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The government assured today that the concerned law enforcement agencies are taking active steps to ensure the safety of foreign nationals as well as the Filipino citizens here.

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Senate Bill No 3092 or “The Department of Sports Act of 2012” authored by Senator Antonio Trillanes has gone through, according to reports, the first reading.

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If there are two things most associated with German culture, it would have to be sausages and beer.

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Vancouver once again got top honors as the world’s most livable city, while Harare, Zimbabwe, was described as the toughest city to live in the world.

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[DatePublished] => 2006-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315214 [Title] => 12,000 immigrants get dual citizenship in 2005 [Summary] => Over 12,000 Filipino immigrants regained their Filipino citizenship in 2005, made possible by the dual citizenship law enacted by Congress two years ago, the Bureau of Immigration reported yesterday.

Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. said most of those who availed themselves of the dual citizenship privilege were Filipinos who migrated to the US and became naturalized American citizens. There were also thousands of naturalized Canadian and Australian citizens who regained their Filipino citizenship.
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Palace spin doctors, led by Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao and Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, said the latest SWS survey validated the results of another survey for the same quarter done by Pulse Asia Inc., which showed that Filipinos were primarily concerned with peace and order problems at that time.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187965 [Title] => Australia, Canada to reopen embassies in new sites [Summary] => The embassies of Canada, Australia and the European Union, which shut down recently due to alleged terrorist threats, are slated to reopen soon but in new locations, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said.

Ople said the Canadian, Australian and EU ambassadors have assured him that "they are maintaining their essential consular services at alternative sites such as the residence of the ambassador and certain hotel groups in Makati."
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187810 [Title] => Canadian envoy: Threat still credible [Summary] => Canadian Ambassador Robert Collette said yesterday there was still "a credible terrorist threat" to his country’s embassy in Makati City and that it would remain closed indefinitely.

The Canadian embassy refused to acknowledge that it had closed down based on raw intelligence information from a Manila police officer.

Collette said Ottawa made its own assessment of the specific and credible threat to the embassy.

"We received, as what I said before, a direct, a very specific threat against the Canadian embassy in Manila," he said.
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Philippine authorities yesterday sacked a police intelligence official who leaked "unvalidated" information on a possible terrorist attack that prompted the closure of the Australian and Canadian embassies in Makati City late last month.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. ordered the relief of Superintendent George Gaddi as Western Police District (WPD) intelligence chief for telling the two embassies about the supposed terrorist threat without clearing it with higher authorities.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Gov't pledges to ensure safety of foreigners
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The government assured today that the concerned law enforcement agencies are taking active steps to ensure the safety of foreign nationals as well as the Filipino citizens here.

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Senate Bill No 3092 or “The Department of Sports Act of 2012” authored by Senator Antonio Trillanes has gone through, according to reports, the first reading.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 739589 [Title] => Create your own Oktoberfest with Rustan's Supermarket [Summary] =>

If there are two things most associated with German culture, it would have to be sausages and beer.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479146 [Title] => Vancouver most livable city [Summary] =>

Vancouver once again got top honors as the world’s most livable city, while Harare, Zimbabwe, was described as the toughest city to live in the world.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327506 [Title] => Billions in foreign investments posted in QC [Summary] => The tax and fiscal incentives offered by the national government to foreign companies continue to attract investors in Quezon City where billions in foreign investments were posted during the administration of Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., a top business leader said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315214 [Title] => 12,000 immigrants get dual citizenship in 2005 [Summary] => Over 12,000 Filipino immigrants regained their Filipino citizenship in 2005, made possible by the dual citizenship law enacted by Congress two years ago, the Bureau of Immigration reported yesterday.

Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. said most of those who availed themselves of the dual citizenship privilege were Filipinos who migrated to the US and became naturalized American citizens. There were also thousands of naturalized Canadian and Australian citizens who regained their Filipino citizenship.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188357 [Title] => Palace blames low GMA ratings on terror threats [Summary] => Malacañang blamed yesterday President Arroyo’s low public satisfaction rating on the terrorist scare that erupted during the survey period from Nov. 15 to Dec. 2 when the Social Weather Stations (SWS) undertook its latest quarterly opinion poll.

Palace spin doctors, led by Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao and Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, said the latest SWS survey validated the results of another survey for the same quarter done by Pulse Asia Inc., which showed that Filipinos were primarily concerned with peace and order problems at that time.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187965 [Title] => Australia, Canada to reopen embassies in new sites [Summary] => The embassies of Canada, Australia and the European Union, which shut down recently due to alleged terrorist threats, are slated to reopen soon but in new locations, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said.

Ople said the Canadian, Australian and EU ambassadors have assured him that "they are maintaining their essential consular services at alternative sites such as the residence of the ambassador and certain hotel groups in Makati."
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187810 [Title] => Canadian envoy: Threat still credible [Summary] => Canadian Ambassador Robert Collette said yesterday there was still "a credible terrorist threat" to his country’s embassy in Makati City and that it would remain closed indefinitely.

The Canadian embassy refused to acknowledge that it had closed down based on raw intelligence information from a Manila police officer.

Collette said Ottawa made its own assessment of the specific and credible threat to the embassy.

"We received, as what I said before, a direct, a very specific threat against the Canadian embassy in Manila," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187683 [Title] => Intelligence chief sacked for embassy ‘leak’ [Summary] => Call it a lapse in protocol.

Philippine authorities yesterday sacked a police intelligence official who leaked "unvalidated" information on a possible terrorist attack that prompted the closure of the Australian and Canadian embassies in Makati City late last month.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. ordered the relief of Superintendent George Gaddi as Western Police District (WPD) intelligence chief for telling the two embassies about the supposed terrorist threat without clearing it with higher authorities.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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