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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 …
MILF Criticizes Philippine Human Rights Records
Thursday, October 4th, 2007COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 04, 2007) – Muslim rebels negotiating peace with Manila have criticized the country’s human rights records, saying, the Philippines is no different from Burma.“Both the Philippines and Burma ha…
Arroyo Inaugurates Government Projects In Southern Philippines
Sunday, September 16th, 2007PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Sept) - President Gloria Arroyo is expected to visit Pagadian City in the southern Zamboanga del Sur province on Monday to lead officials in the inauguration of government projects.Arroyo’s arrival c…
Arroyo Appeals For Unity And Reconciliation
Thursday, September 13th, 2007MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Arroyo has reiterated her call for unity and reconciliation following the conviction of former president Joseph Estrada by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court.Arroyo said: “We live by the rule of law.We abide by wh…
Military Engineers Arrive In Basilan Island For Humanitarian Projects
Saturday, September 8th, 2007ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Sept) – Some 500 soldiers arrived Saturday in Basilan to take part on a massive government infrastructure projects aimed at winning hearts and minds of Muslims on the island, south of the Philippine…
Teachers, Aspiring Cadets Take Exams In Jolo Island
Sunday, August 26th, 2007A school teacher in the southern Filipino island of Jolo takes a government licensure examinations Sunday inside the Mohammad Tulawie School in downtown Jolo town. The island’s governor Sakur Tan sought President Gloria Arroyo’s permission to allow…
Arroyo Braves Sayyaf Island, Inspects Troops
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Philippine President Gloria Arroyo shakes hands Thursday Aug. 23, 2007 with Marines in Basilan island who killed dozens of Abu Sayyaf militants in fierce clashes last week. Arroyo flew to the strife-torn island to meet with the soldiers involved in th…
Tight Security For Arroyo’s Visit In Southern Philippines
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007An old Muslim woman relaxes Wednesday Aug. 22, 2007 at a public park named after U.S. military commander Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines bombed late Tuesday. At least 14 people were wounded in the blast blamed …
MILF Tags Abu Sayyaf In Beheading Of 10 Marines In Southern Philippines
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Marines in Basilan island in South RP where security forces are preparing for a punitive action against Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels behind the beheading of ten soldiers in Al-Barka town on July 10. The MILF denies beheading the marines and bla…
Activists, Militant Groups Oppose To Arroyo’s Rule Hold Protest Rallies In Manila
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 23 Jul) – Political activists and militant groups have trooped in Manila Monday where President Gloria Arroyo is to give her State of the Nation Address (SONA).Thousands of soldiers and policemen were deployed in the Phili…
Basilan Clash Adds Crack On Already Fragile Peace In Southern Philippines
Friday, July 13th, 2007MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Jul) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have put its forces in highest alert following a bloody clashes between soldiers and guerrillas that killed 4 dozen people…
Human Rights Group Hails Catholic Bishops Stand On RP Anti-Terror Law
Monday, July 9th, 2007CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Jul) – A human rights group on Tuesday praised the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) after it called for a review of the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007, or the anti-terrorism law, citi…
All Set For Anti-Terror Summit In Southern Philippines
Sunday, July 8th, 2007CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 09 Jul) – Security is tight Monday in Cagayan de Oro City where President Gloria Arroyo is to speak on an anti-terrorism summit.Arroyo would also meet with her Cabinet security cluster in the first leg of publ…
Dagdag Siguridad, Inilatag Sa Mindanao Sa Pagdating Ni PGMA
Sunday, July 8th, 2007MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Jul) – Nagdagdag ng siguridad ang militar at pulisya sa Mindanao dahil sa pagbisita ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo sa Lunes bilang bahagi ng pagiikot nito at isasagwang anti-terror summit.Isang pampasaherong bus ang bi…
Dagdag Sweldo, Lumang Choppers Ipinangako Ng Pangulo Sa Militar
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Jul) – Siniguro kanina ng Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na makukuha na ng mga sundalo ng bansa ang isinabatas na pagtataas ng hazard pay at subsistence allowance mula ngayong buwan.Sa kanyang talumpati sa ika-60 tao…
RP Military Involve In “Dirty War,” Says U.S. Human Rights Group
Thursday, June 28th, 2007MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 28 Jun) – A U.S.-based human rights group accused the Philippine military of engaging in a “dirty war” in a campaign to silent political activists in the country.In an 84-page report released on Thursday and titled, …
Portugese Presbyterian Church Condemns Human Rights Violations In RP
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal (IEPP) has added their name to the growing list of churches around the world who have condemned the human rights violations in the Philippines, especially toward church leaders.In a letter to President Gl…
U.S. Gives Old Copters To Philippines To Fight Terrorism
Saturday, June 9th, 2007A modern U.S. chopper flies in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.The United States on Saturday, 09 June 2007 hands over phased out UH-1H helicopters to its ally, the Philippines, to help the Filipino military combat terrorism.(Mindanao Examine…
Bright Future Ahead, Arroyo Tells Graduates
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007MANILA - President Gloria Arroyo on Thursday said the political noise has been bypassed by the investment community as the Filipino people have now entered “the frontier of peace, development, solidarity and prosperity.”Arroyo made the announcement in …
Arroyo Calls On Filipinos To Support TEAM Unity
Saturday, February 24th, 2007MANILA - President Gloria Arroyo on Saturday called on Filipinos to support the administration candidates for the May 14 elections and promising more secure jobs and progress for citizens.”The May elections are about our future. That is why I am asking…
End Impunity In Philippines: Reporters Sans Borders
Friday, February 23rd, 2007ON THE EVE OF THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY of the first killing of a journalist during Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency, Reporters Without Borders wrote to Arroyo Friday urging her to take energetic measures to put an end to impunity for the murders of jo…
Arroyo To Lead People Power Celebration
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007President Gloria Arroyo is expected to lead Thursday a wreath-laying ceremony at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, marking the start of the four-day anniversary of the 21-year old EDSA People Power celebration, a government statement said. …
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