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                    [Title] => Dureza named Palace adviser on peace process
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo has formally appointed Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) chairman Jesus Dureza as presidential adviser on the peace process to replace Teresita "Ging" Deles, who was one of the 10 Cabinet secretaries and heads of agencies — or the so-called "Hyatt 10" — who resigned and asked the President to step down last July.


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In a press briefing at Malacañang, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the President appointed retired Sandiganbayan justice Narciso Nario as PCGG commissioner and former assistant executive secretary Gaudencio Mendoza as finance undersecretary on Jan. 1.
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Ang pahayag ay ginawa ng Pangulo sa pagpapasinaya niya ng Global Asiatique Tower I middle class housing project sa Mandaluyog City kahapon ng umaga kasama si Vice President Noli de Castro.
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Lawyer Nicasio Conti, commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), was appointed by Mrs. Arroyo to the PCGG last July 20.
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The Palace official said the two new PCGG officials are former congressman Alvin Dans and lawyer Rick Abcede, national chairman of the Filipino Lawyers for Good Governance (FILGOOD).
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Señeres resigned last week from his post after calling on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to support a change in government.

Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said NLRC second division chief Raul Aquino was designated as officer-in-charge of the commission until the President makes a permanent appointment.
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Espina pointed out that under the rules, the CA can function only when Congress is in session, and since Congress consists of the House and the Senate, the CA cannot validly transact business.

Several military officers up for confirmation were already in the Senate when they learned of the abrupt cancellation of the hearings.
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The President actually announced Dureza’s appointment in mid-December while she was attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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In a press briefing at Malacañang, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the President appointed retired Sandiganbayan justice Narciso Nario as PCGG commissioner and former assistant executive secretary Gaudencio Mendoza as finance undersecretary on Jan. 1.
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Ang pahayag ay ginawa ng Pangulo sa pagpapasinaya niya ng Global Asiatique Tower I middle class housing project sa Mandaluyog City kahapon ng umaga kasama si Vice President Noli de Castro.
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Lawyer Nicasio Conti, commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), was appointed by Mrs. Arroyo to the PCGG last July 20.
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Señeres resigned last week from his post after calling on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to support a change in government.

Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said NLRC second division chief Raul Aquino was designated as officer-in-charge of the commission until the President makes a permanent appointment.
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Espina pointed out that under the rules, the CA can function only when Congress is in session, and since Congress consists of the House and the Senate, the CA cannot validly transact business.

Several military officers up for confirmation were already in the Senate when they learned of the abrupt cancellation of the hearings.
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