February 23, 2010
CEBU, PHILIPPINES–IF THE WELCOME THEY RECEIVED IN THE VISAYAS WERE TO GAUGE THEIR VICTORY, NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL BET LOREN LEGARDA SAID THEY ALREADY FEEL LIKE WINNERS.
“We already feel like winners… that’s because of the very warm welcome we’ve received in all the places we visited in the Visayas. And the welcome we got here was no less as warm and encouraging as in the other places,” Legarda said following their visit to Bantayan Island last Sunday.
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February 22, 2010
NACIONALISTA PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA CONGRATULATED THE MILITARY ON MONDAY FOR FINALLY CATCHING UP WITH ABU SAYYAF COMMANDER ALBADER PARAD, A YEAR AFTER THE REBEL LEADER AND HIS GROUP KIDNAPPED THREE VOLUNTEERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS IN SULU.
“This is certainly good news,” she said. “Parad and his group of bandits have sown enough fear and destruction in Mindanao.”
Legarda, an honorary Muslim princess, pointed out that the Abu Sayyaf has been putting ordinary […]
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February 22, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO REVIEW ITS GROWTH TARGETS THIS YEAR, PENDING MORE DATA ON THE SEVERITY OF THE ONGOING EL NIÑO PHENOMENON.
In an interview with reporters, Rolando Tungpalan of the economic planning agency said the government was keeping its growth targets of 2.6% to 3.6% for 2010–for now.
“The current target for the year of 2.6% to 3.6% takes into account the possible effects of El Niño,” the deputy director general of the National Economic […]
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February 21, 2010
“HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY, DESPITE OUR WORLD-CLASS DESTINATIONS, WE STILL LAG BEHIND OUR ASIAN NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF GLOBAL MARKETING WHICH RESULTS TO RELATIVELY LOW DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TOURIST INFLOW? THAT’S BECAUSE OUR TOURISM SECTOR, ESPECIALLY THE OPERATIONS SEGMENT, STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO COMPETE WITH GLOBAL PLAYERS LIKE MALAYSIA, THAILAND AND INDONESIA.”
Thus noted Vice-Presidential candidate Loren Legarda to media queries on what she believes is the ailing problem of the country’s tourism industry and […]
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February 21, 2010
“THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS ON ASSURING US THAT THE LOOMING BROWNOUTS IN MINDANAO HAVE NO POLITICAL BASIS. BUT CAN YOU BLAME PEOPLE FOR BEING SUSPICIOUS, PARTICULARLY WITH ELECTIONS JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY?”
That was the question of Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda as she arrived on Saturday in Manila from her Visayas campaign.
“I say the problem, in fact, has politics involved. It’s caused by the lack of political will and foresight,” Loren said. “It doesn’t take a […]
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