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Obama asks RP to draft US-Asean partnership accord

Sunday, 15 November 2009 12:27 Christian Esguerra/Inquirer.net

US President Barack Obama and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) tapped the Philippines, on Sunday, to draft a fresh five-year plan covering his country’s groundbreaking engagement with the region on a variety of areas, such as trade, security, climate change and human rights.

Already the coordinator for the first-ever Asean-US leaders’ meeting, Manila was designated to “lead the drafting” of the existing five-year enhanced partnership agreement between the two parties.

Pinoys hope for respect through Pacquiao victory

Sunday, 15 November 2009 12:25 Nancy Carvajal/Inquirer.net

``We get discriminated against and it is taken against us if we mispronounce a word, but the victory of Manny showed to the world we are equal to them and if we try harder, even better than them,'' Greg Cruz, a call center agent from Marikina City, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, as he emerged from the Araneta Coliseum where more than 18,000 people watched the fight live, through a 30-foot screen installed to cover the four angles of the dome.

Nelson Aves, 31, another call center agent, echoed Cruz statement and added, ``Now they cannot put down our race, Manny has raised it. His hard work and victory should serve as an inspiration.''

Cambodians cheer Pacquiao victory

Sunday, 15 November 2009 12:24 Leila Salvierra/Inquirer.net

(1 vote, average: 2.00 out of 5)

MANILA - It's not only Filipinos who are shouting in jubilation over Manny Pacquiao's victory.

Cambodians are also cheering for the Filipino boxer, who has gained a following in the Southeast Asian country, according to journalist Ung Chamroeun.

Presidential aspirants urged to bare position on land reform

Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:32 Julie Aurelio/Inquirer.net

MANILA - Two days before the fifth anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre, militant leaders called on presidential aspirants to make a stand on the issue of land reform and the distribution of land to peasants.

Pointing out that most candidates come from land-owning families, Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr said land reform and Hacienda Luisita have become a political and not just an agrarian issue.

Like its equipment, Pagasa’s staff is also aging

Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:31 Alcuin Papa/Inquirer.net

MANILA - Besides the need to upgrade its equipment, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration also needs to do something about its aging staff.

Catalino Davis, Pagasa’s administration and engineering chief, told reporters during a media seminar in San Manuel, Pangasinan, that 40 percent of the agency's 900 employees are between the ages of 41 and 50. On the other hand, only 1.4 percent of its employees are between the ages of 21 and 30.