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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo named a Supreme Court (SC) lawyer as new administrator of the Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA).
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said lawyer Jennifer Manalili, wife of Philippine Broadcasting Service-Radyo ng Bayan (PBS-RnB) director John Manalili would now be heading the POEA.
Manalili replaced Rosalinda Baldos whom the President appointed as undersecretary of the [...]

By Godofredo M. Roperos
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THERE is an interesting bit of fact that went with the President’s recent decision to reject entirely the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain. In deciding not to sign the MOA, even at the point of a gun, and dissolving the panel negotiating the document, GMA said she will consult [...]

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has cancelled her September 21 to 27 official visit to the US to attend to more pressing matters in the country including the ongoing pursuit operations and stalled negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said the President also has several commitments around the country [...]

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo named defeated Pasay City mayoralty candidate Consuelo Dy as deputy director of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC).
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced late Thursday the appointments of Dy, along with former Court of Appeals (CA) justice Nicolas Lapeña Jr. Internet Games as acting chairman of the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC), and lawyer [...]

DAGUPAN CITY — In the battle of shrimp species in the country, Jose de Venecia’s shrimp has more potential in terms of dollar value than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s shrimp.
This was said on Saturday by Director Westly Rosario, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC), when asked on the status of [...]

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo smiles as she delivers her speech during the 100th anniversary celebration on Wednesday night (Aug. 27) of the Philippine Free Press Magazine the country’s oldest weekly magazine at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City. (OPS/NIB Photo)

It also increased government spending for infrastructure, education and health services and helped provide short-term relief [...]

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has renewed calls for Congress to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) law which is now pending before their chamber.
Arroyo, during the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Free Press at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City, made the call to Congress through Makati Representative Teodoro Locsin Jr. as she recounted [...]

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday chided the media groups for focusing more on “gossipy headlines and inflated circulation numbers” as she renewed calls for the observance of responsible journalism in the country.
Arroyo, during the 100th Anniversary of the Philippines Free Press Magazine at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City, also renewed her administration’s commitment [...]

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo nominated former Surigao del Sur congressman Prospero Pichay as chairman of the board of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) after initially naming him as an acting member of the board, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.
Arroyo signed Pichay’s appointment papers last August 20.
Pichay’s initial designation is acting member but with a nomination [...]

GUAGUA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to start the dredging of major rivers and tributaries here to solve the flooding problem in this second-class coastal municipality.
Municipal Administrator Isaias Panganiban Jr. said Arroyo has ordered the allocation of P10 million for the dredging of Guagua’s vast network [...]