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RP STATEMENT DURING THE U.N.HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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(Delivered by Secretary Cayetano W. Paderanga Jr.)

Mr. President,

Distinguished delegates,

The Philippines is one with the world in keeping the promise of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Ten years after the UN Summit that [...]

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“Without a legal leg to stand on, the planned truth commission is doomed to fail” Philippine Senator Joker Arroyo on the Truth Commission to investigate Gloria Arroyo’s government.

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Aquino signs EO on Truth Commission
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III signed on Friday Executive Order 1, creating the Truth Commission tasked to look into graft [...]

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The President’s Men and Women: Dinky happy to be back in DSWD
By Helen Flores
The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said she is happy to return to work in “one of the most committed bureaucracies” and [...]

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Villar faces new raps for bank’s ‘sweetheart deal’
By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Manny Villar benefited from a P4.5-billion “sweetheart deal” between a bank he owned and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the party-list group Akbayan [...]

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Evidence in poll exec’s graft case challenged
abs-cbnNEWS.com

MANILA, Philippines – Government prosecutors have objected to the admission into the record of several documentary evidence in the graft case filed against former poll commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco in connection with the P6.59 billion Voters Registration and [...]

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DND talking with 4 foreign governments on buying military equipment
By Alexis Romero
The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of National Defense is in talks with four foreign governments on the possible purchase of military equipment, even as some sectors have [...]

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Sanlakas plans to file plunder charges vs Villar
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The militant group Sanlakas Thursday said it was considering filing plunder charges against Sen. Manuel Villar, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer, because of a complaint filed by his former lawyer [...]

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How government has been lucrative for Manny Villar
Global Balita

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Villar can be a dangerous president – Erap
The Philippine Star

BUTUAN City  , Philippines – Former President Joseph Estrada believes he has a duty as a citizen to reveal the true personality of Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr.

Speaking to [...]

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