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Thursday, November 22, 2007 (Philippines)
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| The owner of this moviehouse on Colon St., Cebu City says he wanted to send a message of peace and national unity, in a Nativity scene that features President Arroyo as the Virgin Mary and disgraced president Joseph Estrada as, well, St. Joseph. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Defensor) |
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MANILA -- The government and the World Bank said there is no suspension of the US$232 million loan package for the second phase of a road improvement project in the Philippines.
In a joint statement read in Malacañang by Cabinet secretary Ricardo Saludo, the government and the World Bank said the international group has yet to discuss the proposed loan package for the second phase of the National Road Improvement and Management Program (NRIMP).
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