?The Philippines is a disaster area for human rights," Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Keith Locke says. "Arroyo should be urged to stop the political carnage that she is currently condoning.?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (via PLDT) ? President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said today she is looking forward to heightened trade activities between the Philippines and New Zealand, citing the big growth potential of the two countries? two-way commerce.
The President, who arrived here today on the first leg of a five-day, two-nation overseas trip to bolster trade and bilateral relations between the Philippines and her host countries, said she discussed this morning with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark the possibility of processing New Zealand?s milk exports in the Philippines.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (via PLDT) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo urged today overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) here to become overseas Filipino investors (OFIs) by investing in their home country to
further spur commerce and development.
The President made the pitch in her meeting with members of the Filipino community this afternoon at the official residence of Ambassador to New Zealand Bienvenido Tejano at 5 Bristol Place in Karori, Wellington.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Via PLDT) ? President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday made a strong pitch for the promotion of interfaith dialogue to bring about lasting peace, political stability and economic growth in Asia.
In a statement, the President asserted that far from being an abstract theory, interfaith dialogue is a “major contributor to peace and stability in the historically-troubled South Mindanao region.”
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MANILA, Philippines -- Ricky Carandang, a reporter for ABC-CBN television, has allegedly received death threats, presumably for his series of reports and exposes on alleged irregularities during the special elections…