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Monitoring of Korean noodle products sought

November 12, 2012

HEALTH and trade agencies were urged to monitor the importation of six Korean brand noodle items in Cebu following reports that they contain carcinogenic or cancer-causing ingredients. A resolution sponsored by Provincial Board (PB) member Arleigh Sitoy cited a report from the Eco-Waste Coalition which said some local stores still sell the Korean noodle items […]

PH eyes warmer relations with China despite Hu’s call for maritime buildup — Palace

November 8, 2012

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday steered clear of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s call for China to assert its maritime power, but hoped for warmer relations with China under a new leader. “We know that they are superpower. As to the details of that, we would let the DFA answer that first,” Secretary Edwin Lacierda, […]

Solon, Congress must lead push to revoke DFA policy

August 26, 2012

Congressional intervention is needed to revoke the new passport processing guidelines of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), a partylist lawmaker said last week. During last Tuesday’s 888 News Forum, Anad partylist Rep. Pastor Alcover Sr. said he would deliver a privilege speech to open discussion on the DFA’s new policy that would be implemented […]

Travel group seeks Cebu solons’s aid on DFA passport guidelines

July 25, 2012

The National Association of Independent Travel Agencies Cebu Chapter will write all eight Cebuano legislators to voice their disapproval and ask assistance on the new passport processing guidelines issued by the Department of foreign Affairs. From 20 percent of the daily passport processing in the past, travel agencies are only given five percent of the […]