+ Follow CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN Tag
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN
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[Title] => Canada to further invest in Phl
[Summary] => Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government would “make further investments” in the Philippines over the next three years with focus “on sustainable economic growth.”
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => Fortune opposes new cigarette taxes
[Summary] => Fortune Tobacco Corp., owned by taipan Lucio Tan, has aired its opposition to a plan by the Department of Finance to increase the excise tax rates on cigarettes.
The tobacco firm, in a 23-page position paper submitted to the Senate ways and means committee chaired by Sen. Ralph Recto, said it endorsed instead a return to the ad valorem tax system, which uses the actual retail price of cigarettes as a tax base.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano
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[Title] => RP supporting US-led coalition
[Summary] => WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Philippines and 44 other nations have agreed to join or support a "coalition of the willing" against Iraq and would back a US-led invasion that now appears imminent, the United States said Tuesday.
Those countries — 30 of which were identified as members of the coalition — have offered troops, overflight rights, logistical support or a role in post-war Iraqi reconstruction projects, the State Department said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Arroyo gets Chretien’s assurances on Marinduque clean-up
[Summary] => NEW YORK — President Arroyo has secured no less than the official commitment of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to require a Canadian mining firm to clean up the environmental mess it left behind in Marinduque.
Before she flew back to Manila, the President told reporters here that one of the most concrete results of her two-day state visit to Canada was Chretien’s assurance that Canadian government agencies would help facilitate the clean-up of mine tailings that spilled from the ponds of Marcopper in the early 1990s.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-06 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => Filipino, Canadian businessmen ink $6.3-M trade deals
[Summary] => OTTAWA (via PLDT) — Filipino businessmen have entered into joint ventures with Canadian firms for the investment of some $6.3 million in the Philippines.
President Arroyo congratulated Wednesday the Canadian businessmen after they signed six memorandums of agreement (MOU) that cover construction of mass housing, petroleum equipment facilities, and chemical industries.
Mrs. Arroyo said Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been actively involved in promoting the Philippines as a place of investment for Canadian companies.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => GMA to discuss anti-terror drive with Britain’s Blair
[Summary] => President Arroyo will be meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair next week to discuss anti-terrorism efforts and police cooperation.
The President told members of the Makati Business Club (MBC) during the group’s 20th anniversary celebration yesterday that she would make good on a promise to ask the famed Scotland Yard police to train Filipino law enforcers in battling organized criminals, particularly kidnap-for-ransom syndicates.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-26 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => Once again, travel bug bites GMA
[Summary] => President Arroyo will mark her first year in office with another official trip across the globe, this time to the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
Official documents from the Palace show that Mrs. Arroyo has approved the first set of foreign travels for the year 2002, beginning with London on Jan. 28. She marks her first year as President on Jan. 20.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has received instructions to alert the Philippine embassies in the three countries and make necessary preparations to ensure the success of President Arroyo’s trip.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => GMA accepts Blair invitation to London meet
[Summary] => President Arroyo has accepted the invitation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to a "business meeting" in London next month.
A Palace official told The STAR yesterday Mrs. Arroyo will fly to London after her second working visit to the United States Jan. 27-29 and her scheduled state visit to Canada afterwards.
The official, requesting anonymity, disclosed the President will only stay overnight at the British seat of government to meet with Blair at his official residence at No. 10 Downing Street.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Canada vows $10-M Mindanao aid
[Summary] => Canada is to pour nearly $10 million in aid to strife-torn Mindanao, a ranking Canadian official with roots here said yesterday.
Canada’s newly appointed Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Dr. Rey Pagtakhan paid a courtesy call on President Arroyo yesterday to say that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) would be spending 60 percent of its budget for the Philippines this year in Mindanao.
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