MANILA — Last May 16, history was made as three Pinays became the first Southeast Asian women to summit Mount Everest and the first women in the world to traverse the mountain from the North side to the South side. Filipinas Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon, and Janet Belarmino certainly made our country proud as they overcame numerous obstacles to reach the top of the highest mountain on earth.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed its backing for the observance of June 7 as a ?Black Day? by its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
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LISBON, Portugal (via PLDT)—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed confidence Tuesday that the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the economic power bloc of the European Union (EU) and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) can be concluded during the Asean Summit in November.
The President said that as the present chair of the Asean, her two-day visit here was timely since Portugal will assume the presidency of the 25-member EU in July.
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MANILA — Task Force Mapalad (TFM) belied reports that a heated argument between farmer-beneficiaries and security guards of Hacienda Velez-Malaga in La Castellana, Negros Occidental ensued prior to the shooting last Monday that left two farmer-beneficiaries killed and six others wounded.
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