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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01KUALALUMPUR2464 | MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...]) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE T[...] |
2001-11-28 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS MY RP |
| 01MANILA6761 | MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...]) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAI[...] |
2001-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP |
| 02VATICAN4909 | HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...](SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSI[...] |
2002-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5625 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING ON BIOTECH WITH [...]) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HOLY SEE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EQUIVALENT LEONARDO SANDRI NOVEMBER 16 TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERN OVER TH[...] |
2002-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 03THEHAGUE2340 | NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON [...]C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks between the New People's [...] |
2003-09-17 13:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC RP NO EUN |
| 04ABUDHABI3209 | TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...]) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of rece[...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP |
| 04HANOI330 | TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...]mmary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vi[...] |
2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04KUWAIT2496 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...]C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and[...] |
2004-08-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
| 04KUWAIT2542 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...]C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to[...] |
2004-08-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
| 04KUWAIT350 | (C) TIP: KUWAITI EFFORT TO HELP REPATRIATE [...]C) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia is working with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the Indonesian Embassy to expedit[...] |
2004-01-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP |
| 04KUWAIT3684 | PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...][...] |
2004-10-27 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP |
| 04RANGOON249 | FILIPINO ENVOY MAKES LOW-KEY VISIT TO BURMA [...]) Summary: Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert made her debut visit to Burma February 18-19 to get to know her Burmese counterpart and [...] |
2004-02-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM RP |
| 05BANGKOK3205 | THAILAND: CO-CHAIRING THE ARF/ISG [...]U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Urawadee Sriphiromya of the MFA Department of ASEAN Affairs. Urawadee said the RTG was [...] |
2005-05-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL AORC XB RP TH |
| 05BRASILIA3060 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...][...] |
2005-11-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR |
| 05CANBERRA1461 | AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES MINISTERIAL FURTHERS CT [...]C) SUMMARY: The inaugural Australia-Philippines Ministerial Meeting (APMM), held in Canberra August 11-12, focused on security issues[...] |
2005-08-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AS RP |
| 05DHAKA3977 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. NOEL ANDERSON, [...]mbassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Noel Anderson on his o/a August 14 - August 18, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat c[...] |
2005-08-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG RP |
| 05DUBLIN1426 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION [...][...] |
2005-11-23 09:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP EI |
| 05GENEVA2767 | DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...]C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final [...] |
2005-11-10 11:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF |
| 05MANILA1056 | FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO [...]C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progr[...] |
2005-03-07 06:46:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER RP |
| 05MANILA1059 | DEFENSE SECRETARY FOCUSED ON PDR AND [...]C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz has made Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) the centerpiece of his tenure, and is also focused on end[...] |
2005-03-07 08:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER AS NZ JA RP |
| 05MANILA106 | MADRASAH TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT UNDERWAY IN THE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A $400,000 DRL-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Training Project" is now underway in the Philippines to train 28 madrasah ed[...] |
2005-01-10 06:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA1061 | RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to w[...] |
2005-03-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP |
| 05MANILA1098 | MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...]U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, t[...] |
2005-03-09 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP |
| 05MANILA1199 | PNP STORMS PRISON ENDING ASG TAKEOVER [...]SBU) Philippine National Police (PNP) anti-terrorist and SWAT forces stormed the Metro Manila District Jail at 9:15 a.m. (local time) [...] |
2005-03-15 06:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC KCRM PREL RP |
| 05MANILA1257 | ROMULO'S CHINA TRIP FIXES DATES FOR PRESIDENT HU [...]) According to Department of Foreign Affairs China Director Maria Theresa Almojuela, the main purpose of Foreign Secretary Alberto Ro[...] |
2005-03-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CH RP |
| 05MANILA1258 | RP-JAPAN POLITICAL SECURITY TALKS [...]) SUMMARY. The first-ever Philippine-Japanese political security talks allowed both sides to exchange views on China, North Korea, t[...] |
2005-03-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS JA RP |
| 05MANILA129 | CEBU MAYOR IMPLICATED IN SERIES OF VIGILANTE-STYLE [...]C) SUMMARY: There have been 14 vigilante-style killings recently in Cebu. Critics have implicated Cebu Mayor Tommy Osmena in the sla[...] |
2005-01-11 04:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS RP |
| 05MANILA1348 | THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR [...]C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine[...] |
2005-03-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PTER RP |
| 05MANILA1350 | PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF INDONESIAN JI [...]SBU) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced at a March 22 press conference its units had captured Rohmat (aka Zaki aka Za[...] |
2005-03-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP |
| 05MANILA1401 | LEFTISTS CLAIM SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO KILL PARTY [...]C) Summary: Gunmen have already killed up to eighteen members of leftist front groups including Bayan Muna -- a political party close[...] |
2005-03-29 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA1451 | TERRORIST NPA STEPS UP ANTI US THREATS ON ITS 36TH [...]C) Summary. The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA), designated by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organizat[...] |
2005-03-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS RP |
| 05MANILA1452 | SUPREME COURT REJECTS WIDOW'S EFFORT TO TAKE OVER [...]C) Summary: The Supreme Court, sitting as the "Presidential Electoral Tribunal," ruled on March 29 that Susan Roces, the widow of Fer[...] |
2005-03-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1456 | GRP GEARS UP FOR MILF TALKS, POSSIBLE DESIGNATION [...]C) Summary. The next GRP/MILF talks will take place in Kuala Lumpur April 16-18. The GRP remains optimistic about a peace accord "t[...] |
2005-03-31 00:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL RP PGOV |
| 05MANILA1506 | LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extort[...] |
2005-04-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA1507 | CAPTURE OF ARAB TERRORIST [...]U) In a March 31 press conference at Edwin Andrews Air Base in the southern Mindanao city of Zamboanga, Philippine security officials [...] |
2005-04-01 06:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PINS UP MY RP |
| 05MANILA1529 | Preparations for August 8 ARMM elections [...]SBU) Summary: Over 1.1 million people are registered for the August 8 election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). E[...] |
2005-04-04 00:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA1543 | Strong reaction to death of Pope John Paul II [...]U) Summary: The Philippines has reacted with deep sorrow to news of the death of Pope John Paul II. President Arroyo announced an of[...] |
2005-04-04 05:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI RP VT |
| 05MANILA1549 | EMBASSY SPEAKERS' PROGRAM A BIG HIT WITH MINDANAO STATE [...]ummary. As part of the Embassy Speakers' Program, Assistant Information Officer Ruth Urry delivered two speeches to students at Minda[...] |
2005-04-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KIRC OPRC PHUM KWMN OIIP KISL PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1594 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...]C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo told Admiral Fallon during his March 28-30 visit she intends to move Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headqua[...] |
2005-04-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PINS PREL RP |
| 05MANILA1595 | LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...]U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a jo[...] |
2005-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA1597 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST SUPPORT FOR DEA TRAINING [...]his is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------- SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (U) Action reques[...] |
2005-04-06 08:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM MARR MASS PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1614 | FIGHTING THE GWOT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Summary. Terrorism is a disturbingly ordinary, ongoing reality here. The southern Philippines lies along a strategic fault lin[...] |
2005-04-07 07:26:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER PREL RP |
| 05MANILA1618 | TIP UPDATE [...]C) Summary: Mission has underscored to the GRP the possibility that the U.S. might place the Philippines on the TIP Tier 3 list due t[...] |
2005-04-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB KCOR RP JA |
| 05MANILA1641 | CORRUPTION UPDATE: PLUNDER CHARGES (AT LAST) [...]C) Summary: The Ombudsman filed plunder charges on April 6 against Major General Carlos Garcia and his immediate family members, whil[...] |
2005-04-08 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA1700 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...]U) Post on April 8 provided maritime and nonproliferation officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Bureau of United Natio[...] |
2005-04-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL RP |
| 05MANILA1716 | BUILDING A BRIDGE ON TAWI-TAWI [...]U) SUMMARY. Embassy believes the number one USPACOM FY05/FY06 humanitarian assistance objective in the Philippines should be the Tawi[...] |
2005-04-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS EAID RP |
| 05MANILA1748 | MILF AND ANCESTRAL DOMAIN: A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK [...]C) Summary. The upcoming GRP-MILF "exploratory talks" will tackle what is arguably the most difficult and contentious aspect of the c[...] |
2005-04-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA1773 | AFP NARROWLY MISSES JI/ASG TERRORIST TARGETS [...]S) SUMMARY. Light reaction companies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) narrowly missed capturing the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) [...] |
2005-04-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | MOPS PTER MASS PREL PINS RP |
| 05MANILA1774 | LATEST VIGILANTE KILLINGS IN CEBU - NO END IN SIGHT [...]U) Summary: Summary executions of suspected criminals by "death squads" in Cebu are continuing at an alarming rate. According to med[...] |
2005-04-18 23:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA1792 | STREAMLINING TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS IN THE [...]U) This is an action request -- please see paras 7-8. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. One of the key tasks facing the Philippines (GR[...] |
2005-04-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA1799 | POSSIBLE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...]C) Mr. Secretary, we would warmly welcome your visit in May and hope that you can make it. Your visit would be timely. The GRP may [...] |
2005-04-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PTER RP |
| 05MANILA1808 | The "Masa" as a Political Force [...]SBU) Summary: The underprivileged and impoverished "masa" remains a potentially significant but largely unorganized political force. [...] |
2005-04-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA1815 | NEW TIP-RELATED ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION [...]U) Summary. Four new TIP criminal cases are in the works, following a raid on a suspected brothel in what the National Bureau of Inv[...] |
2005-04-21 02:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA1817 | GRP'S NSC GROPES FOR ANSWERS TO "ISLAMIST [...]C). Summary and Comment: National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales provided Ambassador with a copy of a report he presented to the[...] |
2005-04-21 03:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RP |
| 05MANILA1839 | VAT PROPOSALS THREATHEN POWER SECTOR REFORMS [...]U) Summary: Value Added Tax (VAT) proposals filed in both Houses of Congress contain provisions detrimental to the government's effo[...] |
2005-04-22 01:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV EAID RP |
| 05MANILA1840 | Senate Passes Value Added Tax Bill [...]U) Summary: The Philippine Senate approved on April 13 proposed amendments to the value-added tax law. Bicameral conference committee[...] |
2005-04-22 02:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1847 | BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE [...]U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a), we ur[...] |
2005-04-22 06:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP |
| 05MANILA1853 | INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...]C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand i[...] |
2005-04-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP |
| 05MANILA1857 | LATEST GRP/MILF TALKS STEP UP MOMENTUM TOWARD PEACE [...]C) Summary. The GRP is pleased by the April 18-20 GRP-MILF talks and views a peace accord as do-able by the end of 2005. The latest[...] |
2005-04-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RP MY |
| 05MANILA1889 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...]U) Manila is our fourth largest post, with about 265 American employees and 1000 locally engaged staff. Our aim is to be the United [...] |
2005-04-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PTER EAID ECON MARR RP |
| 05MANILA1893 | ARROYO ON ASEAN BURMA STRATEGY [...]S) In a conversation on other subjects April 26, I urged President Arroyo to keep up her country's leadership on pressing Burma on dem[...] |
