VOLUME XII NO. 23 December 1-15, 2014 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
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A professional diver dressed as Santa Claus gestures at a visitor inside a giant aquarium as part of celebrations for Christmas at the Manila Ocean Park.
Potential threat (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters photo)
Centcom: NPA may sow violence during Pope’s visit
“In our AOR (area of responsibility), we still have the NPA. That is the group we’re looking into that may sow violence... We hope they will not, because [we are talking about] the Pope. There’s going to be a big prob-
lem if they sow violence,” said Centcom spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Jim Alagao. Nonetheless, Alagao said the military is prepared and has enough forces to secure the highest leader of the Catholic
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Church. “The 8th Infantry Division is there, it has many forces [and] that we may no longer need to pour in additional forces… There are three brigades under it…I think that will be enough already,” Alagao said. He said he is not yet sure of the specific number of troops that will be dispatched in Cebu and Leyte as plans are still being finalized. Two battalions who just came back from their peacekeeping missions in Golan Heights and Haiti will secure the Pope in Manila. “We are having a series of meetings with regard to the visit of the Pope…We started it already and we are finalizing it as 2015 approaches,” he said. Intelligence officials said there is no threat assessed yet against Pope Francis similar to the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II when he visited Manila in 1995. The plot, which involved al Qaeda-linked terrorist Ramzi Yousef, was discovered after a fire at the Doña Jose Apartments in Manila. abs-cbnnews
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PH scores higher in 4 of 6 governance
indicators - WB MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines scored higher in four out of six indicators in the latest Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), according to a World Bank report that measures the quality of governance across 200 economies. “The country’s achievement in the area of governance complements its gains in the economic front – including maintenance of within-target inflation and stability in the financial system,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said. “These accomplishments will help attain the goal of a sustainable and a more inclu
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ANILA - The Central Command (Centcom) of the Philippine military said the New People’s Army (NPA) may be a potential threat during the visit of Pope Francis in Cebu and Leyte.
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