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Thursday, September 25th, 2008President Gloria Arroyo addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by Rey Baniquet)Speech of President Gloria Arroyo during the 63rd United Nations General Assembly, UN Headquarters New York City, USA, September 23, 2008. Senior Don Miguel …
ZTE-Diwalwal Deal Exposes Govt Greed, Says NDF
Sunday, September 14th, 2008DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 14, 2008) - The Arroyo regime’s approval of and dismissive stance over the ZTE-Diwalwal mining deal sounds even more ominous and insensitive in the light of the huge landslide disaster in Maco town…
MILF Blames Arroyo For Failed Peace Talks, Territorial Deal In South RP
Thursday, September 4th, 2008MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 4, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels on Thursday blamed Manila for the failed peace negotiations and accused President Gloria Arroyo of reneging on the territorial deal.Mohagher Iqbal, chief peac…
War In The Making: Arroyo Dissolves Peace Panel; MILF Pursues Armed Struggle In Mindanao
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo talks with Muslim job-seekers on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the Philippine Trade and Training Center in Pasay City. Arroyo on Wednesday also dissolved the government panel negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Lib…
MILF Rebels Bracing For Government Offensives In Mindanao
Monday, September 1st, 2008A young Moro Islamic Liberation Front mujahideen waves inside a rebel base in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo / Mark Navales)MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 1, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels are bracing for g…
MILF Holds Crucial Meeting To Decide On Fate Of Peace Talks With Unpopular Arroyo Government
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Villagers with food sacks prepare to return home Sunday, August 31, from a distribution center in Sarangani province in southern Philippines. The humanitarian organization called World Vision distributed more than 2,000 food packs in the villages of Lu…
Philippines: Economic Growth At Slowest In Three Years
Friday, August 29th, 2008MANILA, PHILIPPINES (August 29, 2008) - Philippine economic growth in the second quarter slowed to its lowest rate in three years as higher inflation hurt consumption and mining output contracted, the government said.Gross domestic product in April-Jun…
Philippines Abandons Homeland Deal With Muslim Rebels
Friday, August 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 29, 2008) – Manila on Friday said it is abandoning the homeland deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, but would still pursue peace talks with the Philippine’s largest Muslim rebel group, offici…
Sulu Airport To Undergo Repair And Expansion
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Passengers from Pangutaran Island disembark from a motorized boat as the other wait for their turn in the port of Jolo in Sulu province in the southern Philippines. Small ferries and boats such as this bring passengers and goods to island-villages off…
Sulu Airport Expansion, Sisimulan Na!
Sunday, April 27th, 2008SULU (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 27, 2008) – Sisimulan na umano ang survey sa pagpapalawak sa airport ng Sulu upang mabuksan ang mas maraming mga ruta ng eroplano sa lalawigan.Sinabi ni Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan na ang proyekto ay bahagi ng $3 milyong pondo …
Photo: Philippine Leader Gloria Arroyo In Bataan
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008President Gloria Arroyo salutes the Philippine colors as she troops the line during the 66th commemoration of the “Araw ng Kagitingan” on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 at the Dambana ng Kagitingan in Mount Samat Shrine in Bataan. At left is Armed Forces Ch…
NBN-ZTE Whistle Blower Jun Lozada, Maiinit Na Tinanggap Sa Cebu
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 18, 2008) – Maiinit pa rin ang tanggap ng mga taga-Cebu kay NBN-ZTE deal whistle blower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada kahit na diumano’y binusalan ni Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal ang bibig ng mga pari na magsalita uko…
Arroyo Urges Congress To Approve Consumer Bill Of Rights
Monday, March 10th, 2008CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Mar.10, 2008) - Filipino leader Gloria Arroyo urged Congress on Monday to approve the Consumer Bill of Rights to protect the public from unscrupulous traders, price manipulations and unfair trade pr…
Photo: Jose de Venecia lll And President Gloria Arroyo — Two Diffrent Worlds!
Friday, March 7th, 2008Jose De Venecia III, the first to blow the whistle on the bribes and overpricing in the National Broadband Network-ZTE deal speaks to students Friday, March 07, 2008 in Davao City in southern Philippines. De Venecia is currently on a campus tour in Min…
Arroyo Did It Again!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Gabriela Women’s Party Congresswoman Luz Ilagan (seated, middle) poses with supporters during the launching of the Babae Laban sa Katiwalian (Babala) on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 in Davao City in southern Philippines. They are also calling for the resign…
Lawyers’ Union Assails Gov’t Tactics
Saturday, March 1st, 2008The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers condemns the Executive Department’s persistent efforts to subvert the Constitution and the laws it has sworn to uphold.The refusal of the PNP to attend the Senate investigation, the belated Ombudsman investiga…
Controversial Arroyo EO 464: To Lift Or Not To Lift?