2005-04-26 23:42:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1897 | COMBATING CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]U) Two DOL-funded programs in the Philippines (as well as elsewhere in the region) are now focused on combating child labor. Accordin[...] |
2005-04-27 01:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM ECON RP |
| 05MANILA1909 | PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...]U) This is an action request -- see para 4. ¶2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigatio[...] |
2005-04-27 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA1954 | CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA [...]C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discuss[...] |
2005-04-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CH RP |
| 05MANILA1955 | JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION [...]SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USA[...] |
2005-04-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA1960 | PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...]C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS �[...] |
2005-04-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP |
| 05MANILA1961 | COTABATO MAYOR PROTESTS USAID PROJECT SUSPENSION [...]SBU) Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema has attempted to instigate a local media and public outcry against the US, and specifically USA[...] |
2005-04-29 10:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAID KISL PINS ASEC CASC RP |
| 05MANILA1987 | EMBRACING THE DRAGON: THE PHILIPPINES DEEPENS [...]BU) With the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Philippines has taken stock of its expanding economic relationship with China a[...] |
2005-05-02 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA1988 | MALACANANG DOWNPLAYS LATEST DESTABILIZATION PLOT [...]C) Summary. Former Defense Secretary Fortunato Abat and other retired officials stirred fresh coup plot jitters on April 30 when they[...] |
2005-05-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PINR ELAB RP |
| 05MANILA2014 | PHILIPPINES EXPECT BURMA TO RELINQUISH ASEAN CHAIR [...]C) In meeting with Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on May 2, Ambassador urged the GRP -- and Romulo, personally -- to continue to wo[...] |
2005-05-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM RP ASEAN |
| 05MANILA2016 | ENGAGING THE SAUDIS ON GWOT EFFORTS IN THE [...]S/NF) In a meeting on May 2, Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Romulo of our concern about the role Saudi-based SIPDIS �[...] |
2005-05-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF |
| 05MANILA2042 | DEPORTATION OF SAUDI TERROR SUSPECT AT BEHEST OF [...]S/NF) Summary. A new case of Saudi diplomatic interference, protection, and deportation of a suspected terrorist financier underscore[...] |
2005-05-04 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF |
| 05MANILA2142 | BISHOPS LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]C) Summary: In a recent press conference, three left-leaning Catholic bishops accused President Arroyo of not doing enough to help th[...] |
2005-05-11 21:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KCOR PHUM SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA2167 | Bill Gives President VAT Increase Authority [...]U) Summary: Congress ratified final language this week that keeps the value added tax (VAT) rate at 10% but mandates the President t[...] |
2005-05-12 05:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA2172 | ENLISTED OAKWOOD MUTINEERS COP A PLEA [...]SBU) Summary. On May 11, an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) military tribunal accepted a plea bargain for about 190 enlisted me[...] |
2005-05-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AADP ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RP PINS PTER |
| 05MANILA2174 | MORE ON HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...]C) SUMMARY. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, PRC President Hu Jintao's state visit was a "normal" component of Beijing[...] |
2005-05-12 23:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET ECON CH RP |
| 05MANILA219 | TRADING A CHILD RAPIST FOR VOTES ON FISCAL [...]C) Summary: Over 50 congressmen have signed "a letter of appeal" calling for President Arroyo to pardon former congressman Romeo Jalo[...] |
2005-01-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RP |
| 05MANILA2200 | NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN COMBATING [...]U) Summary: The Philippines has many top quality NGOs focused on trafficking in persons (TIP) and they enjoy a close working relation[...] |
2005-05-13 05:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN ELAB RP |
| 05MANILA2241 | MORE JOURNALISTS SLAIN [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Two more journalists hav[...] |
2005-05-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA2242 | MILF COMMANDER SAMIR DENIES LINKS TO JI, PLEDGES [...]C) Summary. MILF Base Commander Hadji Samir Hashim, in a recent letter, has denied all links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and pledged to[...] |
2005-05-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER RP |
| 05MANILA2277 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...]U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. ¶2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secreta[...] |
2005-05-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID |
| 05MANILA2294 | TIP: GRP WORKS TO STRENGTHEN PROSECUTIONS AS [...]U) Summary: A committee of the Philippine Supreme Court is reportedly about to issue a new rule that would prohibit judges from dismi[...] |
2005-05-19 05:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN RP |
| 05MANILA2332 | GRP PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: With just over two months[...] |
2005-05-20 07:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM RP |
| 05MANILA2335 | DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR [...]U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public p[...] |
2005-05-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP |
| 05MANILA2356 | ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate[...] |
2005-05-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP |
| 05MANILA2359 | ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS [...]SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly[...] |
2005-05-23 07:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA2406 | POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]C) Summary: Party organizations are relatively weak in the Philippines and are overshadowed by the influence of personalities. Parti[...] |
2005-05-26 05:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA249 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]U) North Koreans have access to the same international protection offered other refugee groups in the Philippines. The Philippines is [...] |
2005-01-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KN KS RP |
| 05MANILA2555 | CHILD PRISONERS HELD IN ADULT FACILITIES IN THE [...]U) Summary: According to official and NGO sources, approximately 1,500 children are currently incarcerated among the adult inmate pop[...] |
2005-06-01 06:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KOCI SOCI ELAB RP |
| 05MANILA2559 | MILF CONSULTATION: A FRESH MANDATE AND OPTIMISTIC [...]SBU) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held a three-day public consultation on the outskirts of Cotabato City May 29-31 to rene[...] |
2005-06-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY LY RP |
| 05MANILA2578 | CORRUPTION UPDATE: "JUETENG"; GARCIA; ESTRADA [...]C) Summary: Amid a recent swirl of allegations involving the first family, a witness at a May 30 Senate investigation of "jueteng" (i[...] |
2005-06-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2590 | STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...]S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippin[...] |
2005-06-03 04:24:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA2599 | TIP: PHILIPPINES BRIEFED ON 2005 REPORT [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Acting Polcouns on June 3 reviewed [...] |
2005-06-03 05:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO KWMN RP |
| 05MANILA2626 | PALACE ASSERTS THAT OPPOSITION IS TRYING TO USE [...]C) Summary: Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye publicly stated June 5 that Malacanang was worried that the opposition was trying to[...] |
2005-06-06 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PINR RP |
| 05MANILA2660 | TIP: GRP BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON CYBERSEX DANGERS [...]U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government i[...] |
2005-06-08 08:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB KOCI TINT RP |
| 05MANILA2670 | PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION: BUSINESS LEADERS [...]C) Influential members of the Manila business community increasingly express concerns about how corruption is undermining the RP's eco[...] |
2005-06-09 05:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA2675 | MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP [...]BU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philip[...] |
2005-06-09 06:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA2691 | DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLING TO TACKLE TOUGH POLICY [...]C) SUMMARY. Secretary of National Defense Cruz appears ready to explore three key policy questions in the US-RP defense relationship:[...] |
2005-06-10 04:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PTER RP |
| 05MANILA271 | FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA RETURNS TO THE [...]C) Summary: Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada returned to Manila on January 15 after undergoing knee surgery in Hong Kong. Desp[...] |
2005-01-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA2712 | SETBACK IN GARCIA GRAFT CASE [...] (C) Summary: The recent ruling in the corruption trial of former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Ga[...] |
2005-06-14 03:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2730 | FIRMS PERCEIVE PERVASIVE [...]ummary: A recently released "Social Weather Station" survey indicated that Filipino business executives perceive a "very high" and &[...] |
2005-06-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA2731 | PHILIPPINE POLITICS: ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME... [...]C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo survived the Independence Day weekend despite protests and calls for her ouster by memb[...] |
2005-06-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PINR MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA2749 | SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER TO VISIT MANILA; [...]S/NF) Saudi Ambassador Wali has returned to Manila from what he characterized a "family" visit back to Riyadh (he said he escorted his[...] |
2005-06-15 23:43:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PREL KTFN RP SA |
| 05MANILA2757 | TIP: PHILIPPINE REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE [...]U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Local reaction to the Phili[...] |
2005-06-16 06:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN ELAB PHUM RP |
| 05MANILA2777 | ARROYO UNDER PRESSURE TO EXPLAIN TAPES [...]C) Summary: The Philippine Congress is planning inquiries into an audiotape that the opposition says implicates President Arroyo in e[...] |
2005-06-17 06:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA281 | GRP AND MILF EXPECT TALKS SOON, WILL COOPERATE ON [...]C) GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sources confirmed both sides are ready for another round of talks tentatively slated f[...] |
2005-01-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MOPS MY RP |
| 05MANILA2815 | CARDINAL SIN DIES AT AGE 76 [...]) Retired Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin died of multiple organ failure at a hospital in greater Manila at 6:15 AM on June 21. [...] |
2005-06-21 04:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS KPAO SOCI PINR RP VT |
| 05MANILA2821 | EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS -- LAW ENFORCEMENT [...]SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Mission has stepped up law enforcement anti-corruption efforts. Mission played a key role in majo[...] |
2005-06-21 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR CVIS ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2840 | LEFTISTS JOIN OPPOSITION MOVES AGAINST ARROYO [...]C) Summary: Leftist groups, most of which are aligned with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA), appear[...] |
2005-06-22 05:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS MOPS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA2846 | CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM CONTINUES FOLLOWING LATEST [...]SBU) A GRP-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Joint Statement heralded as a success the eighth round of "exploratory talks" on June[...] |
2005-06-22 23:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA286 | AFP/DND TALKS PRODUCE PROGRESS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...]C) SUMMARY. USPACOM's January 12-14 working level meetings with Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippi[...] |
2005-01-19 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER PINS RP |
| 05MANILA2887 | CONTINUED POLITICAL WOES FOR PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]C) Summary: An anti-GMA protest march on June 24 failed to gather significant momentum, but police blocked access to downtown Manila [...] |
2005-06-24 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA2888 | PGMA AND INDONESIA'S YUDHOYONO REAFFIRM [...]SBU) Summary. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) and her Indonesian counterpart President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) discus[...] |
2005-06-24 07:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ID RP |
| 05MANILA2889 | MILF COVERTLY MOVING AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORIST [...]S/NF) Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (MILF-AHJAG) official (and International Visitor Leadership Program nomi[...] |
2005-06-24 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PREL MOPS ID RP |
| 05MANILA2969 | SEVEN ABU SAYYAF MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Seven members of the Abu Sayyaf Grou[...] |
2005-06-28 07:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA2970 | ARROYO SAYS "I AM SORRY" [...]C) Summary: In a brief national address on June 27, a subdued President Arroyo admitted that a taped telephone conversation with an e[...] |
2005-06-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA2972 | GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS: A SLOW AND INCREMENTAL [...]C) Summary. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo's recent assessment that the GRP and MILF will reach a peace accord in six month[...] |
2005-06-28 23:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL MY RP |
| 05MANILA2991 | DESIGNATION OF THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT AS A [...](S) Summary and Action Request. The Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the Phi[...] |
2005-06-29 07:53:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC EFIN PINR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA2993 | ARROYO CLEANING HOUSE AS OPPONENTS STILL DENOUNCE [...]C) Summary: According to President Arroyo, husband Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo has now "volunteered to go abroad." Susan Roces, the wid[...] |
