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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315039 [Title] => How not to sell good news [Summary] => During the weeklong stay of President Arroyo at the Baguio Mansion House until New Years day, one of the new game plans for 2006 that she and her top advisers came up with is to revitalize the Palace Communications group, or Com-group for short.
The head of the Palace Com-group is presidential spokesman and concurrent press secretary Ignacio "Toting" Bunye as chairman. Under the planned new setup, Bunye will be assisted by secretary on government media entities, Cerge Remonde, and Philippine Information Agency director-general Rene Velasco.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244800 [Title] => Berroya named to DOTC post [Summary] => President Arroyo swore in yesterday controversial police general Reynaldo Berroya as assistant secretary for special concerns at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
Berroya, who headed the Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police prior to his retirement, is the latest retired PNP general to join the DOTC. He bowed out of the service last March 14.
The DOTC is headed by former PNP chief director general Leandro Mendoza.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188105 [Title] => Refugees transit through Manila enroute to Seoul [Summary] => The Philippines has given permission for 20 North Korean asylum seekers in China to pass through Manila on their way to South Korea, officials said yesterday.
The North Koreans are the latest in a stream of asylum seekers fleeing famine and repression in their homeland.
Foreign Undersecretary Lauro Baja said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) approved on Friday a South Korean Embassy request for Manila to allow the transit of the asylum seekers, who took refuge at the South Korean Consulate in Beijing.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89877 [Title] => Gloria defers action on Luli case [Summary] => Being a Presidents child can also be a disadvantage.
President Arroyo, apparently fearing accusations of nepotism, continued to defer action on the appointment of her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes "Luli" Macapagal-Arroyo, as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.
On the other hand, the President has approved the appointment of Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog who also passed the rigid oral and written examinations conducted last year by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for prospective diplomats.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89898 [Title] => No legal barriers to Lulis appointment [Summary] => Not an impropriety but a matter of law.
Career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) echoed yesterday the opinion of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja that there is no legal barrier preventing President Arroyo from signing the appointment papers of her daughter as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.
"The Presidents signing of the appointment of Evangeline Lourdes Luli Arroyo and her batchmates, Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog, is a matter of law," said Antonio Modena, minister and consul general to Paris, France.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
ANTONIO MODENA
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315039 [Title] => How not to sell good news [Summary] => During the weeklong stay of President Arroyo at the Baguio Mansion House until New Years day, one of the new game plans for 2006 that she and her top advisers came up with is to revitalize the Palace Communications group, or Com-group for short.
The head of the Palace Com-group is presidential spokesman and concurrent press secretary Ignacio "Toting" Bunye as chairman. Under the planned new setup, Bunye will be assisted by secretary on government media entities, Cerge Remonde, and Philippine Information Agency director-general Rene Velasco.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244800 [Title] => Berroya named to DOTC post [Summary] => President Arroyo swore in yesterday controversial police general Reynaldo Berroya as assistant secretary for special concerns at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
Berroya, who headed the Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police prior to his retirement, is the latest retired PNP general to join the DOTC. He bowed out of the service last March 14.
The DOTC is headed by former PNP chief director general Leandro Mendoza.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188105 [Title] => Refugees transit through Manila enroute to Seoul [Summary] => The Philippines has given permission for 20 North Korean asylum seekers in China to pass through Manila on their way to South Korea, officials said yesterday.
The North Koreans are the latest in a stream of asylum seekers fleeing famine and repression in their homeland.
Foreign Undersecretary Lauro Baja said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) approved on Friday a South Korean Embassy request for Manila to allow the transit of the asylum seekers, who took refuge at the South Korean Consulate in Beijing.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89877 [Title] => Gloria defers action on Luli case [Summary] => Being a Presidents child can also be a disadvantage.
President Arroyo, apparently fearing accusations of nepotism, continued to defer action on the appointment of her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes "Luli" Macapagal-Arroyo, as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.
On the other hand, the President has approved the appointment of Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog who also passed the rigid oral and written examinations conducted last year by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for prospective diplomats.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89898 [Title] => No legal barriers to Lulis appointment [Summary] => Not an impropriety but a matter of law.
Career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) echoed yesterday the opinion of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja that there is no legal barrier preventing President Arroyo from signing the appointment papers of her daughter as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.
"The Presidents signing of the appointment of Evangeline Lourdes Luli Arroyo and her batchmates, Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog, is a matter of law," said Antonio Modena, minister and consul general to Paris, France.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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More areas in Northern Luzon are under Signal No. 1 after Tropical Depression Gener maintained its strength over the waters east of Cagayan Valley, PAGASA said on Monday, September 16
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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 has been raised over several areas in Northern Luzon due to Tropical Depression “Gener,” state weather bureau PAGASA said on Monday, September 16.
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The southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, will also bring over rains across the country.
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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration yesterday said it is monitoring at least two new low-pressure areas that may develop into typhoons.
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