Friday, February 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 2008) – Malacanang on Friday said the legal team recently formed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to study the recommendation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to lift E…
Controversial Arroyo EO 464: To Lift Or Not To Lift?
Friday, February 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 2008) – Malacanang on Friday said the legal team recently formed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to study the recommendation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to lift E…
RP Leader Unfazed By Protests
Friday, February 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 20080 - President Gloria Arroyo remains in control of her embattled government as 15,000 demonstrators trooped to the streets and demanded for her resignation.They accused Arroyo of corruption over the…
RP Leader Unfazed By Protests
Friday, February 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 20080 - President Gloria Arroyo remains in control of her embattled government as 15,000 demonstrators trooped to the streets and demanded for her resignation.They accused Arroyo of corruption over the…
Muslim Groups Assail Gov’t “Terrorists” Hysteria As Anti-GMA Rallies Begin
Friday, February 29th, 2008President Gloria Arroyo prays.COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 2008) – A Muslim human rights organization on Friday assailed Philippine authorities for using so-called “terrorists” hysteria every time there are anti-Arroyo…
Foreign Terror Suspect Falls In Manila
Friday, February 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 29, 2008) – Philippine police on Friday said it has arrested a foreigner suspected of plotting terror attacks in the Manila.Police chief Avelino Razon made the announcement the same day as huge anti-Arroy…
Youth Groups Demand GMA Resignation In South RP
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo, center, with husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, and daughter, Luli Arroyo.DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 28, 2008) – Militant youth and student groups calling for President Gloria Arroyo’s resignation …
Youth Groups Demand GMA Resignation In South RP
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo, center, with husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, and daughter, Luli Arroyo.DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 28, 2008) – Militant youth and student groups calling for President Gloria Arroyo’s resignation …
TESDA Mopahigayon Ug Massive Skills Training Program
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Manila, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 28, 2008) - Ilusad karong tuiga sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang massive skills training program ginamit ang tanang kapasidad pagbansay-bansay sa tibuok nasud nga network …
Religious Groups Join Calls For Arroyo To Resign
Thursday, February 28th, 2008“Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.” Leviticus 19:11We, members and leaders of the religious community, lawyers’ organization, academe, youth organizations and multi-sectoral groups, have come together to express our …
Anti-Arroyo Protests Held In Mindanao
Monday, February 25th, 2008A small group of Muslim and Christian activists hold a picket Monday, February 25, 2008 in downtown Zamboanga City in southern Philippines calling for the resignation of embattled President Gloria Arroyo, accused of fraud in the 2004 elections. A simil…
Child Rights Advocates Join Anti-Arroyo Protest
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008MANILA, Philippines - “Learning by doing.” This is how child rights advocates teach children the different concepts related to their rights. And this is exactly how they taught children the right to freely express opinions and the value of collect…
Terrorists Again Plotting To Bomb Manila: Military
Friday, February 22nd, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 22, 2008) – The Philippine military on Friday warned that terrorists may launch a series of attacks in Manila in retaliation to the killing of a Jemaah Islamiya bomber in the country’s troubled south.Ar…
Embattled RP Leader Vows To Fight Corruption
Friday, February 15th, 2008Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo.MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 15, 2008) - Filipino leader Gloria Arroyo on Friday said that she will focus on reform in the remaining years in the government and vowed to fight corruption even as thousand…
GMA Sinisi Sa Kahirapan, Pagmamalupit Sa Bansa
Monday, December 10th, 2007MAYNILA, Pilipinas (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 10, 2007) - Kahirapan pa rin ang umano’y ugat ng pinakamatitinding paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng mamamayang Pilipino, ito’y ayon kay Elmer Labog, Tagapangulo ng Kilusang Mayo Uno(KMU.Ito ang pahayag ngayo…
Philippine Coup Fails-Corruption Continues! The Imprudent Observer
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Philippine troops and SWAT teams stormed a five-star hotel that dissident military officers had commandeered after walking out of a coup trial. The military officers have insisted their aim is to end the blatant corruption of President Gloria Macapagal…
Crush Uprising! RP Military Chief Tells Troops
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Philippine military chief General Hermogenes Esperon, who is visiting troops in Zamboanga City in Mindanao island, speaks on his mobile phones Thursday Nov. 30, 2007 after a group of soldiers led by Army Brigadier General Danilo Lim and opposition Sen…
3 Foreigners Wounded In Philippine Blast
Friday, October 19th, 2007MAKATI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 19, 2007) – At least 3 foreigners were among more than 100 people injured in a powerful blast Friday that ripped through a shopping mall in Makati City, the Philippines’ financial district, police …
Photo: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo And UNDP’s Nileema Noble
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo confers with United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Nileema Noble during the launching of the 2007 Global Millennium Development Goals Report and the …
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