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By EU Ambassador to the Philippines Alistair MacDonald
 
 
Editors’s Note: “Address by the Honorary Patron of the
Manila St. Andrews Society, Ambassador Alistair MacDonald,
on the occasion of the annual St. Andrews Ball, Manila Polo Club, 21 November
2009″ is what the ambassador wanted for this blog’s [...]

By Hans Cacdac
Editor’s note: Hans Cacdac is a lawyer and the deputy administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
10. I knew Marcos was stealing the February ‘86 snap elections.
9. I wanted to join a massive tide of change.
8. I wanted to be in the company of absolute dreamers.
7. I had faith in non-violent protest.
6. I [...]

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By Ko Ko Thett

Editor’s note: Ko Ko Thett is a Burma
analyst based in Helsinki.
This article was initially available at http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=17863.
 
 
HELSINKI,
Finland–For
Burma politicians, policy advocates, activists, watchers, sympathizers,
scholars, do-gooders, and donors, frustration is a fact of life since potential
for change into a democratic society [...]

The Philippines will be pushing for the adoption of the Manila Declaration on Peace and Development through Interfaith Dialogue and its Action Plan in the upcoming Special Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development [SNAMMM], which will be hosted by the country next week.
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The family of former actress and beauty queen Rochelle Barrameda lauded Friday the decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) as the indictment of the ex-husband of her murdered sister Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez and his father for parricide and murder charges, respectively stays.
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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco said Friday the country’s inflation outlook remains "favorable" and indicated he’s also comfortable with the peso’s movements.
Inflation projections are "quite comfortable relative to the target range" of 3.5%-5.5% for this year and 4%-5% for 2011, Tetangco told CNBC in an interview. "There is room for inflation relative [...]

Major General Reynaldo Mapagu, newly-installed commanding general of the Philippine Army, vowed Friday to further intensify the military operations in order to defeat communist insurgency in the countryside in the next three months.
"We have made a lot of gains so we will sustain that and even push further yung efforts natin so that we can [...]

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has praised the government of Indonesia for neutralizing the suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings who previously escaped local authorities.
The President said the death of Dulmatin in a police raid in Indonesia bolsters the global campaign to end terrorism.
"We congratulate Indonesian President (Susilo Bambang) Yudhoyono and the security forces of Indonesia for [...]