MANILA — The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan ( Bayan ) today picketed the Australian Embassy in Makati. The group was protesting President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?s visit to Australia and the impending signing of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) which allows the entry of Australian troops to the Philippines.
The protesters carried signs saying ?No to SOFA? and ?Stop Aid to a Dictator?.
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DAVAO CITY — This city will continue to be a haven for new investments especially in the field of tourism-related business ventures.
Lawyer Domingo Duerme, Senior Assistant Vice-President for Mindanao Sales of the Philippine Air Lines (PAL), express this optimism Wednesday morning at the launching of the PAL photo exhibit at SM Mall highlighting the Asian first airliner’s “rich historical legacy of PAL to the Filipino nation.”
By Rose Palacio
City Health Officer Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said the city government, as instructed by Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, has been monitoring nutrition implementation in all district of Davao and promotes breastfeeding as a vital component of the President?s hunger mitigation program.
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DAVAO CITY — Big ticket investments that were firmed up during the Davao membership meeting of the Cold Chain Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CCAP) last year will be operational before the second quarter of 2007.
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By Rose Palacio
President Arroyo ordered government agencies to pool and intensify their efforts and seek the cooperation of the private sector to wipe out hunger in the country.
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