2005-06-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3045 | LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT SO FAR FROM ARROYO'S WOES [...]SBU) Summary. The Peso broke the PhP56/$1 mark on June 29, but has marginally recovered. The stock market continued to slide lower o[...] |
2005-07-01 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3046 | ARROYO STEADYING THE SHIP [...]C) Summary: The political scene in Manila continues to be lively but not truly turbulent. During a day trip outside of Manila, Presi[...] |
2005-07-01 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR KPAO ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3061 | ARROYO CELEBRATES JULY 4TH, BUT SUPREME COURT [...]C) Summary: President Arroyo attended Mission's July 4 celebration and also hosted an anti-trafficking event at Malacanang attended b[...] |
2005-07-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL ECON PINR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA3095 | MUSLIM VIEWS ON MANILA'S POLITICAL CIRCUS [...]C) Summary. Some moderate Muslims are looking beyond PGMA to a possible De Castro era. The ongoing circus has sparked renewed intere[...] |
2005-07-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3115 | A GMA INSIDER GETS OUT [...]S) Summary. The defection from GMA ranks of Congressman Golez is a blow to Arroyo. He believes she has lost the "moral high ground" [...] |
2005-07-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3116 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...]C) Summary: The campaign for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) began on June ¶28. Despite[...] |
2005-07-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC PTER RP |
| 05MANILA312 | MORE VIGILANTE-STYLE KILLINGS REPORTED IN DAVAO [...]C) Summary: There have been 26 reported killings of suspected criminals in Davao City, Mindanao, since the new year began. Human rig[...] |
2005-01-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP |
| 05MANILA3133 | ARROYO DEMANDS FULL CABINET SUBMIT RESIGNATIONS [...]S) Summary. In an apparent pre-emptive move against threatened resignations by some key Cabinet members, President Arroyo announced [...] |
2005-07-07 14:05:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PINS PGOV EAID RP |
| 05MANILA3154 | "MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE" [...]C) Summary: The chorus has grown for President Arroyo to step down. Former president Corazon Aquino held a press conference late Jul[...] |
2005-07-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KPAO MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA3156 | PHILIPPINE MARKET JITTERS HEIGHTENING [...]SBU) Summary: Despite the Philippine Supreme Court's July 5 decision to move up the date of a hearing on the implementation of the rec[...] |
2005-07-08 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3161 | ARROYO ANNOUNCES SHE HAS NO PLANS TO RESIGN [...]U) Summary: In a brief pre-recorded statement delivered July 8 on radio, President Arroyo responded to her critics and stated that sh[...] |
2005-07-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA3163 | BUSINESS GROUPS JOIN CALLS FOR ARROYO'S RESIGNATION [...]BU) Summary: Business leaders in Manila continue to call for a Constitutionally consistent resolution to the current political situati[...] |
2005-07-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3167 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS SIDESTEP ISSUE OF WHETHER ARROYO [...]U) Summary: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) sidestepped the issue of whether President Arroyo should resig[...] |
2005-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA3187 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT BUYS ARROYO MORE TIME [...]C) Summary: According to political contacts, the July 10 statement by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has bought [...] |
2005-07-11 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA3188 | MARKETS CAUTIOUS AS TRADING WEEK OPENS [...]SBU) Summary: Markets opened the trading week on July 11 shaky on resurgent fears of protracted political controversies and escalatin[...] |
2005-07-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3202 | VATICAN HAND IN CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT? [...]C) Summary: Several local press reports have claimed that the Papal Nuncio "scolded" the Catholic bishops during their recent confere[...] |
2005-07-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RP VT |
| 05MANILA3231 | ARROYO OPPOSITION FAILS TO PRODUCE MASSIVE [...]SBU) Summary: A July 13 opposition rally in Manila's central business district produced only an estimated 15-20,000 demonstrators as o[...] |
2005-07-13 08:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3251 | MUCH DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...]C) Summary: A group of party leaders from across the political spectrum (pro-President Arroyo to opposition) met July 12 and agreed t[...] |
2005-07-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA3278 | PONDERING A "TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL" PROPOSAL [...]C) Summary: Some politicians have begun to look at a possible "transitional council" for the Philippines, notably Senator Ramon Magsa[...] |
2005-07-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA3282 | ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...]C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 [...] |
2005-07-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP |
| 05MANILA3290 | PRO-ARROYO SUPPORTERS HOLD LARGE RALLY [...]C) Summary: Media and police estimate that roughly 100,000 people attended a pro-President Arroyo rally on July 16 in Manila. Most r[...] |
2005-07-18 07:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3319 | OPPOSITION PRESSES FORWARD ON IMPEACHMENT EFFORT [...]C) Summary: Opposition lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on an impeachment complaint against President Arroyo and believe t[...] |
2005-07-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA3370 | CALMER WEEK ON POLITICAL FRONT PROVIDES RESPITE [...]SBU) Summary: A relatively calmer week on the political front and positive fiscal news gave currency, stock, and bond markets some b[...] |
2005-07-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3373 | EXTRADITION OF CPP LEADER SISON FROM THE [...]S) According to National Security Adviser Bert Gonzales, the GRP has now agreed to the final Dutch condition on the extradition of Co[...] |
2005-07-24 23:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RP NL |
| 05MANILA3391 | OPPOSITION FILES IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST ARROYO [...]C) Summary: The Opposition filed amended impeachment charges in the House of Representatives against President Arroyo early July 25. [...] |
2005-07-25 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3397 | ARROYO GIVES STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, WHILE [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo gave her [...] |
2005-07-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3413 | POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE FOR ARROYO SPEECH, BUT [...]C) Summary: President Arroyo's July 25 State of the Nation Address (SONA) netted positive coverage in the media. Political reaction g[...] |
2005-07-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL ECON KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA3415 | 2005 SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, [...]mbassy Manila will host the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC), October 13-14. Most of the event will take pl[...] |
2005-07-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON OTRA XB RP |
| 05MANILA3421 | PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL MARKETS POST-SONA [...]U) Summary: Peso, stock, and bond markets have not reacted negatively to President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address on July 25. [...] |
2005-07-26 11:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3435 | GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS POSTPONED; LATEST NEWS [...]S) Summary: The latest round of exploratory talks between the GRP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been postponed. [...] |
2005-07-27 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PINR KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA3477 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...]C) Summary: The election campaign in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is heating up. The governor's race appears to h[...] |
2005-07-29 07:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3500 | TIP Update; Latest on Prosecutions; Municipalities [...]) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Justice Mi[...] |
2005-08-01 08:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3593 | HOUSE SETS RULES FOR IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT [...]C) Summary: The House has set the rules for the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. The rules will allow the[...] |
2005-08-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA3611 | SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO POSTPONE ELECTION IN [...]C) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has declined a request that it postpone the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in M[...] |
2005-08-04 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KISL ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3632 | TENSIONS SPIKE BETWEEN GRP AND EXTREME LEFT [...]C) Summary: The GRP announced on August 2 that it was suspending the immunity from arrest for National Democratic Front (NDF) officia[...] |
2005-08-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PINR RP NO NL |
| 05MANILA3655 | ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION PROCEED IN [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The August 8 elections in[...] |
2005-08-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC EAID RP |
| 05MANILA3657 | JULY 27-AUGUST 5 UPDATE: PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL [...]SBU) Summary: President Arroyo and her new economic team went on a media offensive shortly after the President's July 25 State of the[...] |
2005-08-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA3677 | COUNTING OF VOTES CONTINUES IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Officials continue to cou[...] |
2005-08-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA3697 | CONTINUED BICKERING IN HOUSE OVER IMPEACHMENT [...]C) Summary: There has been continued bickering in the House over the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. Fo[...] |
2005-08-10 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR SOCI RP VA |
| 05MANILA3708 | NO FATALITIES, 26 INJURED IN TWIN ZAMBOANGA BLASTS [...]C) Two explosions rocked central Zamboanga City the evening of August 10, leaving an estimated 26 injured with no deaths. There are n[...] |
2005-08-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PREL PINS RP |
| 05MANILA3709 | GRP BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON REVOCATION OF NDF [...]C) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally international backing, senior officials briefed representatives of the Manila diplomatic corps on t[...] |
2005-08-11 07:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PINR PREL NO NL RP |
| 05MANILA3710 | OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM ARMM ELECTIONS DELAYED; MORE [...]C) Summary: Final results from the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been delayed due to poo[...] |
2005-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL EAID ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3726 | AMPATUAN WINS GOVERNOR'S RACE IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...]C) Summary: Official results have been released for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Zaldy[...] |
2005-08-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3754 | UPTICK IN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU [...]SBU) Summary: Extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu are on the increase. So far, 137 have been slain this[...] |
2005-08-15 07:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP |
| 05MANILA3760 | LOOMING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STRIKE POSES RISKS FOR [...]C) The Air Transportation Office (ATO) and the Philippine Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCA) appear locked in an on-going di[...] |
2005-08-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL RP |
| 05MANILA3771 | AFP RECOVERS/SEEKS TO IDENTIFY TERRORIST REMAINS [...]S/NF) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units recovered on August 11 in the vicinity of Datu Odin, Sinsuat in the Mindanao provinc[...] |
2005-08-16 06:09:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP |
| 05MANILA3778 | BANKS FACE LITTLE REPRIEVE ON OVERDUE TAX ISSUE [...]C) The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) cannot fend off the tax assessments on its 1998-2004 foreign currency deposits mu[...] |
2005-08-16 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3788 | STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STILL A [...]C) Summary: Student activism in the Philippines has long been a political force and it remains one. This is particularly the case at[...] |
2005-08-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KISL SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA3790 | GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED [...]SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Ab[...] |
2005-08-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP |
| 05MANILA3810 | HEARINGS ON IMPEACHMENT CHARGES CONTINUE, BUT [...]C) Summary: House hearings into the impeachment charges brought against President Arroyo are continuing, but pro-Arroyo and Oppositio[...] |
2005-08-18 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3811 | USGS DISCUSSES JOINT MINERAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT [...]SBU) In meetings in Manila with senior GRP officials, USGS Acting Director Leahy confirmed the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) intenti[...] |
2005-08-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA3830 | PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...]) Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implem[...] |
2005-08-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB EAID RP ILO |
| 05MANILA3838 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGE RAISES SAFETY [...]C) Civil aviation officials admitted a 44% deficiency in air traffic controllers nationwide and blamed government restrictions on hir[...] |
2005-08-19 08:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR RP |
| 05MANILA3843 | GRP-MILF OPTIMISTIC ON TALKS, MALAYSIAN MONITORS, [...]C) Summary. The GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) maintain their readiness to resume exploratory talks, although GRP offic[...] |
2005-08-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA3846 | DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE [...]C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying [...] |
2005-08-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP |
| 05MANILA3862 | CABINET SECRETARY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ESTRADA [...]C) Summary: Michael Defensor, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, has confirmed that he has been engaged in talks with su[...] |
