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Susan Bonzon Ralston, executive assistant to Carl Rove, Bush’s senior adviser, was informally introduced to Malacañang reporters yesterday by her Philippine counterpart, Ambassador Victoriano Lecaros.
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President Arroyo, along with Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho and Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II, witnessed the signing of the MOA on the NSC rehabilitation  program among the major creditors of the former state-run steel mill which closed shop in November, 1999 due to financial problems.


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"Let us not allow terrorists to destroy our day. Let us live our lives normally under the protection of our authorities. Let this be our unified act of defiance against terrorists," the President said. "A few troublemakers with limited capabilities are trying to bully 80 million Filipinos into living in fear and terror in their own homes and neighborhoods."


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This was what Malacañang insisted on yesterday as it sought to correct the US State Department advisory warning Americans against traveling to Mindanao.


For its part, the US Embassy in Manila said yesterday the advisory would be reviewed but gave no commitment it would be withdrawn.


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The President and the Cabinet decided to employ the services of McKinsey Global Institute to conduct the study under the direction and supervision of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).


The decision was reached during the weekly Cabinet meeting at Malacañang yesterday, President Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said.


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Pinay White House staffer of Bush in advance party

By Marichu A. Villanueva | October 17, 2003 - 12:00am

A Filipina who works at the White House in Washington is with the advance teams of the US government that did the spadework for US President George W. Bush’s official activities here during his eight-hour state...

News Commentary

GMA witnesses MOA signing for NSC rehab

By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | November 27, 2002 - 12:00am

President Arroyo witnessed yesterday the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) that finally paves the way for the long-stalled rehabilitation and restructuring of the bankrupt National Steel Corp....

Business

‘Let’s not allow terrorists to destroy our day’

By Marichu A. Villanueva | October 20, 2002 - 12:00am

Amid a spate of bomb attacks in Metro Manila, President Arroyo called on the people yesterday to prevent their lives from being controlled by terrorists. "Let us not allow terrorists to destroy our day. Let...

Headlines

Malacañang to US: Limit travel ban to Basilan, Sulu

By Marichu Villanueva and Pia Lee-Brago | October 11, 2001 - 12:00am

The US travel ban on its citizens in the Philippines should be limited to Basilan and Sulu. This was what Malacañang insisted on yesterday as it sought to correct the US State Department advisory warning...

Headlines

Government hires consultant to study micro reforms

By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | August 29, 2001 - 12:00am

President Arroyo and her Cabinet agreed yesterday to hire an American consultancy firm to undertake a study on possible micro-economic reforms needed to jump start the Philippine economy based on the experience of...

Business

Estrada’s ‘Million Hectares, Million Jobs’ program gains wide support — Angara

By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | January 19, 2001 - 12:00am

Even the staunchest critics of President Estrada from the Makati Business Club (MBC) have committed to support the P3-billion project of the administration to put up the "One-Million Hectares, One-Million Jobs"...

Business