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Archive for July 2nd, 2010

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP_ – Soccer's perennial World Cup underachievers from the Netherlands knocked off mighty Brazil on Friday, stamping the Dutch as a strong contender to finally win …

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Netherlands shocks Brazil 2-1

Her first congressional resolution seeking charter change shows former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cannot let go of power, a senior Catholic Church official said Friday. Ret…

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Arroyo's Chacha bid shows she can't let go of power, retired archbishop says

Thanks to intervention and support from the Pangarap Foundation, an NGO in Manila, the Philippines, former child labourer Arcy Nino Ortonio is now in his second year for a Bachelor of Science in Marin…

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A child labourer leaves the streets behind and returns to school in the Philippines

Click here for Election 2010 updates He noted that while Arroyo could be liable for some wrongdoings, she is not the only one who should be charged. Bayan Muna filed criminal complaints before the D…

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Not only Arroyo, but her allies too

PRESIDENT Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III maintained that there was no mistake in the issuance of Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 1, detailing the status of non-career executive service officials of the …

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Aquino explains first memorandum 'mess'

THE ascension to the presidency of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III this week failed to cheer the stock market as share prices dipped at the trading’s close Friday. The Philippine Stock Exchange ind…

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Aquino’s inauguration fails to boost stock market

SHORT of saying it is over, Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez said the speakership post traditionally belongs to the “man of the Malacanang”. “The speakership needs only one vote and that is …

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Speakership a done deal, says Arroyo ally

PRESIDENT Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will create a commission tasked at reviewing the 1987 Constitutions and evaluate the proposal for its amendment. On Thursday, Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arr…

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Aquino to review Charter change call

NEWLY-installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Ricardo David set a three-year timeline to decimate the New People’s Army (NPA). David, the first AFP chief to serve under the government…

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Military chief sets timeline to eradicate rebels

THE administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III still needs to finalize the creation of his media communications group. Aquino earlier announced the abolition of the Office of the Press S…

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Aquino has no communications department yet