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                    [Title] => Indecisive
                    [Summary] => There she goes again, flip-flopping on a major decision. 


After announcing that she saw no need for the latest batch of nursing graduates to retake the board exams, President Arroyo has changed her mind and decided that there must be new exams after all.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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                    [Title] => New US envoy Kenney sworn in
                    [Summary] => Former US Ambassador to Ecuador Kristie Anne Kenney was sworn in Monday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the new American envoy to the Philippines.


Kenney, whose appointment was confirmed by the US Senate, is expected to arrive in Manila this month.


Kenney will replace Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, who was appointed ambassador to Egypt.


She was reportedly Rice’s "personal choice" to fill the post vacated by Ricciardone.


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                    [Title] => First woman US envoy nominated
                    [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush has nominated career diplomat Kristie Anne Kenney as Washington’s first woman ambassador to the Philippines to replace Francis Ricciardone Jr., who ended his stint last May and was posted to Egypt.


Kenney, who previously served as ambassador to Ecuador, is also a former senior adviser to the assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement at the State Department.


She has also served as an economics officer at the US embassies in Switzerland and Argentina and as a consular officer in Jamaica.


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                    [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak
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                    [Title] => Ricciardone nominated envoy to Egypt
                    [Summary] => WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush has nominated former US ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone Jr. as envoy to Egypt, the place where he started his foreign service career.


Ricciardone’s nomination was submitted for approval on Monday here to the Senate committee on foreign relations.


The Senate committee likewise approved the nomination of Ricciardone’s deputy in Manila, Joseph Mussomeli, as US Ambassador to Cambodia last June 24. 


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                    [Title] => US sending acting ambassador to RP
                    [Summary] => The US government is sending an acting ambassador to Manila at the end of the month.


Sources said Darryl Johnson arrives in Manila on July 31, about a week before the departure of Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli to assume his post as US ambassador to Cambodia.


Johnson was plucked out of retirement from the Foreign Service to serve as temporary replacement for Francis Ricciardone, who ended his stint in Manila two months ago. Ricciardone is in Washington for briefings prior to his new assignment as ambassador to Egypt.


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                    [Title] => New US ambassador to RP may be a woman
                    [Summary] => The United States is considering appointing a woman as its next ambassador to the Philippines, a diplomatic source said yesterday.


The source said US Ambassador to Ecuador Kristie Anne Kenney is being eyed by Washington to replace its former envoy to Manila Francis Ricciardone, who was recalled last May.


If Kenney is appointed to the post, she would be the first woman US ambassador to Manila.


"Still a rumor, but it’s likely," the source said.


Kenney is reportedly Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s personal choice to take up the post va
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                    [Title] => No announcement yet on new US envoy to RP
                    [Summary] => Washington has no official announcement yet on its new ambassador to the Philippines after the nomination of US ambassador to South Africa Cameron Hume did not push through.


Karen Kelley, spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Manila, said Washington has yet to announce a nominee to succeed American envoy to Manila Francis Ricciardone, who concluded his tour of duty in the Philippines last month.


"We do not have an official White House announcement on the Bush administration’s nominee for Manila yet," Kelley said.


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                    [Title] => Washington-bound Ricciardone bids GMA goodbye
                    [Summary] => Outgoing United States Ambassador Francis Ricciardone yesterday bade farewell to President Arroyo, who conferred upon him the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu.


Ricciardone took his leave of the President in the Music Room of Malacañang.


"We wish you all the best," the President told Ricciardone. "Thank you for everything and good luck."


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-05-13 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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                    [Title] => Ricciardone: US won’t back coup
                    [Summary] => Outgoing United States Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said yesterday the US is against any violent and extra-legal overthrow of the Philippine government.


During his last briefing before the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, Ricciardone said the US supports changes in leadership if these changes are carried out within the bounds of the Constitution.


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                    [Title] => Ricciardone bids RP goodbye next week
                    [Summary] => US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone leaves Manila next week to assume a new diplomatic posting, leaving the embassy at the hands of Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli until July.


President Arroyo will confer the highest diplomatic honor, the Order of Sikatuna, on Ricciardone today when he accompanies visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick to Malacañang.


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                    [Title] => New US envoy Kenney sworn in
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Kenney, whose appointment was confirmed by the US Senate, is expected to arrive in Manila this month.


Kenney will replace Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, who was appointed ambassador to Egypt.


She was reportedly Rice’s "personal choice" to fill the post vacated by Ricciardone.


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                    [Title] => First woman US envoy nominated
                    [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush has nominated career diplomat Kristie Anne Kenney as Washington’s first woman ambassador to the Philippines to replace Francis Ricciardone Jr., who ended his stint last May and was posted to Egypt.


Kenney, who previously served as ambassador to Ecuador, is also a former senior adviser to the assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement at the State Department.


She has also served as an economics officer at the US embassies in Switzerland and Argentina and as a consular officer in Jamaica.


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                    [Title] => Ricciardone nominated envoy to Egypt
                    [Summary] => WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush has nominated former US ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone Jr. as envoy to Egypt, the place where he started his foreign service career.


Ricciardone’s nomination was submitted for approval on Monday here to the Senate committee on foreign relations.


The Senate committee likewise approved the nomination of Ricciardone’s deputy in Manila, Joseph Mussomeli, as US Ambassador to Cambodia last June 24. 


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                    [Title] => US sending acting ambassador to RP
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Sources said Darryl Johnson arrives in Manila on July 31, about a week before the departure of Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli to assume his post as US ambassador to Cambodia.


Johnson was plucked out of retirement from the Foreign Service to serve as temporary replacement for Francis Ricciardone, who ended his stint in Manila two months ago. Ricciardone is in Washington for briefings prior to his new assignment as ambassador to Egypt.


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                    [Title] => New US ambassador to RP may be a woman
                    [Summary] => The United States is considering appointing a woman as its next ambassador to the Philippines, a diplomatic source said yesterday.


The source said US Ambassador to Ecuador Kristie Anne Kenney is being eyed by Washington to replace its former envoy to Manila Francis Ricciardone, who was recalled last May.


If Kenney is appointed to the post, she would be the first woman US ambassador to Manila.


"Still a rumor, but it’s likely," the source said.


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                    [Title] => No announcement yet on new US envoy to RP
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Karen Kelley, spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Manila, said Washington has yet to announce a nominee to succeed American envoy to Manila Francis Ricciardone, who concluded his tour of duty in the Philippines last month.


"We do not have an official White House announcement on the Bush administration’s nominee for Manila yet," Kelley said.


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                    [Title] => Washington-bound Ricciardone bids GMA goodbye
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Ricciardone took his leave of the President in the Music Room of Malacañang.


"We wish you all the best," the President told Ricciardone. "Thank you for everything and good luck."


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                    [Title] => Ricciardone: US won’t back coup
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During his last briefing before the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, Ricciardone said the US supports changes in leadership if these changes are carried out within the bounds of the Constitution.


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                    [Title] => Ricciardone bids RP goodbye next week
                    [Summary] => US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone leaves Manila next week to assume a new diplomatic posting, leaving the embassy at the hands of Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli until July.


President Arroyo will confer the highest diplomatic honor, the Order of Sikatuna, on Ricciardone today when he accompanies visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick to Malacañang.


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