2005-08-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR SOCI KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA3901 | PRO-ARROYO MAJORITY WINS INITIAL VOTE IN HOUSE ON [...]C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House won the initial vote in the Justice Committee on the Opposition's impeachment charge[...] |
2005-08-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3946 | CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES TACK AND TAKES MORE [...]C) Summary: The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is changing tack in regard to its political role. Under the leadership of t[...] |
2005-08-25 07:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA3955 | NEW TERMINAL FACES LEGAL AND FINANCIAL HURDLES TO [...]SBU) Eight months after government took possession, the new airport terminal in Manila continues to languish unopened. A temporary r[...] |
2005-08-25 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3956 | POST-QUOTA ADAPTION OF GARMENT AND TEXTILE [...]ummary: The Philippine garment and textile industry has thus far withstood the end of the MFA quota regime, largely thanks to U.S. sa[...] |
2005-08-25 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX EINV PREL ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3963 | APPROXIMATELY 30 INJURED IN BASILAN FERRY BLAST [...]C) Summary. An apparent improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a ferry docked in Lamitan Town, Basilan Province, at approximat[...] |
2005-08-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PREL PGOV CASC ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3994 | IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS CONTINUE WITH KEY VOTES [...]C) Summary: Impeachment hearings in the House Justice Committee continued on August 30. The pro-Arroyo Majority made clear that it i[...] |
2005-08-29 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4019 | MAJORITY SEEMS SET TO WRAP UP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS [...]C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House voted August 31 to disallow the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President[...] |
2005-08-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4040 | END GAME FOR IMPEACHMENT EFFORT DRAWS NEAR AS [...]C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House Justice Committee voted down the final impeachment complaint left standing against P[...] |
2005-08-31 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA410 | THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR [...]C) Summary: While the Philippines has a good record of promoting and protecting worker rights, the labor movement is no longer a pote[...] |
2005-01-26 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4109 | CHARGE CALLS ON KEY GRP FINANCIAL OFFICIALS [...]SBU) In separate meetings with the Charge, both Central Bank Governor Tetangco and the Finance Secretary Teves described what they se[...] |
2005-09-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP |
| 05MANILA4111 | TRADE SECRETARY FAVILA SUPPORTS MORE CONSISTENT [...]BU) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by Charge, Secretary of Trade and Industry Peter Favila expressed SIPDIS support [...] |
2005-09-01 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP RP WTRO JP |
| 05MANILA4112 | Supreme Court Upholds Expanded VAT Law [...]SBU) Summary: On September 1, the Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law but has ye[...] |
2005-09-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA4137 | COMMUNISTS COMMIT TO FORMAL TALKS BUT BREAKTHROUGH [...]C) Summary. After painting themselves in a corner, the National Democratic Front (NDF) -- the negotiating arm of the Communist Party [...] |
2005-09-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO |
| 05MANILA4140 | HOUSE QUASHES IMPEACHMENT EFFORT [...]C) Summary: The Philippine House of Representatives has quashed the Opposition's impeachment effort against President Arroyo. In a s[...] |
2005-09-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4199 | NUMBER OF FILIPINO "ENTERTAINERS" GOING TO JAPAN [...]SBU) Summary: The number of Filipino "entertainers" traveling to Japan has fallen sharply as a result of tighter Japanese visa regula[...] |
2005-09-06 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB RP JA |
| 05MANILA4223 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]C) Summary. According to President Arroyo, the GRP would still like to help with Hurricane Katrina and views our bilateral relations[...] |
2005-09-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EAID ECON RP UNSC |
| 05MANILA4224 | INCOMING ARMM GOVERNOR EAGER FOR CONTINUED US [...]C) Summary. Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor-elect Zaldy Ampatuan has promised to embrace a transparent and consu[...] |
2005-09-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4225 | ESG-1 INTERVENTION ON TAWI TAWI: A TEMPLATE FOR [...]U) SUMMARY. The August 9-10 intervention by Expeditionary Strike Group-1 (ESG-1) on Tawi Tawi represents the type of targeted, innova[...] |
2005-09-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MOPS MCAP PTER PINS PREL EAID RP |
| 05MANILA4271 | ARCHBISHOP ROSALES ENCOURAGES CHURCH TO STAY OUT [...]C) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Charge, Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales identified economic and moral poverty as the[...] |
2005-09-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4278 | AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: GAPS IN PLANNING [...]BU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of avian influenza (H5N1) in the Philippines, the GRP's capacity to respond t[...] |
2005-09-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA4322 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE URGES FILIPINOS TO [...]) On September 13 the Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a sequel to its pastoral[...] |
2005-09-13 08:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4338 | GROWING FRENZY TO MITIGATE RISING OIL PRICE [...]SBU) In its latest scramble to temper the impact of escalating oil prices (reftel), the Philippine Government has stepped up its camp[...] |
2005-09-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4395 | IPR ROUNDTABLE 2: IMPROVED PROSECUTION OF IPR CASES [...]U) Summary: On September 13, Embassy conducted its second IPR roundtable to review IPR issues with US company reps and GRP officials.[...] |
2005-09-19 00:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA4417 | FILIPINO REACTION TO ESPIONAGE CASE AGAINST FBI [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The announcement of the ar[...] |
2005-09-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS RP |
| 05MANILA4421 | Aviation Safety Raised with Transport Secretary [...]SBU) During the Charge's call, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mendoza addressed concerns on aviatio[...] |
2005-09-20 01:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV EINV RP |
| 05MANILA4443 | OPPOSITION MOTION IN HOUSE TO RECONSIDER [...]C) Summary: The Opposition tried to file a motion in the House on September 19 asking for a reconsideration of its recent decision to[...] |
2005-09-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4464 | MALACANANG TAKES FLAK OVER HIRING OF U.S. LOBBYING [...]C) Summary: Malacanang has recently taken a great deal of criticism for the hiring of Venable LLP, a U.S.-based law firm, to do lobby[...] |
2005-09-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4488 | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six mil[...] |
2005-09-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP |
| 05MANILA4491 | MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...]nti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and ana[...] |
2005-09-22 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA4503 | PHILIPPINES: SLOW PACE OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...]SBU) Summary: Philippine government and private sector leaders told U.S. Senior Official for APEC Michael Michalak that the Philippine[...] |
2005-09-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KIPR TBIO TSPL RP APEC WTRO |
| 05MANILA4528 | Proposed 2006 Budget: A Taxing Proposition [...]SBU) Summary: President Arroyo's proposed 2006 budget call for a 30 percent increase in funds for infrastructure, health, and educati[...] |
2005-09-25 09:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA4545 | MALACANANG REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING PARDON OF [...]C) Summary: The Palace is reportedly considering pardoning former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos, who has been in jail since 1997 for rap[...] |
2005-09-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4600 | SLUGGISH GROWTH IN ELECTRONICS HIGHLIGHTS POWER AND [...]ilippine semiconductor and electronics exports, 70% of total exports, are growing slightly in 2005 despite the closure of a major Tosh[...] |
2005-09-27 06:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV PREL ECON RP |
| 05MANILA463 | MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN [...]C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrori[...] |
2005-01-28 07:07:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP |
| 05MANILA4631 | PHILIPPINE MARINES CAPTURE SEVEN ASG TERRORISTS ON [...]U) In a September 21 early morning raid on a safe house in Panjogan village near Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Marines captured Abu Sa[...] |
2005-09-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA4637 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY OFFICERS DISCIPLINED AFTER [...]U) Summary. Two high-ranking Philippine military officers have been relieved of their posts after claiming at a Senate hearing to kno[...] |
2005-09-28 07:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL MCAP RP |
| 05MANILA4639 | Prospering from the Remittance Gusher [...]verseas Filipino Worker (OFW) remittances grew by 22% for the first seven months of 2005, and should approach $10 billion for the year[...] |
2005-09-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA464 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE PICKS UP STEAM [...]C) Summary: Mission is actively working with GRP counterparts to help them develop legal cases against Philippine officials who have [...] |
2005-01-28 07:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4662 | DEBATE OVER POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...]C) Summary: The perennial debate over possible changes to the Philippine Constitution of 1987 is steadily heating up. Jose De Veneci[...] |
2005-09-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4669 | PHILIPPINES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEAVE LIMBO AT [...]BU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. The final group of refugee[...] |
2005-09-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF VM RP IOM |
| 05MANILA4693 | KEY FIGURE IN GRP FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: On September 30, GRP Ombu[...] |
2005-10-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4740 | MALACANANG-SENATE RELATIONS DETERIORATE [...]C) Summary: After several highly contentious Senate sessions, a group of Opposition senators led by Senate President Franklin Drilon [...] |
2005-10-04 05:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ECON EINV PTER CH RP |
| 05MANILA4750 | PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the O[...] |
2005-10-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP |
| 05MANILA4776 | NEW GOVERNOR IN MUSLIM REGION IN MINDANAO SWORN IN [...]) Summary. Newly elected Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan was sworn into office on September 30 by[...] |
2005-10-05 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINS KISL PINR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4785 | PHILIPPINE REACTION TO LATEST REVELATIONS ABOUT [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) The Philippine media is covering in a[...] |
2005-10-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA4809 | MORE PHILIPPINE REACTION TO UNFOLDING U.S. [...]C) Summary. The indictment of Philippine national Michael Ray Aquino on charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign a[...] |
2005-10-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC PREL RP |
| 05MANILA4810 | PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) This message is in response to the act[...] |
2005-10-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP |
| 05MANILA4814 | Air Traffic Controller Staffing "Not Unsafe" [...]SBU) Summary. Our most recent discussions and observations indicated no aviation safety threat at this time due to air traffic contro[...] |
2005-10-11 01:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV EINV RP |
| 05MANILA4831 | MISSION PRESSES GRP FOR EXPEDITIOUS PROGRESS ON [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Mission recently held sev[...] |
2005-10-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON SMIG RP |
| 05MANILA4901 | EMBASSY MANILA HOSTS SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL [...]) Embassy Manila hosted the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference, October 13-14. Thirty-eight participants from Missions[...] |
2005-10-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM SOCI XB XC RP |
| 05MANILA4905 | SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...]C) Summary. Embassy Manila's comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy [...] |
2005-10-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA4929 | GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a [...] |
2005-10-17 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP |
| 05MANILA4934 | DISPERSAL OF OPPOSITION RALLY SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...]C) Summary: The October 14 dispersal of a small Opposition rally has sparked a sharp debate over the GRP's tactics. The Opposition a[...] |
2005-10-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4935 | Supreme Court Clears Expanded VAT Law [...]SBU) The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law, the key element in President Arroyo[...] |
2005-10-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA4962 | DIVISIONS IN PRESIDENT ARROYO'S COALITION IN HOUSE [...]) Summary: Tensions have spiked between Lakas, the major party in President Arroyo's coalition in the House, and KAMPI, a group of st[...] |
2005-10-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS RP |
| 05MANILA4971 | ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000 [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-[...] |
2005-10-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA4984 | TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO l[...] |
2005-10-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP |
| 05MANILA499 | INTERNATIONAL TEAM INVESTIGATES SLAYINGS OF [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: A fact-finding team organi[...] |
2005-02-01 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5012 | SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI- [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Ba[...] |
2005-10-25 03:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON EAID PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5019 | GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL [...]C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Explora[...] |
2005-10-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA5023 | INDICATIONS OF COUP PLOTTING [...]S/NF) SUMMARY. There are disturbing indications that recidivist coup plotter "Gringo" Honasan and opposition Senator "Ping" Lacson ma[...] |
