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With journalist Rigoberto Tiglao assuming office as presidential spokesman on April 16, current spokesman and presidential chief of staff Renato Corona will concentrate on his task of "trafficking" papers between the President and the Cabinet.


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television executive.

The new press undersecretaries are Antonio Seva, erstwhile executive vice
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The duo were recommended to their new posts by Press Secretary Ricardo "Dong"
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Seva and Toledo were tentatively scheduled to take their oath before Mr.
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                    [Title] => Palace urges Taiwan to negotiate air pact
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Malacañang urged Taiwan yesterday to return to the negotiating table to
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"We hope that the Taiwanese side would accept the proposal of MECO for the
resumption of air consultation talks in Manila on 1-2 March 2000," President
Estrada's spokesman Fernando Barican said. 

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                    [Title] => Palace refutes Sin on gov't direction
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President Estrada was "extremely disappointed" over Manila Archbishop Jaime
Cardinal Sin's latest criticism of his government, Presidential Spokesman
Fernando Barican said yesterday.

Barican told reporters that Sin was "not exactly accurate" when he said that
the Estrada administration lacked direction and blamed the President for
serious economic problems, rising prices and unemployment.

"He (Sin) chose not to mention the improvement in the country's economy despite
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Toledo, former press assistant undersecretary.

The duo were recommended to their new posts by Press Secretary Ricardo "Dong"
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resumption of air consultation talks in Manila on 1-2 March 2000," President
Estrada's spokesman Fernando Barican said. 

The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) represents Philippine interests
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"He (Sin) chose not to mention the improvement in the country's economy despite
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GMA revamps Office of the President

April 4, 2001 - 12:00am

Apparently feeling that even a "snake pit" needs some order, President Arroyo has carried out a minor internal reorganization to streamline the Office of the President. With journalist Rigoberto Tiglao...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Where are Ricaforte, Pineda?

October 14, 2000 - 12:00am

If the administration seems to be losing the battle for hearts and minds in the jueteng scandal, it can heap much of the blame on itself and its supposed allies. Since Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson...

Opinion

Seva, Toledo named new press undersecretaries

By Marichu A. Villanueva | May 13, 2000 - 12:00am

President Estrada strengthened further his propaganda machinery by appointing two new press undersecretaries, one of them a former broadcast journalist and television executive. The new press undersecretaries...

Headlines

A new spokesman

By by Editorial | April 13, 2000 - 12:00am

After two years of the Estrada administration, anyone who wants to speak for the President and deal with the press must be a masochist. How often did Fernando Barican, as presidential spokesman, say one thing...

Opinion

Palace urges Taiwan to negotiate air pact

February 29, 2000 - 12:00am

Malacañang urged Taiwan yesterday to return to the negotiating table to settle a renewed aviation dispute. "We hope that the Taiwanese side would accept the proposal of MECO for the resumption of air...

Headlines

Palace refutes Sin on gov't direction

January 29, 2000 - 12:00am

President Estrada was "extremely disappointed" over Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin's latest criticism of his government, Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican said yesterday. Barican told reporters that...

Headlines