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Palace still wishing for Arroyo powers

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MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang is not giving up hope the Senate and House of Representatives can still convene a special session and grant special powers to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to address the power crisis in Mindanao. Gary Olivar, the President's deputy spokesperson, Sunday said Ms Arroyo might ask her allies in both chambers of Congress, especially... »

Unrealistic

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FRONTLINE 02/20/2010 Can an incumbent president bind her successor to what she agrees to with an Islamic secessionist group, by way of a “package of obligations?” The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has nixed a peace accord with Gloria Arroyo, apparently thinks so, as the rebel group is now saying that the peace... »

Mindanao peace talks at critical stage

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OZAMIZ CITY, Philippines—Peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front enter a crucial phase this week, with a Malaysian diplomat travelling to the country to oversee backroom talks between the two sides. In the last few months of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration, the government remains optimistic a political settlement can still... »

BUT CAUTIOUS ON THE TOP TIER –> Meralco: No borrowing plans this year

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BY JOHN POQUIZ The Manila Electric Co. has no need to borrow this year, Meralco treasurer Rafael Andrada recently said »

LRT extension to spur increase in ridership

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MANILA, Philippines--Extending the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line 2 up to Manila's port area in Tondo may not be financially viable for the government given the relatively low number of passengers that will potentially come from the area. Instead, Marubeni Philippines Corp., the company that recently concluded a Japan government-funded feasibility study for the... »

Ampatuans, others charged over Maguindanao massacre

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By Benjamin B. »

El Niño drought feared to cut RP’s rice yields

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MANILA, Philippines—A possible drought caused by the El Niño weather system could slash Philippines rice yields this year, the government warned Tuesday, as Manila prepared to deal with any possible crisis. Government models project 2010 rice harvests would be... »

Southern Mindanao crops to survive dry spell—DA

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Southern Mindanao's major rice-producing areas are safe, at least for now, from the effects of the El Niño, which the government's weather agency expects to be felt early this year. Frisco Malabanan, director of the Department of Agriculture's GMA Rice Program, told reporters here on... »

RP buys Viet rice

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1M tons to start arriving February By IRMA ISIP The Philippines has agreed to buy at least one million tons of rice from Vietnam trade sources from Hanoi and Manila said yesterday. The volume accounts for two-thirds of the 1.5 million tons the government earlier announced it will import for the year. Last year... »

Chiz slams Marina for blaming Senate

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OPPOSITION Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero yesterday said the government should acknowledge its continuing failure to ensure the safety of passengers at sea instead of using the issue to push for the passage of a bill pending in Congress. »

‘A rebellion was in the offing’—justice chief

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MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared martial law in a southern province to quell a rebellion by forces there loyal to a powerful clan accused of a massacre, the government said Saturday. "We noticed and observed there was a rebellion in the offing," Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera told a nationally televised news conference... »

Philippine inflation creeps up after deadly storms—NSO

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MANILA, Philippines – Philippine inflation crept up to a six-month high of 2.8 percent in November due to high food and fuel prices and disruptions caused by deadly tropical storms, the government said Friday. "The effects of Typhoon Parma [Philippine... »

Of pots and kettles

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FRONTLINE 12/03/2009 Calls for the resignation of Gloria Arroyo come much too late, especially the call from Fidel Ramos for Gloria to step down from Malacañang after she filed her certificate of candidacy for a congressional seat in the second district of Pampanga. Ramos, in an interview with airport reporters, said Gloria should resign... »

Taking the difficult road that must be traveled

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MANILA, Philippines – It has only been about two months since the tragedies of Ondoy and Pepeng have struck. None of us can forget when the floodwaters began to rise, and watch our people stranded on rooftops, or rescued by ropes and improvised rafts. Over 1.3 million people were displaced »