2005-10-25 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PINS PREL PTER ASEC MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA5059 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - LIMITED SURVEILLANCE AND [...]U) This is the third of a series of reports on the Philippines' preparedness to avert a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbr[...] |
2005-10-27 02:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5067 | USTR, DOC VISIT ILLUSTRATES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...]SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, me[...] |
2005-10-27 07:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP |
| 05MANILA5068 | USTR VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR JANUARY SPECIAL 301 [...]SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, me[...] |
2005-10-27 07:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP |
| 05MANILA5097 | MANILA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PHILIPPINE [...]his message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Death sentences were handed do[...] |
2005-11-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS RP |
| 05MANILA5098 | DFA ON MEDIA REPORTS RE US-RP RELATIONSHIP [...]C) Acting Foreign Secretary Edsel Custodio called in Charge d'Affaires Jones to DFA on November 2 to receive an aide memoire (full te[...] |
2005-11-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RP |
| 05MANILA5126 | S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S TALKS WITH GRP OFFICIALS [...]S/REL AUSTRALIA) SUMMARY. Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo and Executive Secretary Ermita told visiting S/CT Ambassador Crumpton t[...] |
2005-11-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA5130 | THE INC AND EL SHADDAI: TWO PHILIPPINE RELIGIOUS [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The Iglesia ni Cristo (I[...] |
2005-11-02 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS SOCI KDEM RP |
| 05MANILA5133 | Clark Firms Mull Closure with Huge Tax Burden [...]SBU) Businesses in the Clark Special Economic Zone face huge new financial liabilities after a recent Supreme Court decision nullifie[...] |
2005-11-02 09:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV EFIN RP |
| 05MANILA5137 | SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...]C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructivel[...] |
2005-11-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP |
| 05MANILA5138 | MANAGING THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...]SBU) Embassy's proactive consultations with Department of Foreign Affairs officials, briefing of political leaders, and interactions [...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PHUM RP |
| 05MANILA5166 | ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN [...]C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her [...] |
2005-11-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP |
| 05MANILA5231 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING [...]U) This is an action request -- see para 6. ¶2. (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Secretary Seguis delivered to Embassy on No[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS RP |
| 05MANILA5261 | CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]BU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with President Arroyo on November 7, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Asia Near East Bureau (AA/ANE) J[...] |
2005-11-08 05:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KMCA EFIN EINV PREL PHUM RP |
| 05MANILA5276 | Philippine Airlines Eyes Boeing Purchase [...](SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to re-fleet to remain competitive and fulfill expansion plans. PAL is now considering the purch[...] |
2005-11-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP EINV EAIR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5287 | PHILIPPINES TAKES REACTIVE STANCE TOWARD APEC [...]SBU) Summary. The GRP views the APEC agenda positively. The GRP's overarching approach to the upcoming APEC meetings is to wait and s[...] |
2005-11-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET EAGR PREL RP APEC WTO |
| 05MANILA5291 | NEW AVIAN FLU "CZAR" WILL FOCUS ON PREVENTION [...]n November 2, President Arroyo appointed Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Domingo Panganiban as the "anti-Avian Flu Czar" supe[...] |
2005-11-09 07:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5300 | UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING US MARINES [...]C) SUMMARY. Amid continued heightened press coverage of the alleged rape case involving six US Marines, Visiting Forces Agreement Com[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5316 | AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...]) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the isla[...] |
2005-11-13 11:31:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP |
| 05MANILA5317 | PRESIDENT ARROYO AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...]C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed appreciation to visiting EAP DAS Eric John and Charge Jones for USG cooperation in the investi[...] |
2005-11-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5326 | PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...]U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Wat[...] |
2005-11-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA |
| 05MANILA5328 | GRP CONTINUES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY RULE [...]S) Summary/Comment: EAP DAS John underscored the USG's firm opposition to the imposition of emergency rule or any other similar measu[...] |
2005-11-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5329 | GRP OFFICIALS REVIEW PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM [...]C) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with EAP DAS John and Charge, Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Carolina revie[...] |
2005-11-14 10:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS EAID RP |
| 05MANILA5331 | EAP DAS JOHN'S NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...]) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge met November 11 with President Arroyo. Arroyo underscored her government's support for Philippine[...] |
2005-11-15 02:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR PTER PHUM ETRD RP BM UNSC |
| 05MANILA5344 | MINDANAO TUNA INDUSTRY AT RISK [...]he tuna industry, which generates $400 million in annual revenues in Mindanao, faces a potential reduction in access to the EU market [...] |
2005-11-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO |
| 05MANILA5346 | AMID CONTINUED NPA ATTACKS, KILLINGS OF LEFTIST [...]C) Summary: About 40 leftist activists have been killed in the Philippines so far in 2005. These killings, a jump from the number re[...] |
2005-11-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5348 | ALLEGED RAPE CASE: GRP REQUEST FOR CUSTODY [...]C) Summary/Comment: In apparent response to a November 17 hearing called by the Congressional Oversight Committee for the Visiting F[...] |
2005-11-15 23:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5357 | EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...]) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Phil[...] |
2005-11-16 03:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC |
| 05MANILA5364 | A VIEW FROM MANILA'S STREETS: GENERAL PESSIMISM [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Pol FSN visit[...] |
2005-11-16 07:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM SOCI PREL KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5372 | MEETING WITH MILF CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS [...]C/NF) Summary. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders received a strong message on November 15 from emboffs that the MILF must [...] |
2005-11-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5373 | TRAINING PHILIPPINE POLICE ON TIP [...]U) Summary. In a Mission-sponsored workshop on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), participants from the Philippine National Police's (PNP)[...] |
2005-11-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5382 | Manila Port Readies for Nuclear Detection [...]SBU) Port operators and government officials implementing the USDOE Megaports Initiative are eager to see the program operational by m[...] |
2005-11-17 04:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER RP |
| 05MANILA5393 | TEXT MESSAGE RUMORS SHOW RISING PUBLIC CONCERN [...]is is an information message. -------- SUMMARY -------- ¶2. The Philippines remains free of Highly Pathog[...] |
2005-11-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5396 | NOVEMBER 18 UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...]C) Summary. The six U.S. Marines under investigation in the alleged rape case have been moved to the U.S. Embassy compound as of Nove[...] |
2005-11-17 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5433 | NSC CHIEF ON EMERGENCY RULE, NPA, AND TERRORISTS [...]S) Summary and comment: In a one-on-one meeting with Charge 11/21, National Security chief Bert Gonzales said he has recommended to [...] |
2005-11-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PINS PREL RP |
| 05MANILA5447 | PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROTECTION ON THE CHOPPING [...]SBU) Senator Manuel Roxas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on Trade and Commerce, introduced a[...] |
2005-11-22 03:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA5457 | USGS PREPARES WORK PLAN FOR SURVEY OF MINERALS [...]n meetings in Manila with the GRP's senior geologists, a team of experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) drafted a work plan fo[...] |
2005-11-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA5458 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...]his cable responds to questions in Ref A. Post previously reported on avian influenza preparedness (ref E), the GRP's limited surveill[...] |
2005-11-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL RP |
| 05MANILA5459 | UNEVENTFUL PRELIMINARY HEARING IN SUBIC RAPE CASE [...]SBU) This is an action request by OOB November 25 -- see para 8. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. The preliminary hearing in the case[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP |
| 05MANILA5460 | MILF/US TIES: A NEW BALLGAME [...]C/NF) Summary. According to Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiator, each major constituency of the MILF was represented in t[...] |
2005-11-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID MA RP |
| 05MANILA5482 | GARCI'S RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES: WILL IT BRING [...]C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano's reappearance in the Philippines after almost [...] |
2005-11-24 07:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5483 | CASH COURIERS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]SBU) Embassy appreciates efforts to coordinate and address the issue of cash couriers as a critical element in thwarting money launde[...] |
2005-11-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER RP |
| 05MANILA5505 | FINANCE SECRETARY NONCOMMITAL ON DOHA ROUND; [...]SBU) Finance Secretary Teves acknowledged to Charge that the GRP needs to do more to address public skepticism over the benefits of lo[...] |
2005-11-28 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP |
| 05MANILA5506 | PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN THE [...]) Summary: Asia's longest surviving Communist insurgency remains entrenched in the social and political landscape of the Philippines.[...] |
2005-11-28 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO |
| 05MANILA5507 | FIVE OF SIX MARINES SUBMIT COUNTER-AFFIDAVITS [...]SBU) Summary. Five of the six Marines accused of involvement in the alleged rape of a Filipina submitted counter-affidavits in the s[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP |
| 05MANILA5510 | SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...]S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the bro[...] |
2005-11-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA5519 | Turning Bad Loans into Good Assets [...]SBU) The Philippine Central Bank (BSP) has cleaned up 19% of the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system through the Speci[...] |
2005-11-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV RP |
| 05MANILA5521 | EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU HIT NEW [...]SBU) Summary: Justice Secretary Gonzalez has issued the first public statement by a high-ranking Philippine administration official o[...] |
2005-11-30 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP |
| 05MANILA5606 | SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN [...]SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructi[...] |
2005-12-01 10:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK |
| 05MANILA5619 | SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND [...]S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the bro[...] |
2005-12-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA5633 | GRP CONVICTS FIRST TRAFFICKERS UNDER ANTI-TIP LAW [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: A court in Batangas City,[...] |
2005-12-02 08:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA5637 | MILF REPRESENTATIVES UNVEIL ISLAMIC ECONOMIC [...]C) Summary: Three executives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF's) development arm -- the Bangsamoro Development Agency ([...] |
2005-12-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER RP |
| 05MANILA5647 | COURT-MARTIAL FINDS GENERAL GARCIA GUILTY [...]U) On the afternoon of December 2, a general court martial board sentenced retired Major General Carlos Garcia to dishonorable dismiss[...] |
2005-12-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5688 | PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has name[...] |
2005-12-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5709 | FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL [...]C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila [...] |
2005-12-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP |
| 05MANILA5710 | TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional c[...] |
2005-12-07 09:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY |
| 05MANILA5734 | TESTIMONY OF FORMER ELECTORAL OFFICIAL BEFORE [...]C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) official Virgilio Garcillano's House testimony on December 7 did not bring closu[...] |
2005-12-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PINS PINR EAID RP |
| 05MANILA5749 | CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has se[...] |
2005-12-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5755 | PROSECUTOR CONCLUDES PRELIMINARY HEARINGS IN SUBIC [...]SBU) Summary: The prosecutor presiding over alleged rape case hearings involving six US Marines announced that the December 9 prelimi[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP |
| 05MANILA5781 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador J[...] |
2005-12-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP |
| 05MANILA5790 | GRP WILL SUPPORT U.S. AT MONTREAL PROTOCOL MEETING [...]SBU) Charge met with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Defensor on December 7 and delivered points in r[...] |
2005-12-13 04:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL PINS EMIN RP |
| 05MANILA5794 | EMBASSY MANILA MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK WITH ONLINE [...]U) Summary: On December 12, Mission hosted an online discussion to mark Human Rights Week, with participation from the GRP's Commissi[...] |
