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                    [Summary] => Filipino workers could be denied employment in Iraq and the United States might impose sanctions against the Philippines if Filipino troops and health workers are pulled out of the war-torn country, a foreign affairs official said yesterday.


Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said the incoming Iraqi government might not also support the Philippine bid for an observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference and other international forums.


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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Fall of a tyrant
                    [Summary] => This is the way a tyrant falls: trapped in a hole in the ground, wearing a false beard, hair unkempt, unable to put up even token resistance. Those who admired Saddam Hussein for standing up to the Americans...
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                    [Title] => RP contingent pulled out of Iraq if situation worsens
                    [Summary] => Philippine troops stationed in Iraq would be pulled out swiftly if the security situation threatened their safety, President Arroyo said yesterday. 


"We shall closely monitor developments directly from the ground and we will ensure that our nationals will be kept out of harm’s way and will be immediately evacuated if called for by the shifting situation," Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement released by Malacañang yesterday. 


"We are continually assessing the security conditions in Iraq to sharpen our options," she added. 


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                    [Title] => Poor RP to pledge $1-M for Iraqi reconstruction
                    [Summary] => The Philippines is to pledge $1 million (roughly P55 million) for the reconstruction of war-torn Iraq at a donors’ meeting in Spain this week, diplomatic sources said yesterday. 


A pledge though is different from actually showing the money. Skeptics are wondering where the cash-strapped government will source the funds.
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                    [Title] => Ople: RP’s UN Security Council seat in the bag
                    [Summary] => The country’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the powerful United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is in the bag, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday.


In a statement issued from Bangkok, Thailand where he was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Ople said the Philippines has already secured the support of 139 countries, more than the required number of votes to get a UNSC seat.  


A two-thirds vote or around 132 from the 197-member UN General Assembly is needed for the country to secure a seat in the UNSC, he explained.


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IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL

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                    [Title] => RP contingent pulled out of Iraq if situation worsens
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                    [Title] => Poor RP to pledge $1-M for Iraqi reconstruction
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                    [Title] => Ople: RP’s UN Security Council seat in the bag
                    [Summary] => The country’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the powerful United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is in the bag, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday.


In a statement issued from Bangkok, Thailand where he was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Ople said the Philippines has already secured the support of 139 countries, more than the required number of votes to get a UNSC seat.  


A two-thirds vote or around 132 from the 197-member UN General Assembly is needed for the country to secure a seat in the UNSC, he explained.


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DFA exec warns vs Iraq pullout

April 26, 2004 - 12:00am

Filipino workers could be denied employment in Iraq and the United States might impose sanctions against the Philippines if Filipino troops and health workers are pulled out of the war-torn country, a foreign affairs...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Fall of a tyrant

December 16, 2003 - 12:00am

This is the way a tyrant falls: trapped in a hole in the ground, wearing a false beard, hair unkempt, unable to put up even token resistance. Those who admired Saddam Hussein for standing up to the Americans...

Opinion

RP contingent pulled out of Iraq if situation worsens

November 19, 2003 - 12:00am

Philippine troops stationed in Iraq would be pulled out swiftly if the security situation threatened their safety, President Arroyo said yesterday. "We shall closely monitor developments directly from the...

Headlines

Poor RP to pledge $1-M for Iraqi reconstruction

October 23, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippines is to pledge $1 million (roughly P55 million) for the reconstruction of war-torn Iraq at a donors’ meeting in Spain this week, diplomatic sources said yesterday. A pledge though is different...

News Commentary

Ople: RP’s UN Security Council seat in the bag

By Marvin Sy | October 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The country’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the powerful United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is in the bag, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday. In a statement issued from Bangkok, Thailand...

Headlines