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                    [Title] => Arroyo to congratulate Aussie PM in due time, says Bunye
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo will send her congratulations "in due time" to re-elected Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has chided the Chief Executive for pulling out Filipino troops from Iraq last July, Malacañang said yesterday.


Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the Philippines and Australia may disagree on certain policy matters, but that the two countries remain allies in the war against terrorism.


"I’m sure in due time the President will be sending her congratulatory message to Prime Minister Howard," he told reporters.


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                    [Title] => Panic time
                    [Summary] => A student in a public high school in my part of town told me that all their classes are now taught in English, except the study of the national language of course. 


I’ve heard that the same thing is happening in many other public schools. The move is obviously in response to the deterioration of Filipinos’ grasp of English. The slide has been so bad that even foreign investors have publicly expressed concern about the English proficiency of Filipino employees.  


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-08-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133252
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                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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                    [Title] => Moving on
                    [Summary] => The less said by the administration about the pullout of the Philippine humanitarian contingent from Iraq, the quicker that incident will be forgotten and the faster it will be for all parties concerned to move on. 


President Arroyo has already said everything she needs to say about her decision: no apologies, she wanted to save a Filipino life. 


She need not attempt to mollify peeved allies by embellishing her decision with tall tales about deciding to withdraw the Philippine team from Iraq even before truck driver Angelo de la Cruz was kidnapped. 


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                    [Title] => RP to allies:  Let’s move on
                    [Summary] => Malacañang renewed yesterday its appeal to the United States and other allies to put to rest the controversial pullout of Filipino troops in Iraq.


"We learn lessons from every international controversy," Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement.  "It is time to move on."


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                    [Title] => Protesters pelt Aussie embassy with marshmallows
                    [Summary] => Protesters hurled marshmallows at photos of Australia’s prime minister and foreign minister yesterday in a rally to vent their anger over Canberra’s repeated criticism that Manila’s pullout from Iraq encourages terrorism.


More than a dozen protesters carried placards denouncing Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who have blamed the Philippines for setting a bad precedent by giving in to the demand of Iraqi insurgents threatening to kill a Filipino hostage.


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                    [Title] => Persona non grata giit vs Australian envoy
                    [Summary] => Lalo pang magkakaroon ng lamat ang relasyon ng Pilipinas sa Australia matapos hilingin kahapon ng ilang mambabatas sa Malacañang na ideklarang persona non grata ang ambassador ng Australia sa Pilipinas.


Isang resolusyon ang ihahain ng mga kinatawan ng party-list group na Akbayan sa Kongreso kung saan hihilingin nilang ideklarang persona non grata si Australian Ambassador Ruth Pearce dahil sa hindi nito paghingi ng "sorry" sa Pilipinas.


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                    [Title] => A Refreshing Sight
                    [Summary] => National Day celebrations have acquired something of a pattern. Guests go through a reception line, enjoy cocktails while nibbling at finger foods and listen to the exchange of toasts.  In the first Swedish National Day to be celebrated in this country by Ambassador Annika Markovic and Mr. Drasko Markovic, their young children–Sofia, Vera and Dennis–were a refreshing sight in the receiving line, with the toddler Dennis is his nanny’s arms.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135850
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1808374
                    [AuthorName] => Rosalinda Orosa
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                    [Title] => Receptions, Formal and Informal
                    [Summary] => Huge posters of the "Harry Potter" movie were plastered on the terrace 	walls of the British Embassy residence for H.M. Queen Elizabeth 	birthday celebration on the 52nd year of her reign.  In fact, the evening’s theme was the British film industry, and PM Tony Blair, from a mega screen, was inviting guests to take a new look at British cinema.


Ambassador Paul Dimond was joined in toast by DFA Undersecretary Jose Brillantes and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Czech Ambassador Stanislav Slavicky.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-20 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => More on French Spring / Mga Lihim ng Baul  show / New UN role for Cecile
                    [Summary] => The French Spring press  conference at the Captain’s Bar  of the Mandarin Oriental – presided over by Ambassador Renée Veyret,  Counsellor for Cultural Affairs Franck Hebert and Alliance Francaise  Director Philippe Normand – was preceded by a rousing performance of the Pinik-Pikan Band which fused ethnic  with modern music. The number immediately suggested Phil-French interaction, one of the percussionists being  a  Frenchman who was as energetic as his peers.


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                    [Title] => AFP, PNP on alert to prevent repeat of holiday bombings
                    [Summary] => The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police are on tight alert amid the Christmas season, guarding bus terminals and sea and airports to prevent a repeat of a series of bombings that killed 22 people in Metro Manila in December 2000, officials said yesterday. 


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AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR RUTH PEARCE

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                    [Title] => Arroyo to congratulate Aussie PM in due time, says Bunye
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo will send her congratulations "in due time" to re-elected Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has chided the Chief Executive for pulling out Filipino troops from Iraq last July, Malacañang said yesterday.


Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the Philippines and Australia may disagree on certain policy matters, but that the two countries remain allies in the war against terrorism.


"I’m sure in due time the President will be sending her congratulatory message to Prime Minister Howard," he told reporters.


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I’ve heard that the same thing is happening in many other public schools. The move is obviously in response to the deterioration of Filipinos’ grasp of English. The slide has been so bad that even foreign investors have publicly expressed concern about the English proficiency of Filipino employees.  


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                    [Summary] => The less said by the administration about the pullout of the Philippine humanitarian contingent from Iraq, the quicker that incident will be forgotten and the faster it will be for all parties concerned to move on. 


President Arroyo has already said everything she needs to say about her decision: no apologies, she wanted to save a Filipino life. 


She need not attempt to mollify peeved allies by embellishing her decision with tall tales about deciding to withdraw the Philippine team from Iraq even before truck driver Angelo de la Cruz was kidnapped. 


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                    [Title] => RP to allies:  Let’s move on
                    [Summary] => Malacañang renewed yesterday its appeal to the United States and other allies to put to rest the controversial pullout of Filipino troops in Iraq.


"We learn lessons from every international controversy," Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement.  "It is time to move on."


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                    [Title] => Protesters pelt Aussie embassy with marshmallows
                    [Summary] => Protesters hurled marshmallows at photos of Australia’s prime minister and foreign minister yesterday in a rally to vent their anger over Canberra’s repeated criticism that Manila’s pullout from Iraq encourages terrorism.


More than a dozen protesters carried placards denouncing Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who have blamed the Philippines for setting a bad precedent by giving in to the demand of Iraqi insurgents threatening to kill a Filipino hostage.


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                    [Title] => Persona non grata giit vs Australian envoy
                    [Summary] => Lalo pang magkakaroon ng lamat ang relasyon ng Pilipinas sa Australia matapos hilingin kahapon ng ilang mambabatas sa Malacañang na ideklarang persona non grata ang ambassador ng Australia sa Pilipinas.


Isang resolusyon ang ihahain ng mga kinatawan ng party-list group na Akbayan sa Kongreso kung saan hihilingin nilang ideklarang persona non grata si Australian Ambassador Ruth Pearce dahil sa hindi nito paghingi ng "sorry" sa Pilipinas.


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                    [Title] => A Refreshing Sight
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Ambassador Paul Dimond was joined in toast by DFA Undersecretary Jose Brillantes and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Czech Ambassador Stanislav Slavicky.


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                    [Title] => AFP, PNP on alert to prevent repeat of holiday bombings
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