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                    [Title] => 31 lawmakers face poll protests
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Election protests have been filed against 31 elected incumbent and incoming members of the House of Representatives.       

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img832/5936/gen9newa.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 591875 [Title] => 'No change in practice of naming political ambassadors' [Summary] =>

The Aquino administration’s first ambassadorial appointment of a retired general to an Asian country only showed that it is the “same ballgame” of naming political ambassadors, career diplomats at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 590117 [Title] => Political envoys given 3 months to wind up affairs [Summary] =>

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has extended the tour of duty of ambassadors with non-career and coterminous status to three months so they can finish their duties in their posts.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 589782 [Title] => Only 7 of 25 political envoys return home [Summary] =>

Only seven out of the 25 political ambassadors have complied with the recall order and have returned to the country, with the others still clinging to their posts.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 583229 [Title] => Palace defends order to defer recall of political envoys [Summary] =>

Malacañang defended the order for the Department of Foreign Affairs to defer its recall of political ambassadors so as to avoid a vacuum in leadership of the affected diplomatic posts around the world.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576707 [Title] => DFA recalls 25 political envoys [Summary] =>

Twenty-five political ambassadors who are co-terminus with President Arroyo have received recall orders, a senior official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270660 [Title] => CA confirms DFA chief [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo led the list of personalities confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) yesterday, the last day of hearings before Congress goes on Lenten break.

After two hours of questioning during his confirmation hearing yesterday, Romulo was "highly recommended" by the committee on foreign affairs chaired by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244800 [Title] => Berroya named to DOTC post [Summary] => President Arroyo swore in yesterday controversial police general Reynaldo Berroya as assistant secretary for special concerns at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

Berroya, who headed the Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police prior to his retirement, is the latest retired PNP general to join the DOTC. He bowed out of the service last March 14.

The DOTC is headed by former PNP chief director general Leandro Mendoza.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220932 [Title] => Explosion in public market worsens tension in Parang [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — An improvised explosive went off in this town’s public market before dawn yesterday, injuring no one but heightening tension prevailing here since the slay attempt on the mayor last Sunday. [DatePublished] => 2003-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216078 [Title] => Magdi-deliver ng ransom dinedo ng Sayyaf [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA – Binaril at napatay ang isang lalaki na magdi-deliver ng 12,000 dolyares na ransom ng mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf malapit sa bayan ng Patikul, ayon sa ulat ng pulisya kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2003-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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