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		<title>VIDEO: How Cardinal Sin helped Grace Poe get adopted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kathlyn dela Cruz ABS-CBNnews.com  CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO MANILA, Philippines &#8212; Senator-elect Grace Poe revealed that the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin once played an important role in her adoption. In an interview with ANC &#8220;Pipol&#8221; host Ces Drilon, Poe said it was Cardinal Sin who convinced the woman who found her abandoned at Jaro Church in Iloilo to allow her to <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/video-how-cardinal-sin-helped-grace-poe-get-adopted/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senator-elect wants probe on ‘60-30-10’ poll results pattern</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/senator-elect-wants-probe-on-60-30-10-poll-results-pattern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Sun Star MANILA &#8212; Senator-elect JV Ejercito Estrada on Thursday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to look into the supposed &#8220;60-30-10&#8243; pattern of poll results bared by a math professor at the Ateneo de Manila University over the weekend. Estrada is one of the three candidates of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) who made it to the top 12 in last week&#8217;s <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/senator-elect-wants-probe-on-60-30-10-poll-results-pattern/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carpio: PHL should appeal China&#8217;s 9-dash Rule to &#8216;world opinion&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/carpio-phl-should-appeal-chinas-9-dash-rule-to-world-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Merueñas  GMA News Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has said that even if the Philippines wins in the arbitral dispute it has lodged against China on the West Philippine Sea, the decision would most likely go unenforced. In a speech he delivered before graduating law students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Carpio noted that under the United Nations Charter, <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/carpio-phl-should-appeal-chinas-9-dash-rule-to-world-opinion/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>P-Noy tells world: What is ours is ours</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/p-noy-tells-world-what-is-ours-is-ours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Delon Porcalla The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines &#8211; With tensions escalating over maritime claims, President Aquino yesterday vowed that the country would repel any threat to its territorial integrity and sovereignty. “In the agenda of our good governance, our message to the world is clear: what is ours is ours, and we will repel any and all attempts to claim what is ours, and <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/23/p-noy-tells-world-what-is-ours-is-ours/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of Taiwanese attacks on OFWs rise</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/reports-of-taiwanese-attacks-on-ofws-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Atienza The Daily Tribune  Some 85,000 Filipino workers in Taiwan have been engulfed in the strained relationship between the Philippines and Taiwanese government over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman after a Philippine Coast Guard vessel tried to stop a Taiwanese fishing boat last May 9, as reports of attacks on Filipino workers had risen. Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/reports-of-taiwanese-attacks-on-ofws-rise/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan report: PCG murdered fisherman</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/taiwan-report-pcg-murdered-fisherman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pat C. Santos The Daily Tribune  PALACE REJECTS RESULTS OF PROBE Taiwanese Hung Shih-Chen who died from shots of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) units chasing his fishing boat last week was murdered, according to the Taiwan official who heads the investigation team after a three-day probe conducted with their local counterparts. Chen Wen Chi, director of the international Cross Strait Legal Affairs under Taiwan’s <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/taiwan-report-pcg-murdered-fisherman/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Binay: No lupus, no dialysis</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/binay-no-lupus-no-dialysis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jose Rodel Clapano The Philippine Star  MANILA, Philippines &#8211; Vice President Jejomar Binay denied on Friday that he has lupus or that he is undergoing dialysis. In a speech delivered before members of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) during the organization’s 106th convention and scientific meetings, Binay even asked PMA members to conduct medical examinations on him. “Perhaps rumors and speculations have already reached <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/binay-no-lupus-no-dialysis/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grace’s wish: To see real mom</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/graces-wish-to-see-real-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FUNFARE By Ricky Lo The Philippine Star The phenomenal rise of Grace Poe in the senatorial race is as amazing as her life story that is stranger than fiction. During the campaign, Grace happened to sit beside a priest on the plane to Iloilo. After exchanging pleasantries, the priest told Grace that a lady named Sayong, who was on a vacation in Iloilo from Canada <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/graces-wish-to-see-real-mom/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How much did Grace Poe spend for her campaign?</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/how-much-did-grace-poe-spend-for-her-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kathlyn dela Cruz ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA, Philippines &#8212; Senator-elect Grace Poe, the topnotcher in the 2013 senatorial race, on Friday revealed how much she spent for her campaign. In an interview with ANC&#8217;s &#8220;Headstart,&#8221; Poe said she only spent roughly P60 to P70 million for political advertisements to boost her bid to the Senate. She said the money came from the pockets of her parents <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/how-much-did-grace-poe-spend-for-her-campaign/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying by Sino ship alarms gov’t</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/2-foreign-ships-harass-filipino-vessel-near-ayungin-reef-but-incident-normal-mayor-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jaime Laude The Philippine Star  MANILA, Philippines &#8211; The government has expressed concern over last Wednesday’s incident in the disputed Spratly Islands wherein a Chinese warship chased the utility boat of the Kalayaan island town for almost one hour. “Our national government is concerned on the latest incident,” re-elected Kalayaan Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon said after he reported to higher authorities the alleged bullying by <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/2-foreign-ships-harass-filipino-vessel-near-ayungin-reef-but-incident-normal-mayor-says/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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