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PRESIDENT ARROYO: RP IS WORLD'S "MANNING CAPITAL" FOR SEAFARERS
November 28, 2003
Filipino seafarers or sea-based Filipino workers now constitute one-fifth or 20% of the total global
shipping force, President Arroyo said in a speech before an international gathering of some 400 foreign
and local delegates from the maritime industry.
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Before any humanitarian consideration:
ERAP SHOULD FIRST SUBMIT HIMSELF TO JURISDICTION OF SANDIGANBAYAN - ALVAREZ
November 18, 2003
Before any decision is made as to whether or not to allow former President Estrada
to seek medical treatment in the United States, it is imperative that he should
first accept the jurisdiction of our courts, especially the Sandiganbayan.
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ALVAREZ WINS P10-M PICOP SUIT
November 14, 2003
Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Heherson
T. Alvarez has won the case filed against him by PICOP Resources, Inc. after the
Court of Appeals (CA) reversed a lower court ruling ordering him to pay the firm
P10 million per month for failure to grant PICOP's Integrated Forest Management
Agreement (IFMA) in April last year.
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On Supreme Court's Decision:
TRIUMPH OF THE RULE OF LAW -- LAKAS-CMD
Support of all sectors sought
November 10, 2003
The ruling Lakas-CMD party today hailed the Supreme Court decision that averted a
perceived constitutional crisis as "a triumph of the rule of law," and calls on
all sectors concerned to support the High Court's ruling.
Lakas-CMD national spokesperson Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez said the decision
showed how decisively and strongly the Supreme Court has put to rest a national
crisis brought about by the impeachment complaint, and demonstrates that our
democratic systems and institutions of government work.
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CORAL REEFS AS WEAPON AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING
RP’s dying coral reefs to be rehabilitated
November 6, 2003
More than just home to 25% of all marine life and breeding ground for marine
species, the country’s 27,000 square kilometers of coral reefs are now being
eyed as a potent weapon against global warming because of recent scientific
findings confirming its tremendous ability to eat-up greenhouse gases such
as carbon dioxide (CO2).
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PADILLA ADMITTED HE HAS NOT READ COA REPORT BEFORE IMPEACHMENT - ALVAREZ
November 4, 2003
Lakas-CMD national spokesperson Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez today chided
House minority leader Rep. Carlos Padilla for calling him a liar when the
Nueva Vizcaya solon denied admitting that he could have changed his mind in
signing the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr.
if only he read the Commission on Audit (COA) beforehand.
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