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EU envoy congratulates RP on smooth election

levis25 — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:45:57 +0000

Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, European Union Ambassador to the Philippines, on Tuesday expressed how pleased he had been to have seen a smooth and generally trouble-free election yesterday.

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PPCRV tallies 88.5% of precincts

greenleads — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:45:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines—The Church-based Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting released its 5:15 a.m. tally with 67, 681 or 88.5 percent of all 76, 475 precincts nationwide have been counted.

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Filipino au pairs wanted in Switzerland

levis25 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:02:51 +0000

The Philippines has lifted the ban on deploying au pairs to Switzerland, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Monday.

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PUP chief forgives 5 students charged with stealing chairs

greenleads — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:02:50 +0000

Polytechnic University of the Philippines President Dante Guevarra on Monday said that the university has decided to forgive and drop the charges against five students who were detained by the Manila Police District for allegedly stealing chairs from the university during a protest action against tuition hikes.

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UP-PGH doctors announce mass leave in protest of new chief

levis25 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:02:48 +0000

Doctors, health workers, and students of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital staged a protest action during the flag-raising ceremony on Monday.

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British-Filipinos urge active part in May polls

greenleads — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:02:45 +0000

British-Filipinos in the United Kingdom have launched a website aimed at informing and enlightening Filipinos overseas and Filipino Internet users in the Philippines on issues concerning Philippine politics and the future of the Filipino electoral system.

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Majority of private business leaders in RP stressed out–study

greenleads — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:13 +0000

Majority of private business leaders in the Philippines reported higher stress levels over the last year but they were a bit better off than most of overseas peers as the local stress barometer fell below global average for the first time in four years, based on the Grant Thornton International Business Report 2010.

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SC ruling has little or no effect on troops–AFP

levis25 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:11 +0000

The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday said the Supreme Court decision allowing President Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the next Chief Justice has too little effect on its soldiers to compel them into another military adventurism.

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Italian firm to supply PAF with new training planes

levis25 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:10 +0000

The government has decided to proceed with a $13.1-million Italian contract that would supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines with 18 new training planes by yearend.

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Don’t believe in promises, Church tells voters

levis25 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:09 +0000

Don’t believe the hype. Learn from the past. The president of the influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Friday told voters not to believe the promises of candidates and to be more discerning in choosing the country’s next leaders.

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Tripoli agreement key to attaining peace in Mindanao—diplomat

greenleads — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:40:53 +0000

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is not happy with the slow implementation of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement in the Philippines which he helped drafted in 1976 when he was still foreign affairs minister in Libya, to resolve the Moro conflict in Mindanao.

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Bangit gives troops 2 months to crush Abus

greenleads — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:40:50 +0000

Newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Delfin Bangit has given government troops two months to crush the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu.

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Mindanao power situation improves

levis25 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:40:49 +0000

The power supply situation in Mindanao has begun to improve as the island grid registered a supply deficit of only 520 megawatts as of Wednesday morning, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.

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Philippine election killing spree in full swing

greenleads — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:02:32 +0000

A series of killings since the political massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines last year has set the stage for the country’s most violent election in recent history, experts warn.

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Mistahs join call for extension of incumbent AFP chief

levis25 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:03:12 +0000

Now, the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief’s “mistahs” (classmates) at the Philippine Military Academy are backing calls to extend his term until after the crucial May elections.

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68 Filipinos seek repatriation from Haiti

levis25 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:07:47 +0000

Sixty-eight Filipinos in Haiti are now asking the Philippines to repatriate them after another powerful earthquake struck the impoverished Carribean nation Wednesday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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3 siblings found dead in Pampanga—report

greenleads — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:39:50 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Three siblings were found dead in their home in Pampanga early Tuesday, according to a radio report.

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PNP, Army checkpoints delay farmers’ protest caravan

greenleads — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:39:53 +0000

A farmers’ caravan on the way to Malacañang to press for genuine agrarian reform has been repeatedly delayed by military and police checkpoints, the spokesman of the Kilusan Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement of the Philippines), said Sunday.

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Brazil envoy donates blood to ailing lawyer

greenleads — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:40:08 +0000

Brazilian Ambassador to the Philippines Alcides G.R. Prates went on a private visit to Negros Occidental but instead took the time to donate blood to a gravely ill lawyer despite his tight schedule.

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ASEAN ‘open skies’ accord expected in April—Durano

levis25 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:40:07 +0000

The Philippines is to sign an “open skies” agreement with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in April, a pact that the Department of Tourism said would dramatically increase tourist arrivals in the country.