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DOT welcomes ambassadors, consuls-general, and tourism directors

Monday, 24 August 2009 23:00

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has welcomed more than 500 Ambassadors, Consuls General, and Tourism Directors from the United States and Canada, in its bid to revitalize and enhance tourism ties between the country and North American countries.

Carrying the Pahiyas theme, the guests were treated to spectacular cultural performances by Bayanihan the Philippine National Folk Dance Company and Banda Kawayan at the welcome reception recently held at the Isla Ballroom of the Edsa Shangri-la Hotel.

Treading the Ateneo Way

Thursday, 25 June 2009 21:09
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It was 1859. Something mysteriously compelling must have led the Jesuit Fathers to stay in Manila when they could have gone on to Mindanao where there was a greater need. On the contrary, in the accounts of the Jesuit historian, Fr. Jose Arcilla, the Jesuits were "detained" in the ever-loyal city when the Intramuros elite "prevailed upon the government" to provide "a good primary school for their sons." The year 1859 marked the beginning of the new chapter the sons of Ignacio de Loyola, having been absent for a long time because of the worldwide suppression of the Jesuits by the Catholic Church a century before. But the event, as it unfolded, proved to be a great blessing in disguise. For quite indeed, the Jesuit detention (which on hindsight, might have reminded the friars of their prior suppression) had led to the founding of one of the most respected Philippine educational institutions today, the Ateneo de Manila University.

RP corruption ‘wrong perception’

Friday, 10 October 2008 08:03 Thea Alberto/Inquirer.net

MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the image of the country as among the most corrupt in the world stems from a “wrong perception” she blamed on media but an economist said the experience of investors here shows graft is a reality in the Philippines.

Asked during a business round-table discussion by Charles Goddard, editorial director of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for her reaction to the findings of the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI), Arroyo replied: "Their basis is on what they read in the paper, it's a whole layering of perception."

Last Updated ( Monday, 13 October 2008 10:30 )

Australia fears Mindanao spillover

Thursday, 09 October 2008 13:26 Veronica Uy/Inquirer.net

MANILA - Australia is wary ongoing hostilities in Mindanao will spread to other countries in the Southeast Asian region, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday.

At the press conference after the 2nd Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting, Smith said that, while he sees an improved security situation in Mindanao in the next five years, he said it is important for the Philippines and the region that the southern island’s development be on track.

Last Updated ( Monday, 13 October 2008 10:31 )

Enactment of renewable energy act seen

Thursday, 09 October 2008 08:33 Inquirer.net

MANILA - One day after the ratification by both chambers of Congress of the Renewable Energy Act, the chairman of the House committee on energy said its swift passage would help guarantee the country’s energy security, yield huge economic benefits and boost the efforts to safeguard the environment.

Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo said the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, the final version of House Bill 4193 and Senate Bill 2046, is expected to be signed into law by his mother, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Last Updated ( Monday, 13 October 2008 10:33 )