PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will go on a state visit to Turkey before proceeding to London and Saudi Arabia.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Arroyo will leave Manila on September 16 and will pass Turkey upon the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
Remonde said while in Turkey, Arroyo will seek to expand bilateral relations with the country [...]
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EVEN with the selection of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. as administration standard-bearer for 2010, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is not making changes in her schedule to campaign for him — at least not yet.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Arroyo will still keep her head “above the daily mundane demands of politics” even after Teodoro’s selection [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo rejected the demand of the communist rebels to release more of their consultants, including the dropping of charges against them before the peace negotiations could resume.
Arroyo, in an interview by Radio Mindanao-North Cotabato, said the rule of law should always be followed.
“This cannot be done unless the court ruled. We have to [...]
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A MALACANANG official said Tuesday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be asking King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to pardon several Filipino prisoners there as part of her upcoming visit in Saudi this weekend.
“I believe that is the usual practice (of Muslims) during the holy month of Ramadan,” explained Deputy presidential spokesman for Economic Affairs Gary [...]
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MALACAÑANG said on Friday that President Arroyo is “worried” about the ill-gotten wealth case filed against her eldest child, Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, by a group of militant government workers.
The charges against the younger Arroyo stemmed from investigative reports that he failed to disclose in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday called on industrialized countries to help developing countries adapt to the worsening effects of climate change by giving financial and technological assistance and reducing their emissions.
Arroyo issued the appeal during the closing of the United Nations International Industrial Development Organization (Unido) conference on green industry in Asia held at the [...]
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shakes hands with visiting Prime Minister Jan Fischer of the Czech Republic during a courtesy call on her Monday (Sept. 7) at Malacañang’s Music Room. Prime Minister Fischer arrived in Manila for a two-day official visit. (AP photo)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday ordered her economic managers to raise the growth forecast for [...]
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MALACAÑANG on Saturday said it has nothing to do with the impending transfer to Spain of a convict in a 12-year-old rape-slay case in Cebu, even as the mother of the victims vowed to question the move.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said the Palace will leave it to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the courts [...]
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PAMPANGA – Presidential son Representative Juan Miguel “Mickey” Arroyo told his critics to focus their attention in providing services to their constituents instead of finding flaws in the present administration.
The young Arroyo was recently criticized for his failure to declare properties in the United States, particularly a beachfront property in the San Francisco Bay Area [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the immediate resolution of the killing of Jimmy Lopez, one of the witnesses in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, and determine if his death is connected with controversial case,
Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez said the administration is not saying that the killing of Lopez, and previously of Senior Superintendent Teofilo Vina [...]
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