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NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON
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[Title] => No COA report on GMA's frequent trips - Nograles
[Summary] => Speaker Prospero Nograles said yesterday there is no Commission on Audit (COA) report on President Arroyo’s frequent foreign trips as revealed by Bukidnon Rep. Teofisto Guingona III last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jess Diaz
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[Title] => US renews travel warning on RP
[Summary] => WASHINGTON — The United States has renewed a warning to its citizens traveling to or residing in the Philippines to exercise great caution and maintain heightened security awareness amid persisting terrorist threats.
In a consular information sheet released on Thursday, the US State Department said "a number of security-related incidents highlight the risk of travel in certain areas due to kidnappings, bombings, and other violence and criminal activity."
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1415410
[AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak
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[Title] => Airport alert on for suicide bombers
[Summary] => Aviation authorities said yesterday they are stepping up screening procedures at airports for terrorists who could be trying to board planes after "swallowing" explosives as a technique to avoid detection.
They said the safety measures were put in place to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, when hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center twin towers and the Pentagon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Bin Laden photos seized from slain Abus
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Pictures of Osama bin Laden and documents in Arabic were seized when Army Scout Rangers overran a hideout of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap gang and killed two suspected members in the jungles of Basilan yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Trifonio Salazar, commander of the Army’s First Infantry "Tabak" Division, said elite troops raided the Abu Sayyaf hideout at the outskirt of Sumisip, Basilan after being tipped off by residents.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Government eyes homeland security department
[Summary] => The government is studying the possibility of setting up a homeland security department that will address the problem of terrorism and ensure the security of vital civil and military installations against terrorist attacks.
A source at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) told The STAR that a special panel has been formed to study the creation of the new department.
"The government is conducting a study to adopt the US homeland security measures," said the official who asked not to be named.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1650428
[AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada
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[Title] => US Embassy: RP not on terror watchlist
[Summary] => The United States Embassy in Manila said yesterday that the US Immigration and Naturalization Service has not issued any guidelines requiring Filipino tourists and immigrants to periodically report to the INS, since the Philippines is not on the US terrorist watchlist.
US Embassy spokewoman Karen Kelley said the INS does not require Filipino nationals in the US to periodically report their movement and travel outside the country as a measure for the immediate reporting and arrest of suspected terrorists.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[Title] => Palace gives up on Bush’s RP visit
[Summary] => Malacañang has given up trying to get US President George W. Bush to visit the country this month.
Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said they have received word from the US State Department that Bush’s schedule in Asia would not allow him even a brief stopover here.
Tiglao said US Secretary of State Colin Powell told President Arroyo that Bush’s Asian tour next week is so tight he could not visit the Philippines even for a day.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[Title] => Poll: Pinoys hopeful about ’02 but worry about terrorism
[Summary] => Most Filipinos are hopeful for the coming year 2002 but continue to be worried about a major terrorist attack in the country, recent surveys said.
According to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey for the fourth quarter of 2001, 69 percent of Filipinos were very worried while 20 percent were somewhat worried about a terrorist attack on the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1431668
[AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana
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[Title] => Five RP immigration officers to receive training in US
[Summary] => The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will be sending five of its top intelligence officers to the US next month to undergo training under an anti-terrorism program, Commissioner Andrea Domingo said yesterday.
Domingo said the US earlier invited the Philippines to the training program, which is aimed at preventing terrorists from using certain countries as entry points for final destinations such as the US and Britain.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza
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[Title] => GMA prays for end to all terrorism
[Summary] => President Arroyo urged the nation yesterday to pray for an end to terrorism so that no more innocent lives are lost to senseless violence.
As the nation observes the traditional All Saints’ Day today and All Souls’ Day tomorrow, Mrs. Arroyo has asked all Filipinos — Christians and Muslims alike — to also pray for those who were killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington in which at least 5,500 lives were lost.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804833
[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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September 14, 2003 - 12:00am