2005-12-13 06:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5799 | SENATOR BOND'S DECEMBER 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...]C) Summary. U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond, accompanied by CDA Paul W. Jones, met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Decembe[...] |
2005-12-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD EINV RP BM CH KS |
| 05MANILA5800 | MIXED SIGNALS FROM MANILA ON WTO DOHA ROUND [...]C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed unequivocal support December 9 for the US position at this week's WTO ministerial meeting in [...] |
2005-12-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON RP WTRO |
| 05MANILA5806 | SEARCH FOR NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NARROWS [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Ba[...] |
2005-12-14 03:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5838 | RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE PHILIPPINES FROM SPECIAL [...]SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends removing the Philippines from USTR's Special 301 Priority Watch List and placing it on the Watch Lis[...] |
2005-12-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RP |
| 05MANILA5839 | POWERFUL LOBBY AND QUESTIONABLE LOBBY BACK [...]SBU) Econ Counselor met with Department of Health Undersecretary Padilla on December 12 to urge GRP to consult fully with industry rep[...] |
2005-12-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5844 | FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY DECLARES HIMSELF [...]C) Summary: Inveterate plotter and former defense secretary Fortunado Abat declared himself "President" of a SIPDIS [...] |
2005-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5847 | SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S. [...]C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military offici[...] |
2005-12-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC |
| 05MANILA5861 | HUMAN RIGHTS/LABOR: USG-FUNDED ANTI-CHILD LABOR [...]U) Summary: Focusing on key human rights and labor items, poloff and pol LES visited Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental Province in th[...] |
2005-12-16 06:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5864 | Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry [...]is cable confirms delivery of ref A talking points to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI[...] |
2005-12-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA587 | POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING STRING OF [...]C) Summary: Cebu city remains abuzz about a recent string of extrajudicial killings that has taken upwards of 25 lives. Philippine N[...] |
2005-02-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP |
| 05MANILA5877 | FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY RELEASED AFTER BEING [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Former defense secretary [...] |
2005-12-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5914 | PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...]SBU) Summary: On December 20, President Arroyo appointed Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, 69, as the next Chief Justice of th[...] |
2005-12-21 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5922 | NEW FORD ENGINE PLANT TO FUEL EXPORT MARKET [...]SBU) Ford announced plans to invest USD 30 million in the Philippines to build a flexible fuel engine plant during a meeting with Pre[...] |
2005-12-22 03:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON KIPR RP WTRO |
| 05MANILA5924 | KRAFT SOUR OVER TANG TARIFF DISPUTE [...]SBU) Kraft Foods Philippines Inc. (KFPI) is frustrated by a 2004 tariff reclassification that effectively raised the tariff rate on i[...] |
2005-12-22 03:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA5927 | PHILIPPINES 2005 INSCR PART II: FINANCIAL [...]U) The following text is the proposed International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering[...] |
2005-12-22 04:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP RP |
| 05MANILA5929 | INDONESIA ALLOWS ONE-YEAR TRANSITION TO REFLAG [...][...] |
2005-12-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO |
| 05MANILA5937 | Boeing eyes Cape Town Treaty benefits for airplane [...](SBU) Boeing Sales Representative Ray Lau updated emboffs on the status of his proposal to Philippine Airlines (PAL) and confided that[...] |
2005-12-23 02:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP RP |
| 05MANILA5947 | CONTRASTING VIEWS FROM OPPOSITION LEADERS IN [...]C) Summary: Charge recently held separate meetings with key Opposition figures Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and House Minority Leade[...] |
2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5950 | PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The infor[...] |
2005-12-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA5951 | Banking System More Stable But Still Vulnerable [...]SBU) The Philippine Government is working to overcome the reputation of the banking sector as weak and inefficient with insufficient [...] |
2005-12-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV RP |
| 05MANILA5964 | MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE "MERCY" [...]SBU) Summary. A visit by the USNS Mercy to the Philippines could contribute significantly to our program of civil-military operations[...] |
2005-12-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PHUM RP |
| 05MANILA5965 | PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES DRAW CRITICISM [...]C) Summary: A Malacanang-created "Consultative Commission" has submitted to President Arroyo its final report on proposed changes to [...] |
2005-12-27 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5966 | PROSECUTOR FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MARINES IN [...]SBU) Summary. The Olongapo City Prosecutor filed charges on December 27 against four of the six Marines under investigation for the a[...] |
2005-11-03 01:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP |
| 05MANILA5983 | TELECOM UPDATE: GRP ENCOURAGES INTERNET TELEPHONY [...]he National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued recent rulings lowering entry barriers to encourage the development of Voice Ov[...] |
2005-12-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD ECIN RP APEC |
| 05MANILA5987 | TWO MARINES EXIT THE PHILIPPINES [...]SBU) Corporal Corey Burris and Lance Corporal Albert Lara departed the Philippines via US military aircraft at 4:40 p.m. local time on[...] |
2005-12-28 09:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP |
| 05MANILA5988 | GRP ORDERS LARGE SUGAR PLANTATION TO DISTRIBUTE [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP has upheld a recomm[...] |
2005-12-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP |
| 05MANILA6039 | TIP: TWO MORE TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...]U) Summary: On December 27, a court in Metro Manila sentenced a husband and wife to life imprisonment for peddling victims -- includi[...] |
2005-12-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP |
| 05MANILA630 | CORRECTED COPY: JOLO FIGHTING LEAVES OVER 50 DEAD [...]U) This is a corrected copy of Manila 621. The Summary reported incorrectly that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was involv[...] |
2005-02-09 23:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA655 | MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...]C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combatin[...] |
2005-02-10 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP |
| 05MANILA682 | MILF DISTANCES SELF FROM JOLO FIGHTING AS [...]SBU) Summary. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has clearly distanced itself from the ongoing fighting in Sulu Province and ha[...] |
2005-02-11 08:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA683 | ADMIRAL FARGO'S TALKS WITH SECRETARY OF NATIONAL [...]C) SUMMARY. Secretary of Defense Cruz presented to Admiral Fargo in February 9 discussions a new framework for US-RP counterterrorism[...] |
2005-02-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA705 | SITREP Ol: NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMBS ROCK THREE [...]SBU) Three near simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and two cities in the southern Philippines around 7:OO pm local time February 14[...] |
2005-02-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP |
| 05MANILA724 | GRP PREPARES FOR AUGUST ELECTIONS IN MINDANAO AND [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Executive branch and Comm[...] |
2005-02-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA727 | ASG (IN CONCERT WITH JI) LEADING SUSPECTS IN [...]C) The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) heads the list of prime suspects in the February 14 series of three bombings in Manila and Min[...] |
2005-02-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP |
| 05MANILA729 | CPP/NPA DENOUNCES BALIKATAN EXERCISE [...]SBU) On February 11, Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, the spokesman for the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (CPP/NPA), d[...] |
2005-02-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PINS RP |
| 05MANILA835 | SULU UPDATE: MAJOR FIGHTING GIVES WAY TO GUERRILLA [...]C) Summary. Fighting has subsided on Jolo Island but intermittent skirmishes continue. The military continues pursuit operations aga[...] |
2005-02-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS PREF RP |
| 05MANILA84 | LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...]C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addi[...] |
2005-01-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA887 | CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIATING VOLATILE LABOR DISPUTE [...]C) Summary: The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is actively attempting to mediate a complex labor dispute at H[...] |
2005-02-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS RP |
| 05MANILA9 | PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...]SBU) Dep Pol/C and poloff reviewed the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Interim Assessment Report (ref a) for the Philippines in a meeting[...] |
2005-01-03 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG RP JA |
| 05MANILA971 | PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...]U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through Mar[...] |
2005-03-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP |
| 05PARIS8002 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH [...][...] |
2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR |
| 05RANGOON1053 | BURMA: ASEAN PERSPECTIVES - PART I [...]) Summary: Charge's courtesy calls on four ASEAN Ambassadors revealed differing, but in the end negative, views on Burma's future. Wh[...] |
2005-09-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV BM RP SN MY BX |
| 05RANGOON266 | BURMA: PM SOE WIN GETS BLUNT ADVICE FROM FILIPINO [...]) Summary: The Burmese regime's new Prime Minister, Soe Win, recently visited Manila and, as we've heard it, received a friendly thou[...] |
2005-03-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM RP |
| 05SINGAPORE3352 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...]) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior[...] |
2005-11-23 07:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP |
| 05TAIPEI2061 | NSC WARNS OF ENHANCED PRC INTEL COLLECTION IN THE [...]) National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General Henry Ko told AIT that Philippine intelligence officials recently warned th[...] |
2005-05-06 07:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PINR RP CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI3288 | INSIGHT INTO EAST ASIA MONEY LAUNDERING [...]S) Summary. A Hong Kong private investigator discussed with AIT Econ on July 14 his ongoing investigation into three unlicensed Taiwa[...] |
2005-08-08 18:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECON PINR KCRM KTFN RP TW |
| 05VATICAN500 | VATICAN CONFIRMS IT PRESSURED FILIPINO BISHOPS [...]C) Holy See Country Director for the Philippines Monsignor Luis Montemayor confirmed July 14 that the Vatican pressured the Catholic B[...] |
2005-07-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP VT |
| 06ABUDHABI2133 | PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW [...]) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the v[...] |
2006-05-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3101 | CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE [...]C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel[...] |
2006-07-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE |
| 06BANGKOK194 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER [...]U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 1[...] |
2006-01-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANGKOK253 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER [...]eftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and o[...] |
2006-01-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANGKOK5029 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BANGKOK POLMIL [...][...] |
2006-08-17 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MARR PREL RP TH |
| 06BEIJING24310 | DECEMBER 5 MFA BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...]y Points at the December 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, but thi[...] |
2006-12-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM RP JA KS TC CH |
| 06BEIJING24344 | MFA BRIEFING ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT, CHINA-ASEAN [...]n December 6, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special press briefing outlining Premier Wen Jiabao?s upcoming planned sta[...] |
2006-12-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CH RP JA KS KN |
| 06HANOI2940 | VIETNAM: WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CONTACTS [...] November 28, Poloff shared reftel fact sheet on recommendations from the Women's Empowerment Working Session with Nguyen Thi Minh Quy[...] |
2006-12-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL RP UNGA |
| 06JEDDAH352 | PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ARROYO'S VISIT TO KINGDOM [...]C) SUMMARY: The Saudi government marked the state visit of Philippine President Arroyo by pardoning more than 500 Filipinos; many mo[...] |
2006-05-14 07:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM RP SA SOCI |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1096 | PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...]) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Phil[...] |
2006-06-15 02:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1525 | MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...]S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman A[...] |
2006-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1812 | MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...]S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process,[...] |
2006-09-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2159 | MALAYSIA MFA ON MILF TALKS, THAI UNREST [...]C) A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official charged with Southeast Asia told us November 21 that the next round of GRP-MILF talks [...] |
2006-11-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2198 | NSD CHIEF DETAILS SECURITY DUTIES, THAI VISIT, [...]C) The head of Malaysia's National Security Division (NSD), Ahmad Fuad, discussed NSD's broad duties, including its disaster managemen[...] |
2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID SENV RP TH MY |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2235 | DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF [...]S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest info[...] |
