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Malacañang has not paid CICC summit rental
CEBU’s hosting of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was successfully concluded and according to a member of the Provincial Board, the province has not forgotten the promise by the national government to pay the rent for the use of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC)
Korean invasion
BELINDA OLIVARES-CUNANAN - Before closing my files on the Asean and East Asia Summits in Cebu City, a few more items must be stated. Many people never got to see the televised coverage of the Asean Gala Dinner cultural show that was superbly produced and directed by Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara.
Waving goodbye as cop-out
JUAN L. MERCADO - “TRAINING a doctor costs in excess of $152,000 (or P7.52 million at present exchange rates)… Huge numbers of teachers, including many of the best-trained, leave the country directly after qualifying.
Arroyo bats for Asean as major trading bloc
DAVOS, Switzerland (via PLDT)—The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is ready to take its place among the world’s major trading blocs as its members forge stronger political, economic and security ties.
Graciousness and civility in US Congress
BELINDA OLIVARES-CUNANAN - AS I watched Us President Bush’s recent State of the Union Address on CNN, I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of envy at the civility and graciousness with which the administration and opposition members treated him and one another, despite their bitter disagreements over the war in Iraq.