ON TARGET: AQUINO GOVT CAN'T GET ITS ACT
TOGETHER
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (INQUIRER) ON TARGET By
Ramon Tulfo (photo) - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DND) says China
has pulled out its ships from Scarborough Shoal.
But the Department of National Defense (DND) says this is not the case.
Ano ba talaga, kuya?
Which should the public believe, the DFA or the DND?
* * *
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo says the Jordanian...
PHNO-OPINION: INQUIRER EDITORIAL: PAWN IN POWER PLAY
INQUIRER EDITORIAL: PAWN IN POWER
PLAY
[PHOTO -Schoolchildren and
their parents are seen inside the newly opened Pag-Asa Elementary School.
Philippine officials have opened a small kindergarten on a South China Sea
island that is also claimed by five other governments
(Photo: AP)
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012
(INQUIRER) Predictably, China has again engaged in
saber-rattling and warned the Philippines against the latter's decision...
PHNO-OPINION: JOJO ROBLES: WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?
JOJO ROBLES: WHO'S IN
CHARGE HERE?
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (MANILA STANDARD) by JoJo
Robles - The Defense and the Foreign Affairs departments issue contradictory
statements on the presence of Chinese ships in the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
The Interior Secretary has declared that he will no longer discuss
the abduction of a Jordanian journalist in Patikul, Sulu after he has been made
to look like a fool for saying that...
PHNO-BE: INSENSITIVITY, HYPOCRISY: $1-B NOYNOY LENDING TO IMF WIDELY SLAMMED
INSENSITIVITY, HYPOCRISY: $1-B NOYNOY LENDING TO IMF WIDELY
SLAMMED
[PHOTO FROM BULATLAT ONLINE
-Members of KMU and Piston hold picket in front of BSP Jun 25 to protest
Aquino's "pledge" to IMF and austerity measures.(Photo by
Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com]
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (TRIBUNE) Written by Fernan J.
Angeles and Angie M. Rosales The Aquino administration's decision to plunk in $1
billion in the so-called firewall...
PHNO-SP: PREACHERS SWARM MANNY FOR MONEY / WBC WILL MAKE PACMAN VS FLOYD FIGHT HAPPEN
PREACHERS SWARM MANNY FOR MONEY / WBC WILL MAKE PACMAN VS
FLOYD FIGHT HAPPEN
[PHOTO- MANNY PACQUIAO'S MANSION AT
GENSAN]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY JUNE 28, 2012 (INQUIRER) Cebu Daily News -
Protestant pastors have been coming in droves to Manny Pacquiao's
mansion here. And their number is increasing each day.
One day, seven of them coming from different religious factions arrived. The
next day, the number rose to 10. They take...
PHNO-SB: STARWEEK: RAIN OR SHINE? ASK PAGASA
STARWEEK: RAIN OR SHINE? ASK PAGASA
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012
(PHILSTARweek) By Helen M. Flores - Not too long ago, the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) was the butt of jokes – walang pagasa or hopeless, a pun on its acronym
which means "hope," and quips like if PAGASA says it will rain for sure it will
be sunny.
All that has changed, thanks to the agency's ambitious modernization...
PHNO-SB: TACLOBAN PARADE OF LIGHTS BRIGHTENS 'SANGYAW FESTIVAL'
TACLOBAN PARADE OF LIGHTS BRIGHTENS 'SANGYAW
FESTIVAL'
TACLOBAN CITY, JUNE 29, 2012 (MALAYA)
Written by ROBBIE PANGILINAN - The Sangyaw Festival, revived four years ago
by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez and first lady Councilor Cristina
Gonzales-Romualdez (photo), will be an extraordinary festival this June,
with a parade of lights unlike any other ever done in the country.
The Tacloban City government will showcase...
PHNIO-PNoy: PALACE ON $1-B IMF LOAN: PHILIPPINES DUTY-BOUND TO HELP POOR NATIONS
PALACE ON $1-B IMF LOAN: PHILIPPINES DUTY-BOUND TO
HELP POOR NATIONS
MANILA, JUNE 29,
2012 (INQUIRER) By Norman
Bordadora - It is the Philippines' obligation to help countries in dire
need of funding through the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Malacañang said
on Thursday.
Edwin Lacierda, President Benigno Aquino's spokesperson, made the remark in
response to a suggestion that the Philippines' $1-billion loan to the IMF...
PHNO-HL; ANCIENT SPANISH MAPS SHOW PANATAG (AKA PANACOT) PART OF PH
ANCIENT SPANISH MAPS SHOW PANATAG (AKA PANACOT) PART OF
PH
[PHOTO-
A map made by Jesuit priest Pedro Murillo Velarde in 1744
shows the Philippine Islands, including a shoal named Panacot (inset), known
today as Panatag or Scarborough. The map is among 134 original maps dating from
the Spanish colonial period on display at the Metropolitan Museum of
Manila.]
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR)
By Pia Lee-Brago - Maps dating...
PHNO-HL: PUSHING THE SHOAL TO THE BRINK / PH SHIPS REDEPLOY BACK TO PANATAG
PUSHING THE SHOAL TO THE BRINK / PH SHIPS REDEPLOY BACK TO
PANATAG
[PHOTO-
RAISING THE FLAG A member of China's ocean expedition team
raises the Chinese flag while another holds a survey rod on Scarborough Shoal,
which China refers to as Huangyan Island. The Philippines calls the shoal some
370 kilometers west of Zambales Panatag. Chinese Embassy
website]
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (INQUIRER)
By Rodel Rodis - Occupying the full...
PHNO-HL: IMF LOAN OK, BUT CREDIT GOES TO GMA ADMIN / MIRIAM DEFENDS IMF LOAN
IMF LOAN OK, BUT CREDIT GOES TO GMA ADMIN / MIRIAM DEFENDS
IMF LOAN
[PHOTO -
OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVE DANILO SUAREZ]
MANILA, JUNE 29, 2012 (GMA NEWS)
ANDREO CALONZO, GMA NEWS - House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez finds
nothing wrong with the government's move to pledge a $1 billion loan to the
International Monetary Fund, but wants former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
to be credited for the country's capacity to lend...
PHNO-HL; PH NOW AN IMF CREDITOR / IMF LOAN TO HELP STABILIZE WORLD ECONOMY
PH NOW AN IMF CREDITOR / IMF LOAN
TO HELP STABILIZE WORLD ECONOMY
MANILA, JUNE 29,
2012 (ABS-CBN) Gone are the days when the Philippines could only
borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
With record foreign exchange reserves, the country became a creditor in the
IMF system in 2010, lending to troubled nations in Europe, the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) reported Tuesday.
As of end-2011, the country infused...
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