2006-12-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
| 06KUWAIT1041 | KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...]U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up[...] |
2006-03-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT262 | FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...]st organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on[...] |
2006-01-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU |
| 06KUWAIT4649 | FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...]C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends [...] |
2006-12-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
| 06LIMA2284 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARMELO RIVERA. [...]) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carmelo Rivera for the period of June 18, through June 24, 2006. The [...] |
2006-06-07 17:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSCA TSPA OTRA RP PE |
| 06MAILA1222 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S EETINGS IN MANILA: [...]BU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambasado Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teveshighlighted fiscal reform measures such as the [...] |
2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETT EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA1 | MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...]C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving im[...] |
2006-01-03 01:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA1021 | FIVE LEFTIST LAWMAKERS REMAIN "UNDER PROTECTIVE [...]C) Summary: Five leftist lawmakers remain "under protective custody" at the House of Representatives complex in metro Manila. The D[...] |
2006-03-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RP |
| 06MANILA1040 | EAP DAS JOHN MEETINGS EXPLORE EMERGENCY RULE, FREE [...]SBU) Summary. On March 2, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed President Arroyo's declaration SIPDIS o[...] |
2006-03-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC PREL KPAO RP |
| 06MANILA1047 | SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN HIS [...]C) Summary: Opponents of Senate President Drilon took action on March 2 to strip him of his leadership position in the Liberal Party [...] |
2006-03-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 06MANILA1074 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...]SBU) On February 27, 2006, representatives of USAID and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), a USAID/Philippines [...] |
2006-03-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL RP |
| 06MANILA1075 | "NO CNN CAMERA CREWS!" -- CHILD PRISONERS IN THE [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) Summary: A recent visit by emboffs t[...] |
2006-03-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI SOCI OPRC RP |
| 06MANILA1110 | PHILIPPINE OPPOSITION: BITTER TOWARD PRESIDENT [...]C) Summary: In recent meetings, Opposition politicians told poloffs that they will continue to denounce President Arroyo for her rece[...] |
2006-03-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP |
| 06MANILA1135 | PAL intends to lease a few Boeing planes [...](SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) CEO Lucio Tan recently told the Charge that he intends to lease two or three wide body Boeing planes. [...] |
2006-03-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP RP |
| 06MANILA1162 | GRP KEEPS UP PRESSURE ON ACCUSED LAWMAKERS [...]C) Summary: The GRP has presented its first witness in a prosecution probe of five left-wing lawmakers accused of sedition in connect[...] |
2006-03-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA1178 | ASEAN: LOOKING AHEAD AS THE PHILIPPINES PREPARES [...]SBU) Summary. The Philippines will assume the rotating Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 200[...] |
2006-03-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EWWT RP BM |
| 06MANILA1179 | "CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER": THE GRP PRESENTS ITS [...]SBU) Summary: In a March 9 diplomatic corps briefing, senior GRP officials laid out the case in support of the February 24 declaratio[...] |
2006-03-15 10:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MOPS RP |
| 06MANILA1213 | DAVAO EAGER FOR INVESTMENT, CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF [...]SBU) Summary. The economy is growing in Davao City according to local business contacts and the City Mayor's office, despite the cla[...] |
2006-03-17 08:22:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1219 | LIKELY POSTPONEMENT OF ARRAIGNMENT OF MARINES IN [...]U) On March 17, the alleged victim in the case of four U.S. Marines charged with rape filed an omnibus motion with the Olongapo City R[...] |
2006-03-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1220 | APEC Amb Michalak Meeting with Energy Secretary [...]SBU) Energy Secretary Lotilla told Ambassador Michalak on March 15 that the privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) generat[...] |
2006-03-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
| 06MANILA1221 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: TRADE [...]SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed appreciation for USTR's [...] |
2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA1222 | DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: [...]SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambassador Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teves highlighted fiscal reform measures [...] |
2006-03-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA1230 | POSITIVE REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON [...]U) Summary: Mission's efforts to alert the Philippine public of the Country Reports on Human Rights 2005, including a chat on the Vir[...] |
2006-03-20 06:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1236 | MINDANAO BANANA PROFITS SLIP [...].S. banana growers in Davao City reported that profits fell by as much as 40 percent in 2005. They attribute the decline to overprodu[...] |
2006-03-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR EINV RP |
| 06MANILA1259 | LOCAL ISSUES -- NOT MANILA POLITICS -- DOMINATE [...]C) Summary: Based on emboffs March 16-17 visit, recent political turbulence in Manila appears to have garnered little attention in Is[...] |
2006-03-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON PREL PINR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1275 | PRESIDENT ARROYO WORKS TO SHORE UP SUPPORT IN [...]C) Summary: In light of recent political turbulence, President Arroyo has been reaching out to high-level members of the Catholic cle[...] |
2006-03-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI PINS EMIN RP |
| 06MANILA1342 | FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA HEATEDLY DENIES CHARGES [...]C) Summary: Former president Joseph Estrada testified for the first time in his almost five-year old trial on serious corruption char[...] |
2006-03-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PINS RP |
| 06MANILA1366 | JUDGE IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE RECUSES HIMSELF ON EVE [...]U) Summary. The judge in the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina has recused himself in reaction to a motion from the c[...] |
2006-03-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1367 | UNPRECEDENTED CUSTOMS RAID HAS SMUGGLERS SCRAMBLING [...]SBU) Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales launched an unprecedented, 500-agent raid on March 16 against a Manila mall notorious for [...] |
2006-03-24 07:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP |
| 06MANILA1376 | VOLCANIC ERUPTION POSES NO THREAT [...]n March 21, Mount Bulusan, 370 miles southeast of Manila, experienced a moderate eruption. The area around the volcano is uninhabited[...] |
2006-03-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CACS EAGR SENV RP |
| 06MANILA144 | SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES [...]mmary. This cable outlines responses by GRP National Telecom Commission to reftel questionnaire on spectrum management. End summary.[...] |
2006-01-11 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD ECIN RP |
| 06MANILA1452 | LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS REMAIN A TARGET IN THE [...]ummary: Since Mission's last message dated November 15, 2005, attacks on left-wing activists have continued unabated, with seventeen [...] |
2006-03-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP |
| 06MANILA1519 | NEW VENUE, JUDGE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...]) On March 28, the Philippine Supreme Court transferred the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina from Olongapo City to Ma[...] |
2006-04-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1538 | PROPONENTS PRESS FORWARD ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...]C) Summary: Pro-Administration groups are collecting signatures for a "People's Initiative" (referendum) on Constitutional changes th[...] |
2006-04-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS RP |
| 06MANILA1539 | PHILIPPINES: CONTRIBUTING FORCES TO UN [...]C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, t[...] |
2006-04-05 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS SU RP |
| 06MANILA1567 | CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS [...]BU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded [...] |
2006-04-07 03:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
| 06MANILA1569 | LITTLE CHANCE ARROYO WILL FOLLOW THE THAKSIN ROUTE [...]SBU) The Philippine public -- or at least the political elites in Manila, opposition groups, and the media -- have followed with grea[...] |
2006-04-07 04:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV TH RP |
| 06MANILA1576 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENATE PRESIDENT DRILON [...]U) Ambassador Kenney, accompanied by Pol/C, called on Senate President Franklin Drilon on April 6. The meeting received prominent co[...] |
2006-04-07 06:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER RP |
| 06MANILA1595 | NEW LEGISLATION ON CHILD PRISONERS [...]U) Summary: Both houses of Congress have now approved the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006," aimed at curbing the problem of[...] |
2006-04-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID RP |
| 06MANILA1638 | KEY GROUPS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL [...]C) Summary: The powerful Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the influential Makati Business Club (MBC) have i[...] |
2006-04-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON RP |
| 06MANILA1647 | UPDATE ON IPR PROTECTION: KEY RESIGNATION AND [...]C) The Executive Director of the Optical Media Board (OMB), Marivic Benedicto, will resign effective April 14 due to what she describe[...] |
2006-04-12 08:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP |
| 06MANILA1674 | PRESIDENT ARROYO TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES [...]C) Summary: President Arroyo announced plans to commute all death sentences to life imprisonment. Her action immediately should only[...] |
2006-04-18 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER RP |
| 06MANILA171 | PHILIPPINES: COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING [...]C) Summary. The Philippines faces multiple terrorist threats. The US Mission in Manila coordinates a robust interagency program of c[...] |
2006-01-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON PGOV KCRM KTFN RP |
| 06MANILA1714 | LIKELY REDUCTION OF CHARGES FOR 3 MARINES IN [...]SBU) Summary. The Philippine Secretary of Justice announced that he would recommend to the court a reduction in the charges against t[...] |
2006-04-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1726 | MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES MOVE FORWARD, SLOWLY [...]C) Summary: The criminal trial on corruption charges of former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Major General[...] |
2006-04-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1746 | MALACANANG SUFFERS SETBACK AT HANDS OF SUPREME [...]SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled April 20 that key sections of E.O. 464, which required Malacanang concurrence before executive [...] |
2006-04-21 06:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS RP |
| 06MANILA1747 | MILF WELCOMES REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH US EMBASSY [...]S/NF) Summary: In a second meeting with poloffs, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jaf[...] |
2006-04-21 06:49:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PINS PTER PREL KISL MY RP |
| 06MANILA1792 | REBELLION CHARGES AGAINST SUSPECTED COUP PLOTTERS [...][...] |
2006-04-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER RP |
| 06MANILA1816 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BAKER PISTON 06-3 [...]U) This is an Action Request. See para 6. ¶2. (U) JIATF West has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting [...] |
2006-04-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP |
| 06MANILA1830 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY [...]BU) In her first meeting with Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila on April 25, the Ambassador focused SIPDIS di[...] |
2006-04-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA1841 | HANDLING THE MARINE "RAPE" CASE -- NEXT STEPS [...]SBU) With the imminent arraignment (likely on April 28) of four Marines accused in a case of rape of a Filipina in Subic Bay on Novem[...] |
2006-04-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RP |
| 06MANILA1845 | ARMM LEADERSHIP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON TERRORISM, [...]SBU) Summary. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan an[...] |
2006-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PTER EAGR RP |
| 06MANILA1853 | AMBASSADOR VISIT TO FORD AND PG PLANTS AND BRENT [...]mbassador and Emboffs visited the Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant, the Procter and Gamble factory, and Brent International Scho[...] |
2006-04-28 03:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP ETRD RP |
| 06MANILA1862 | GRP ADOPTS CONFLICTED BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK [...]SBU) Summary. President Arroyo issued an executive order (EO) adopting the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) as a compliance mechani[...] |
2006-04-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 06MANILA1865 | COURT MARTIAL AFFIRMED IN MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION [...]U) On April 26, 2006, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Generoso Senga affirmed the guilty verdict in the court martial of former Major Gene[...] |
2006-04-28 09:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1866 | COURT REJECTS DOJ MOTION TO DOWNGRADE CHARGES, [...]U) Summary: On April 28, a Manila court rejected a motion to reduce the charges against three of four US Marines accused of raping a [...] |
2006-04-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR RP |
| 06MANILA1885 | ARREST OF ASG OPERATIVE AL-SHARIE AMIRUDDIN A [...]C) Summary. The recent arrest of Al-Sharie Amiruddin y Mohammad Nur, aka Abu Omar, is a significant catch for the Armed Forces of the[...] |
2006-05-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KPAL BX ID MY RP |
| 06MANILA1886 | PEACEFUL MAY DAY RALLIES [...]SBU) Summary: Rallies in Manila and elsewhere in the Philippines were moderate in size and largely peaceful on the national labor day[...] |
