Distorting history
Analysis | The president's offer of reconciliation was made at the wrong place, at the wrong time ? and by the wrong source.
Philippines: Koko hits ‘squid tactics’ of fired Cotabato poll exec
MANILA — Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino ?Koko? Pimentel III today accused dismissed South Cotabato election supervisor Lilian Radam of resorting to squid tactics by claiming that he tried to bribe her in connection with the senatorial vote count in the province.
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Filipino hostage released in Nigeria
12 June 2007 ? Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria Masaranga R. Umpa reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Filipino seafarer seized by unnamed militants in Bayelsa State, Nigeria on 25 May 2007 was released on the evening of 11 June (Nigeria time) to Nigerian authorities and is now undergoing medical examinations.
Davide to faciliate UN negotiations for tribal rights
NEW YORK, 12 June 2007 ? Just three months in his job as Manila’s point person in the United Nations, Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., was entrusted by the President of the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly with the task of facilitating negotiations for a draft declaration that would help improve the lives of the over 370 million indigenous people worldwide.
Philippines: Mandatory cellphone registration by NTC denounced
MANILA — Detained Anakpawis lawmaker Crispin Beltran today expressed opposition to the move of the National Telecommunications Commission to require all cellular phone manufacturers, dealers and users to register their units and pay P150 for every phone registered.