORDER DISPUTES
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The Philippines will soon initiate border talks with its neighbors
and finally confront territorial issues it has long avoided, the
most contentious being the dispute with Malaysia over Sabah, now
that President Gloria Arroyo has signed the Philippine Archipelagic
Baselines Law.
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G20 to take whatever action needed vs. crisis
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HORSHAM, England: G20 finance ministers vowed Saturday to take
“whatever action is necessary” on the world economic slowdown,
after talks preparing for a key summit on fighting the crisis next
month.
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NOTES & COMMENTS
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Filipinos’ own Hundred Years’ War?
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The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has weighed in on
the question of autonomy between government and separatist rebel
groups in our Muslim communities. It has declared that “it cannot
wait forever” for the full...
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FEATURE
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Pineda plays to home crowd
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Saturday night was a proud moment for Filipino singer Arnel
Pineda, who performed for a home crowd for the first time as a
member of the American 28 in Kona, Hawaii.
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Resado’s accounts remain frozen
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The Court of Appeals has extended by another month its freeze order
on the bank accounts of State Prosecutor John Resado to enable the
Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to finish its investigation of
alleged bribery in the “Alabang Boys” drug case.
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Kidnapping worsens in Mindanao
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A top aide to President Gloria Arroyo said Sunday kidnapping has
become a “cottage industry” in southern Philippines, where
decades of rebellion have stunted social and economic development.
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PDIC’s insurance fund to decline
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The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) expects its deposit
insurance fund to fall by a billion pesos from P57 billion when it
services the deposit claims of the Legacy banks.
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Embassy warns Filipinos not to be used in drug trafficking
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Drug syndicates with wide network operations in various parts of
Asia continue to use Filipinos as “ drug couriers” to smuggle
narcotics, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a press
statement, received by Xinhua Sunday.
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