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Pinoys in Canada pool funds for ‘Frank’ victims
GMANews.TV
06/25/2008 | 02:34 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos in Canada have responded to the call of helping hundreds of their fellowmen in the Philippines who were victimized by typhoon “Frank" (Fengshen) over the weekend.

The Vancouver Sun reported on Tuesday that the Filipino community in Metro Vancouver had started pooling funds for the typhoon victims.

The report quoted businessman Carmelita Tapia, former president of the Canada-Asean Trade Council, as saying that instead of forming an organization for the fundraising, the community would contribute through churches. More Pinoys in Canada pool funds for ‘Frank’ victims
 

2 Filipino diplomats elected to key UN posts
Gmanews.tv
06/06/2008 | 03:40 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines gained a greater presence in the United Nations following the election of two Filipino diplomats to key posts in the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly (GA) Wednesday.

A statement on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website Friday afternoon said Elmer Cato and Patrick Chuasoto were elected to two of six key committees of the GA. More2 Filipino diplomats elected to key UN posts
 

RP gets good grades from UN rights monitor
By ROY MEDINA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
06/03/2008

The Philippines may only have merited a small space in Philip Alston's report to the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday. Nevertheles, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions praised the Philippine government on bringing about improvement on handling cases of human rights abuses.

"Many actors contributed to bringing about this major improvement and the Government deserves credit for its part. As I urged in my report, a clear message has been sent to the armed forces," Alston said. More RP gets good grades from UN rights monitor
 
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