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Philippines to open consulate in Central China

CHENGDU CITY, Sichuan, China (via PLDT) ? Officials of this booming capital city of the biggest province of China requested President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday to set up a consulate here, a request that she immediately granted.

Saying “it is a great honor” to be visiting Chengdu, the President assured Mayor Ge Honglin — with whom she had an informal meeting at the VIP Holding Room of the Jinjiang Hotel here ? that the Philippines “certainly will put up one (consulate) here in Central China.”
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Leading provider of outsourced graphic services opens Philippines operation

Chicago, June 6, 2007 -- Affinity Express Inc., the leading provider of outsourced graphic and design services for the newspaper, commercial printing, retail/quick printing, embroidery and promotional products industries, announced…

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Philippines’s Alicia Mayer leads in annual ‘sexiest vegetarian’ poll

Isabel Roces, Corey Wills, Chin Chin Gutierrez, and Yasmien Kurdi are Still in the Running

MANILA ? Actor and FHM cover model Alicia Mayer?most recently known for her role as Sussy on the popular sitcom Lagot Ka ? Isusumbong Kita!?has taken an early lead in the annual World?s Sexiest Vegetarian poll, which was just launched on PETA.org. Mayer, who has always had a soft spot for animals, has been a vegetarian since viewing video footage of factory farms on PETA.org.

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Philippines: OFWs have little to celebrate on Migrants Day, House Centennial — Migrante

MANILA — As the House of Representatives marks its Centennial today with a visit from Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, an alliance of OFWs and their families led a lighting rally to highlight parallels between the observance of the Congress? Centennial and Migrants Day today.
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Philippines: SC potentially strong ally in fight vs repression — Beltran

MANILA — Detained Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran lauded the declaration of Chief Justice Reynato Puno that the Supreme Court will use its power to protect civil liberties. He said that the Chief Justice has already begun doing so when the SC junked the rebellion charges against the Batasan 6. Beltran expressed hope that given CJ Puno’s vow, the SC will also immediately make this decision final and executory and allow his (Beltran’s) release from detention at the soonest possible time, even as the office of the solicitor general files an appeal.

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