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Filipino police chief Arturo Lomibao flew to Taipei last week and met with his Taiwanese counterparts to discuss border issues after a violent confrontation between his men and the crew of a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat off the northern Philippines.


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                    [Title] => Government reviewing plans to counter communist insurgency
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The threat posed by the New People’s Army (NPA) had made it imperative for President Gloria Arroyo to try to strike a swift political settlement with Muslim guerrillas operating in the southern third of the country, Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said. 


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But the government warned the Maoists, who are still waging a 35-year insurgency, that it would not formally ask the United States to remove them from its terrorist blacklist.


The government agreed to free over 100 "political prisoners" after talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its political arm, the National Democratic Front (NDF), in the Norwegian capital Oslo earlier this month.


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"We just seem to always shoot ourselves in the foot when things are beginning to look better," Camacho told the Foreign Correspondents Association, detailing what he said was a "sense of frustration" among the business sector.


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Before the campaign began in June, sidewalk vendors, squatters and illegally parked cars had colonized 90 percent of public roads in the metropolis, he told a Foreign Correspondents Association press briefing the other day. 


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"There is a big chance the law will be passed," said Pimentel yesterday, adding he was counting on 16 senators, including himself, to attend the four-day session that begins tomorrow.


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Change

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | October 29, 2013 - 12:00am

More and more, these past few weeks, political conversations have become more radical.

Opinion

‘Either you’re with us, or against us’

February 24, 2013 - 12:00am

The other night at the Manila Overseas Press Club diplomatic forum with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario as our guest, questions unsurprisingly revolved on the current Lahad Datu, Sabah standoff and the country’s...

Opinion

RP, Taiwan to step up sea border security cooperation

April 25, 2006 - 12:00am

Taiwan and the Philippines have agreed to step up sea border security cooperation after an alleged Taiwanese poacher was shot dead earlier this year, Filipino officials said yesterday. Filipino police chief Arturo...

Headlines

Government reviewing plans to counter communist insurgency

April 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Cash-strapped and beset by multiple internal security threats, the Philippines is reviewing its plans to counter a resurgence of a decades-old Maoist rebellion, officials said Friday. The threat posed by the New...

Headlines

Gov’t to free 5 leftist rebels as goodwill

February 28, 2004 - 12:00am

Five communist rebels are to be freed in March by the Philippine government as a sign of goodwill for forthcoming peace talks, officials said Friday. But the government warned the Maoists, who are still waging a...

Headlines

GMA faces rough road to ’04 elections

September 3, 2003 - 12:00am

President Arroyo faces a rough road to next year’s presidential elections, with political rivals seeking to stir up further upheaval to prevent her from retaining her post, a key adviser said yesterday. Despite...

Headlines

Mutiny slowed down economy but prospects still bright — DOF

August 28, 2003 - 12:00am

Last month’s failed military rebellion has slowed economic growth in the Philippines and punished the local currency but prospects for the second half of the year are bright, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho...

Headlines

Ping’s early bid aimed at women

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | November 23, 2002 - 12:00am

Not a few political watchers snickered at Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s too-early declaration this week of a 2004 presidential bid. Those who have no love lost for him say he just backfired the Opposition’s most...

Opinion

Half of illegal vendors removed

October 25, 2002 - 12:00am

Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando has reported significant progress in his four-month-old campaign to clear streets and sidewalks from obstructions, saying he had so far removed around...

Metro

Nene sees passage of power reform bill

By Romel Bagares | May 27, 2001 - 12:00am

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. expressed confidence yesterday the controversial Omnibus Power Sector Reform Bill will finally see passage during the special session of Congress this week. "There is...

Headlines