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[Title] => 'Germany one of Phl's strongest economic partners'
[Summary] => Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has conveyed to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle that the Philippines regards Germany as one of its strongest economic, political and cultural partners, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2011-12-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[Title] => DFA secretary on 3-day visit to Germany
[Summary] => A Philippine foreign affairs secretary has embarked on an official visit to Germany for the first time in nine years.
[DatePublished] => 2011-12-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[Title] => Australia donates A$17-M for M’danao
[Summary] => President Arroyo formally received a letter of commitment from the Australian government yesterday for a donation of A$17 million over the next five years for peace and development programs in Mindanao.
The Australian government’s contribution goes to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Mindanao called Action for Conflict Transformation (ACT) for Peace.
Outgoing Australian Ambassador Ruth Pearce turned over the letter of commitment to Mrs. Arroyo in her farewell call at Malacañang, which ends her three-year tour of duty in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-05 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 231814
[Title] => Patriot
[Summary] => When a statesman goes, the nation feels the loss somewhere in its collective soul.
These days, the measure of that collective soul quivering would be the volume of text messages that goes around in the moments and hours after an event of great sadness. There was that volume of messaging last Sunday, a steady stream of terse notices as the nation informed itself of a death to be mourned.
Ka Blas, as he always preferred to be addressed, died in the manner, I suspect, he preferred: with his boots on, at the service of his nation, on the move and on the job.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Alex Magno
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[Title] => Bush visit to boost RP’s image as ‘trusted’ US ally in war vs terror
[Summary] => US President George W. Bush’s visit to Manila this week is expected to buttress the Philippines’ new-found status as a trusted military and economic ally instrumental in Washington’s global war on terror, officials say.
At least 10,000 Filipino police have been mobilized to secure Manila for Bush’s eight-hour state visit Saturday. The highlights would be talks with President Arroyo as well as a historic address to a special joint session of the Filipino legislature.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Where is Al-Ghozi?
[Summary] => Where forth art thou Al-Ghozi?
In a country where punctuality and punctiliousness even from senior government officials are a rarity, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople’s July 23 statement that Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi was expected to be recaptured within three days puzzled, if not bewildered, a lot of people. It continues to do so, despite the distraction posed by the seizure by renegade soldiers of the Oakwood Premier Ayala Center early yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ibarra Mateo
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[Title] => Ople: Talks with MILF resume next week
[Summary] => Peace negotiations between the government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are expected to resume in Malaysia next week.
Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday Malaysia will host the talks after the "technical obstacles" are overcome.
"I expect the resumption of the talks to be announced in Malaysia," he said. "This (is based on the presumption) that we will be able to overcome the technical obstacles."
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-18 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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[Title] => Reds welcome Oslo offer to help restart peace talks
[Summary] => Communist rebels have welcomed Norway’s offer to help end their more than three decades of rebellion against the government.
Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, spokesman for the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), said that the rebel leadership is urging the Norwegian government to convince the Arroyo administration to set up an "appropriate atmosphere for peace talks."
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ople bars DFA men from meeting Iraqis
[Summary] => In a move tantamount to the non-recognition of the regime of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople has ordered all his officials from having contacts with the Iraqi mission in Manila.
A diplomatic source told The STAR yesterday that Ople’s instructions has been conveyed to all offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), including those that are not directly attending the concerns and diplomatic relations with Middle East countries.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => Authorities looking for three suicide bombers
[Summary] => The terrorist watch has been ratcheted up.
Joint police and military teams are now on the look-out for three suspected terrorists in the wake of intelligence reports that suicide bombers are in Manila to attack American and Israeli targets.
Sources in the intelligence community confirmed that overt and covert operations are now being implemented by the government’s special units to determine the whereabouts and identities of the suspected suicide bombers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805318
[AuthorName] => Jaime Laude
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