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 "This will pave the way for their release," Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said, citing his meeting last Thursday with Chinese Ambassador Wang Chung Gui.


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"We know that this is a serious concern that has to be addressed immediately," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.


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At the grand reopening of the Fort Ilocandia Resort and Casino last Wednesday evening, the vice president launched the first visa-free entry of Chinese nationals through the country’s northernmost door in Laoag City.


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A haggard-looking Edward Lim, sporting the same shirt he was wearing when he and three Chinese workers were abducted in early August by members of the "Pentagon Gang," was released Wednesday night along a highway in Kabacan town in North Cotabato.


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CHINESE AMBASSADOR WANG CHUNG GUI

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Sino poachers to be freed in Palawan

September 14, 2002 - 12:00am

The 122 Chinese poachers jailed for over six months in Puerto Princesa, Palawan for poaching in Tubbataha Reef will be freed and sent home soon after the Chinese ambassador agreed to the Filipino officials demand...

Headlines

Malacañang to step into case of 122 Sino fishermen

By Delon Porcalla | September 10, 2002 - 12:00am

Malacañang is stepping into the case of 122 detained Chinese poachers in the light of the visit of Chinese Premier Li Peng, head of the National People’s Congress of China, on Sept. 12 to 15. "We...

Nation

It’s visa-free entry for Chinese nationals

December 21, 2001 - 12:00am

Vice President and Foreign Affairs Sec. Teofisto Guingona Jr. the other day paved the way for easing travel restriction between the People’s Republic of China and the Philippines. At the grand reopening of...

Nation

‘Pentagon’ frees guide of kidnapped Chinese

By John Unson | September 28, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Muslim bandits have released without ransom the Filipino guide of a group of kidnapped Chinese workers and pledged to release the last Chinese captive within three days. A haggard-looking Edward...

Headlines