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[Title] => Former public servant finds new joy in franchising
[Summary] => After retiring from public service in June last year, former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin decided it was time to focus on his business, as franchisee of the homegrown food chain Binalot Fiesta Foods Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2011-10-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1389288
[AuthorName] => Jessica Mae D. Sanchez
[SectionName] => Business As Usual
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[ArticleID] => 721023
[Title] => DFA helps students show their best
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs is teaching protocol to hospitality service students in Cebu to equip them with skills in dealing with other people once they are employed.
[DatePublished] => 2011-08-28 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Cebu News
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[ArticleID] => 483252
[Title] => RP to open 4 embassies
[Summary] => A senior official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed yesterday that the Philippines would open four embassies this year to strengthen diplomatic relations, provide consular services to the growing number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and promote trade.
[DatePublished] => 2009-07-04 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[ArticleID] => 69092
[Title] => DFA plans to extend validity of green passports
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is planning to extend the validity of the old, green, and “non-machine readable” passports due to irregularities in the machine-readable passport system.
[DatePublished] => 2008-06-23 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1664250
[AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda
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[Title] => Sweden to close down embassy in Manila
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[DatePublished] => 2007-12-21 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[ArticleID] => 309294
[Title] => Someone posed as Garci in Singapore?
[Summary] => 
Perhaps it was all a wild goose chase, complete with stunt doubles.
"Maybe somebody posed as Garcillano, declared himself as Garcillano, who passed by Singapore to mislead the government," Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez conjectured yesterday.
"Somebody just assumed Garcillano’s name and got himself recorded in Singapore. The Singaporean government could also have been given a runaround," Gonzalez said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => News Commentary
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[ArticleID] => 299244
[Title] => $10,000-a-month condos for diplomats
[Summary] => 
Talk about austerity.
Seven Filipino diplomats abroad are reportedly renting spacious apartments for at least $10,000 a month each, courtesy of Filipino taxpayers.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin made this revelation yesterday in the course of a hearing by the House appropriations committee on the Department of Foreign Affairs’ proposed P5.2-billion budget for 2006. The disclosure was prompted by a query posed by Cavite Rep. Gilbert Remulla.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097047
[AuthorName] => Jess Diaz
[SectionName] => News Commentary
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[ArticleID] => 275479
[Title] => Guingona confirmed as envoy to China
[Summary] => The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the appointment of former Vice President Teofisto Guingona yesterday as ambassador to China.
Guingona practically breezed through the confirmation hearing since the only person opposing his appointment — former senator Francisco Tatad — was not present.
Tatad was supposedly going to raise the issue of Guingona’s age in relation to the Philippine Foreign Service Act of 1991.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => ‘RP-US relations remain good’
[Summary] => Despite differences between the Philippines and the United States over the early withdrawal of Filipino troops from Iraq, relations between the two countries remain strong, a foreign affairs official said yesterday.
Speaking at the regular breakfast forum of the Manila Overseas Press Club at the Ristorante La Dolce Fontana in Greenhills, San Juan, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin said it is normal for countries to clash occasionally over policy decisions since each country has different interests to uphold.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1500820
[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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[Title] => Vietnam envoy summoned over Spratlys boat tours
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has summoned Vietnamese Ambassador Dinh Tich to express the Philippines’ concern over Vietnam’s inaugural boat tours to the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.
DFA spokeswoman Julia Heidemann said a first-person note was sent to the Vietnamese envoy by acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Franklin Ebdalin Tuesday, a day after Vietnam sent tourists to the Spratlys.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1500820
[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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