Philippines remains hopeful jockeying for 2010 polls won’t derail reforms, fiscal discipline

MANILA — While conceding that early politicking could take place in the Senate in the run-up to the 2010 presidential elections, Malaca?ang remains hopeful that all parties would move “forward in a united way to stay on the path of economic reform and fiscal discipline.”
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Philippines determined to end political killings, go after culprits — Bunye

MANILA — Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye reiterated over the weekend that Malaca?ang is determined to go after assassins of journalists and put an end to all extra-judicial killings.
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Philippines elections, an indictment of Arroyo — NDF

The circus that is the recent Philippine midterm elections was an indictment of how Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “won” her presidency in the last 2004 elections and punctuated her government’s acute isolation from the Filipino masses.
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Philippines: Migrante calls on Arroyo to fulfill Cortez family?s last wish

MANILA — An alliance of organizations composed of OFWs and their families today call on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to indeed fulfill the last wish of OFW Rey Cortez? family ? for his remains to be repatriated to the Philippines.
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Karapatan belies military’s claim that NPA bullet killed Grecil

DAVAO CITY –Karapatan Southern Mindanao Region belied today the claim of the 101 ST Infantry Brigade commander Brigadier General Carlos Holganza of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the bullet killed the 9 year-old Grecil Gelacio, in New Bataan, Compostella Valley Province on March 31 came from New People’s Army (NPA).

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