JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — President Megawati Sukarnoputri came second in Indonesia’s presidential vote and will run against her former security minister in a September runoff, according to poll results Tuesday.
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Malacañang yesterday defended the reappointment of Virgilio Garciliano and Manuel Barcelona Jr. as commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), vouching for their integrity and competence to hold office.
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Twenty leaders of parliaments in Asia yesterday declared all-out support for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s “efforts to unite the Filipino people and complete the peace agreement with the secessionist movement in Mindanao.”
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The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 446 out of 1,130 passed the Architect Licensure Examination given by the Board of Architecture in Manila last month.
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Vice President Noli de Castro will be the new secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) once the resignation of DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman takes effect on Oct. 30, Malacañang said yesterday.
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MANILA (AFP) — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo needs to strengthen the rule of law in the Philippines to improve the chances of solving the decades-old problems of poverty and insurgency, the US ambassador to Manila said yesterday.
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Armed Forces Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Rodolfo Garcia will retire today from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as he celebrates his 56th birth anniversary, ending his 38 years and four months of successful and colorful military career.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday said she would consult with Congress leaders and the people to reach an agreement as to the time and mode of effecting amendments in the Constitution.
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Some 4,000 priests from all over the country who attended yesterday’s National Congress of the Clergy at the World Trade Center in Pasay City underscored the power of prayers and in staying “poor” to really understand their calling.
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