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...last week's take place periodically, Manila is simultaneously pursuing negotiations with the MILF leadership. For fear of derailing these talks?and despite additional pressure from the U.S., which has about 300 troops stationed in the Philippines to train the country's military in counterterrorism techniques?President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo refuses to have the MILF designated a terrorist group or to order an all-out assault. Previous negotiations with the Moro National Liberation Front, the MILF's one-time parent organization, have little benefited the region, which remains deeply impoverished. As a result, growing numbers of MILF members are drifting...
...President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently dipped a toe into these charged waters. In a speech she wrote for the 4th World Meeting of Families opening ceremony on Jan. 22, Arroyo asserted that poverty and the birthrate are indeed connected and that the government should promote "fertility-awareness education" using "modern technology" and "birth spacing." Her words seemed intentionally vague, but the church, hearing contraceptive allusions, snapped back. "I want the President to make clear what she means," said Teodoro Bacani, a bishop in Manila, adding that he was "hurt" by her remarks. Arroyo, herself a devout Catholic, quickly qualified...
...Philipines: Arroyo's sacrifice
...Philipines: Arroyo's sacrifice
...Philipines: Arroyo's sacrifice