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Do you think that the Catholic Church will not anymore be involved in such "political matters"?
As a senior Catholic Church leader advised outspoken bishops of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to shun politics and focus more on the young and the poor, the question remains if the Church can shift from making concerns on political matters, to promoting moral values and defense of family and life. He added that "we have to use new approaches, techniques, and methodologies with our new leadership under Bishop Angel Lagdameo".
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G.M.A.-F.V.R. MEETING
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (left) meets with former President Fidel V. Ramos (right) and other officials at the Macapagal residence in Forbes Park, Makati City Wednesday night, in preparation for the Lakas National Directorate meeting on Saturday, Jan. 14. With them are Political Affairs Secretary Gabriel Claudio, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, and House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
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SMIC sets P2.4 B to build exhibition, call center facility
SM Investment Corporation will break ground for two new buildings worth P2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2006 at the 60-hectare SM Central Business Park in Manila.
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President Arroyo and former President Fidel V. Ramos avoided locking of horns over differing views on plans to change the Constitution during their meeting last Wednesday night and agreed on a "simple approach" for settling contentious matters without risking further division within the ruling Lakas CMD party.
Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Gabriel Claudio yesterday said the three-hour "convivial, warm, and relaxed meeting" between Ramos and Arroyo at the latter’s residence in Makati City centered on the agenda of the Lakas National Directorate meeting on Saturday.
In a news briefing in...
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ASEAN Tourism Forum 2006
THE ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) is a cooperative regional effort to promote the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as one tourist destination. This annual event involves all the tourism industry sectors of the 10-member nations of ASEAN – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Pacquiao trainer sees a close win vs Morales
LOS ANGELES — Over at the two-bedroom apartment unit of Manny Pacquiao late Wednesday night, boyhood friend and training assistant Buboy Fernandez had his eyes glued on his high-end laptop that was showing a downloaded copy of Pacquiao’s fight with Erik Morales last year. |
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Bicol region, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers.
Moderate to occasionally strong northeasterly to southeasterly winds will prevail over northern and eastern Luzon and eastern Visayas with moderate to occasionally rough seas.
Manila Bay will be slight to moderate.
Temperature range – 19.3°C – 30.5°C
Tides — High: 9:05 p.m., 1.15 m.
Low: 5:33 a.m., -0.26 m.
Sunrise — 6:24 a.m.
Sunset — 5:44 p.m.
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