+ Follow FORMER PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RICARDO Tag
FORMER PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RICARDO
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[Title] => Puno calls on government to provide incentive packages for IT education
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has called on the government to push through with a plan to provide incentive packages to information technology (IT) education centers and Internet cafes in order to sharpen the country’s competitiveness rating in the new global economy.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Puno vows to author bills to protect, benefit newsmen
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. is urging media to be more vigilant against perceived ploys of certain pro-administration quarters to suppress press freedom and the responsible exercise of everyone’s right to free speech and expression.
In a short talk before members of the National Press Club (NPC) Friday night, Puno said "press freedom is a constitutionally guaranteed right and should never be curtailed. A free press nourishes our democracy."
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Laban to push full implementation of Migrant Workers Act
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has assured seafarers and other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino will push for the full implementation of the Migrant Workers Act to put more flesh to the government’s thrust of protecting the welfare and interests of the country’s modern-day heroes.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Integrated Subic-Clark development pushed
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has urged the government to pursue without letup plans to interconnect the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales and the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga to further develop Central Luzon’s chief economic corridor and develop the two sites as Asia‘s Silicon Valley.
Puno, a former corporate executive, said this move would not only create more jobs for the people of Luzon, but would also prime Subic and Clark as among Asia’s top investment havens.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => Puno urges joint use of disputed areas in China Sea
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. is urging the government to pursue a Manila initiative on the joint use among claimant-states of disputed portions in the South China Sea to help ease tensions caused by continued poaching in its contested areas.
Puno said the government should sustain its diplomatic offensive pushing for the peaceful settlement of the South China Sea dispute before bilateral and multilateral forums to ensure that the area does not become a flashpoint in the region.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Puno urges government to pursue flood control project for CAMANAVA
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has called on the government to pursue a multi-million peso flood control project that will cover the cities of Caloocan and Valenzuela and the towns of Navotas and Malabon, collectively known as the Camanava area, to help ease the plight of these perennially submerged communities and the urban woes of the rest of Metro Manila’s residents.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Let people decide on ARMM expansion
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. said the residents of 15 provinces and 13 cities covered by an expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) should be left to decide on whether they want their respective areas to be included as part of the new ARMM.
Puno, one of Laban’s senatorial frontrunners, said the people of these affected areas should be given a chance to make an informed choice on such a crucial issue.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Puno urges government to expand exports to world’s richest markets
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. said the Philippines should take advantage of a fresh Group of Seven initiative that encourages more exports from the developing countries.
The G7 finance ministers, in a recent meeting in Palermo, Italy, agreed on two poverty reduction measures – a reaffirmation of their commitment to a debt relief initiative for poor countries, and an ambitious strategy that would include, among other things, further opening of their markets to exports from the third world.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Puno to support pro-Mindanao agri measures in Congress
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has pledged support for legislative measures that will speed up the transformation of resources-rich Mindanao into the country’s major food provider.
Puno, one of the senatorial frontrunners of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, batted for the full implementation of the agricultural modernization program in Mindanao and the allocation of more funds for the construction of farm-to-market roads, irrigation systems and post-harvest facilities in the south.
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[Title] => Puno calls on government to prioritize salary hike
[Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. called on the government Thursday to find ways to allocate funds for the planned five percent salary hike for state workers this year, as he noted that public servants also deserve proper and just compensation just like their counterparts in the private sector.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-20 00:00:00
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