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The head of the Palace Com-group is presidential spokesman and concurrent press secretary Ignacio "Toting" Bunye as chairman. Under the planned new setup, Bunye will be assisted by secretary on government media entities, Cerge Remonde, and Philippine Information Agency director-general Rene Velasco.


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Berroya, who headed the Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police prior to his retirement, is the latest retired PNP general to join the DOTC. He bowed out of the service last March 14.


The DOTC is headed by former PNP chief director general Leandro Mendoza.


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                    [Title] => Refugees transit through Manila enroute to Seoul
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The North Koreans are the latest in a stream of asylum seekers fleeing famine and repression in their homeland.


Foreign Undersecretary Lauro Baja said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) approved on Friday a South Korean Embassy request for Manila to allow the transit of the asylum seekers, who took refuge at the South Korean Consulate in Beijing.


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                    [Title] => Gloria defers action on Luli case
                    [Summary] => Being a President’s child can also be a disadvantage.


President Arroyo, apparently fearing accusations of nepotism, continued to defer action on the appointment of her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes "Luli" Macapagal-Arroyo, as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.


On the other hand, the President has approved the appointment of Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog who also passed the rigid oral and written examinations conducted last year by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for prospective diplomats.


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                    [Title] => No legal barriers to Luli’s appointment
                    [Summary] => Not an impropriety but a matter of law.


Career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) echoed yesterday the opinion of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja that there is no legal barrier preventing President Arroyo from signing the appointment papers of her daughter as foreign service officer (FSO) IV.


"The President’s signing of the appointment of Evangeline Lourdes ‘Luli’ Arroyo and her batchmates, Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog, is a matter of law," said Antonio Modena, minister and consul general to Paris, France.


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"The President’s signing of the appointment of Evangeline Lourdes ‘Luli’ Arroyo and her batchmates, Noel Novicio and Myca Magnolia Maog, is a matter of law," said Antonio Modena, minister and consul general to Paris, France.


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How not to sell ‘good news’

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | January 4, 2006 - 12:00am

During the weeklong stay of President Arroyo at the Baguio Mansion House until New Year’s day, one of the new game plans for 2006 that she and her top advisers came up with is to revitalize the Palace Communications...

Opinion

Berroya named to DOTC post

By Marichu A. Villanueva | April 1, 2004 - 12:00am

President Arroyo swore in yesterday controversial police general Reynaldo Berroya as assistant secretary for special concerns at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). Berroya, who headed the...

Headlines

Refugees transit through Manila enroute to Seoul

December 16, 2002 - 12:00am

The Philippines has given permission for 20 North Korean asylum seekers in China to pass through Manila on their way to South Korea, officials said yesterday. The North Koreans are the latest in a stream of asylum...

Headlines

Gloria defers action on Luli case

February 28, 2001 - 12:00am

Being a President’s child can also be a disadvantage. President Arroyo, apparently fearing accusations of nepotism, continued to defer action on the appointment of her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes "Luli"...

Headlines

No legal barriers to Luli’s appointment

February 26, 2001 - 12:00am

Not an impropriety but a matter of law. Career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) echoed yesterday the opinion of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja that there is no legal barrier preventing...

Headlines