MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left at 5 p.m. today for New Zealand for another “foreign engagement” which she described as a “central pillar of our economic gains and national security.”
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MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo paid tribute to Japan and Malaysia for their invaluable contribution to the Philippines? quest for lasting peace in Mindanao during her recent trip to Japan to attend the 13th Nikkei Conference, Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye said.
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MANILA, Philippines – They have emerged as a strong economic sub-sector, infusing a record $10.7 billion into the economy last year alone and fueling the steady rise of the value of the peso against foreign currencies.
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Analysis | Mindanao is exploited to the hilt in the commission of electoral fraud not because of its remoteness. A distinct economic, political and cultural structure renders the region vulnerable to state manipulation verily through the use of the state's apparatuses for state terrorism and coerced mandate through fraudulent elections.
The involvement of police officers in the burning of a polling precinct in Taysan, Batangas, which resulted in the death of two teachers, may just be the tip of the iceberg as far as the role of state security forces in electoral fraud and violence is concerned, says an opposition watchdog group.