MANILA — In the wake of OFW Rey Cortez? beheading in Saudi Arabia, family members, friends and members of Migrante International today held a noise barrage in Quezon City for Marilou Ranario, a Filipina migrant worker on death row in Kuwait.
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MANILA — Jose Torres Jr, chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) was elected as general reserve adviser of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) during its recent World Congress in Moscow. Torres is managing editor of GMA News.tv.
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MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo underscored today the need to build and foster strong alliances on a bilateral and multilateral basis to ensure greater political, economic and military security.
The President led the diplomatic corps in a toast to the future of the Philippines and to international solidarity during the Vin D? Honneur in celebration of the 109th anniversary of Philippine Independence held at Malacanang?s Rizal Hall.
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MANILA — In what could be her shortest Independence Day speech ever, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo vowed today to pursue her people-before-politics policy of governance and keep the country firmly on the path of economic reform and fiscal discipline.
In her 511-word speech heavily laced with prayer for peace and national unity, the President ? dressed in a pretty cream barong pants ensemble ? said her people-first administration policy would focus on a strategy that is “pro-growth, pro-trade (and) pro-investment.”
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