2006-05-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC RP |
| 06MANILA1887 | MINDANAO PEACE PROBLEMS [...]C) Summary: According to Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari has f[...] |
2006-05-02 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PREL KISL RP |
| 06MANILA1888 | PHILIPPINES: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF [...]SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, the D[...] |
2006-05-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT RP |
| 06MANILA190 | PHILIPPINES: COUNTERTERRORISM ASSISTANCE (PART 2) [...]C) Summary. The Philippines faces multiple terrorist threats. The US Mission in Manila coordinates a robust interagency program of c[...] |
2006-01-13 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON PGOV KCRM KTFN RP |
| 06MANILA1903 | GMA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MILF PEACE PROSPECTS; [...]U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 28 event w[...] |
2006-05-04 01:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PARM RP |
| 06MANILA1913 | SUPREME COURT ISSUES MIXED RULING ON STATE OF [...]SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court, in a May 3 ruling, upheld the validity of President Arroyo's imposition of a State of National Emerg[...] |
2006-05-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PINR RP |
| 06MANILA1920 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF [...]U) The GRP has diplomatic relations with Cuba. According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Central America Ariel Penaranda[...] |
2006-05-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ETTC CU RP |
| 06MANILA1922 | AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO ISLAND [...]UMMARY. The Ambassador's April 26 trip to Jolo successfully highlighted USG efforts -- ranging from JSOTF civil-military operations t[...] |
2006-05-05 00:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MCAP KISL EAID KPAO RP |
| 06MANILA1941 | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST SLAIN [...]SBU) Summary: In early April, two environmental activists in Cebu received word that an explosives dealer allegedly had placed a boun[...] |
2006-05-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS SENV RP |
| 06MANILA1944 | JAIL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ADVANCES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...]U) Summary. A week-long S/CT-funded seminar on Advanced Jail Management that concluded on April 28 was a crucial effort in Mission's [...] |
2006-05-05 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS PREL KCOR PGOV PINS ASEC RP |
| 06MANILA1965 | FIVE LEFTIST LAWMAKERS PEACEFULLY DEPART CONGRESS, [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: After two months holed up[...] |
2006-05-08 07:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA1968 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/5/06 [...]C) Summary. On May 3, the Ambassador raised concerns over the alleged rape case with Philippine Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz, a str[...] |
2006-05-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA1981 | ARAGONCILLO GUILTY PLEA ANNOUNCEMENT NETS BIG [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The May 4 USDOJ announcem[...] |
2006-05-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC RP |
| 06MANILA1982 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...]C) Summary. In a May 5 meeting, the Ambassador thanked Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo for the Philippine SIPDIS [...] |
2006-05-09 07:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM PTER RP BM IR SA |
| 06MANILA2009 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...]U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) On May 8, poloff delivered reftel t[...] |
2006-05-10 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO RP |
| 06MANILA2013 | GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER TERRITORIAL [...]C) Summary. GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators failed to reach an agreement on ancestral domain during their 12[...] |
2006-05-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 06MANILA2021 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND [...]U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Not For Internet -- Please Handle Accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. In her first meeting [...] |
2006-05-11 05:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ELTN ECPS RP |
| 06MANILA2060 | MAINSTREAM OPPOSITION: DIVIDED AND WITHOUT [...]C) Summary: Mainstream Opposition groups in the Philippines remain seriously divided among factions linked to former president Estrad[...] |
2006-05-15 06:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON RP |
| 06MANILA2069 | TYPHOON CHANCHU HITS THE PHILIPPINES [...]n May 12, tropical storm Chanchu made landfall in the Philippines in Northern Samar southeast of Manila and as of May 15 has gone out [...] |
2006-05-15 09:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EINV CACS EAGR AGMT ABLD SENV RP |
| 06MANILA2085 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/16/06 [...]U) Pre-trial hearings continue in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina. At a pre-trial hearing on May 11, Judge[...] |
2006-05-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2096 | GRP FORMS TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE KILLINGS OF [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Eleven more leftist activ[...] |
2006-05-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2104 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE RED CROSS [...]SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met May 17 with Senator Richard J. Gordon, Chairman and CEO of the Philippine National Red Cross, to discu[...] |
2006-05-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC RP IS |
| 06MANILA2111 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...]C) The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, paid her first visit on former president Corazon "Cory" Aquino on May ¶18. Aquino talke[...] |
2006-05-18 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RP |
| 06MANILA2113 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...]U) This is an action message -- see para. 8. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Affairs Secretary Romulo intends to focus on Burma[...] |
2006-05-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BM RP |
| 06MANILA2136 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY [...]S) The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM and Regional Affairs Chief, visited National Security Advisor Norberto "Bert" Gonzales on Ma[...] |
2006-05-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL SA RP |
| 06MANILA2154 | THE "LEGAL" LEFT: SMALL, BUT DEDICATED [...]C) Summary: The so-called "legal" left parties, which include Bayan Muna, Gabriela, the KMU, and Migrante, are an important aspect of[...] |
2006-05-23 03:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA2160 | EMBASSY IPR ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...]SBU) At an Embassy-sponsored roundtable discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) on May 11, private sector participants acknow[...] |
2006-05-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP |
| 06MANILA2162 | GRP HOSTS FIRST U.S. BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...]U) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. The Philippines, a Chemic[...] |
2006-05-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETRD ASEC PHUM MY RP |
| 06MANILA2167 | GRP DISCUSSES PLANS TO CURB CABLE TV PIRACY [...]SBU) In an Embassy roundtable discussion on cable piracy issues, Commissioner Solis of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC[...] |
2006-05-24 03:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP |
| 06MANILA2172 | COURT ACQUITS GENERAL GARCIA OF PERJURY; PLUNDER [...]U) On May 22, the third division of the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) acquitted retired Major General Carlos Garcia of one count of[...] |
2006-05-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA218 | SUBIC CASE UPDATE: JANUARY 17 [...]C) Summary. Local media have begun reporting on the US Embassy's decision to retain custody of the four Marines charged with rape in [...] |
2006-01-17 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2185 | ASSISTANT USTR WEISEL'S MEETING WITH SENATOR [...]SBU) In a meeting with Assistant USTR for Asia Pacific and Pharmaceutical Policy on May 16, Senator Roxas agreed to work with the USG [...] |
2006-05-25 07:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTRO RP |
| 06MANILA2193 | PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DENOUNCES [...]SBU) Summary: The Philippine Commission on Human Rights has announced plans to hold a public hearing to investigate the recent murde[...] |
2006-05-26 04:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2195 | DRUGS, CRIME, AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGE PEACE AND [...]C) Summary. Widespread methamphetamine trafficking and abuse, organized crime, and endemic corruption are gnawing at the fabric of Mu[...] |
2006-05-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL SNAR KISL KCRM RP |
| 06MANILA2199 | FIVE ESTRADA SUPPORTERS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF [...]SBU) Summary: On May 22, Philippine military and police forces arrested five supporters of former President Joseph Estrada, charging [...] |
2006-05-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PHUM PTER RP |
| 06MANILA2207 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA [...]orld Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Manila outlined to Econoffs recent developments in North Sumatra, Indonesia involvin[...] |
2006-05-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2228 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/29/06 [...]U) Summary. Pre-trial hearings have concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina, and the trial is schedul[...] |
2006-05-30 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2263 | PHILIPPINE ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...]SBU) In a meeting on May 31 with Department of Foreign Affairs Executive Director for United Nations and International Organizations M[...] |
2006-06-01 02:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM RP |
| 06MANILA2273 | ANATOMY OF AN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING [...]C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan in the western Philippines, contacts expressed [...] |
2006-06-01 06:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA2294 | SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...]SBU) In a meeting on May 30 with Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for African and Middle East Affairs Oscar Valenzuela, poloff u[...] |
2006-06-02 02:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RP |
| 06MANILA2302 | PALAWAN: CONFIDENCE ABOUT SECURITY FIVE YEARS [...]C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Palawan in the western Philippines, GRP officials expressed confidence about the securi[...] |
2006-06-02 06:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER MOPS RP |
| 06MANILA2308 | MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS [...]U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in response to reftel's proposed amendment[...] |
2006-06-02 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PGOV KTIA RP |
| 06MANILA2319 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...]SBU) The Ambassador met with Agriculture Secretary Panganiban on May 31 to discuss the status of the PL 480 agreement, continuing USG [...] |
2006-06-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2334 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/05/06 [...]U) On June 2, the trial of four Marines charged with raping a Filipina began in Makati City, Manila. Two Diplomatic Security (DS) Spe[...] |
2006-06-05 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2350 | Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry cont[...] |
2006-06-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP |
| 06MANILA2383 | USG STEPS TO COUNTER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...]U) Extra-judicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines -- notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected narcotics tra[...] |
2006-06-08 01:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV RP |
| 06MANILA2389 | PHILLIPINES SECOND CITY GREETS AMBASSADOR WITH [...]MMARY: Ambassadors May 19 and June 2 visits to Cebu highlighted the broad range of U.S. interests and activities in the area. The Cebu[...] |
2006-06-08 05:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
| 06MANILA241 | RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE [...]U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visit[...] |
2006-01-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2418 | RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS REASSERT INDEPENDENCE [...]C) Summary: In recent decisions, the Philippine Supreme Court has showed a strong independent streak in the face of accusations that [...] |
2006-06-09 07:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI EAID RP |
| 06MANILA242 | PRESIDENT'S PARTY CALLS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...]C) Summary: Leaders of the Lakas Party -- including President Arroyo -- underscored support for Constitutional change during a Januar[...] |
2006-01-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 06MANILA2426 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/09/06 [...]U) On June 9, the first full week of trial concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused in the alleged rape of a Filipina. Offi[...] |
2006-06-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2465 | UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES [...]U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avi[...] |
2006-06-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED |
| 06MANILA2520 | Visiting EPA team advises GRP on chemical emergency [...]U) At the request of the GRP and with support from Ambassador Kenney, four US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emergency responde[...] |
2006-06-16 05:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EMIN ETRD TPHY TSPL RP |
| 06MANILA2523 | GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...]BU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to br[...] |
2006-06-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP |
| 06MANILA2539 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: PROCTER [...]ost is pleased to nominate Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines for the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G Philippines has [...] |
2006-06-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP |
| 06MANILA2548 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/19/06 [...]U) After a three-day holiday weekend and the court's regular Tuesday off, the trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina [...] |
2006-06-19 03:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2551 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN CAGAYAN DE [...][...] |
2006-06-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
| 06MANILA2554 | AMBASSADOR AND ADMIRAL FALLON MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...]C) Summary. On June 5, the Ambassador and Admiral Fallon met for breakfast with President Arroyo. In a wide-ranging conversation, Pr[...] |
2006-06-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR PINS RP |
| 06MANILA2570 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN [...]he Ambassador's trip to Cagayan de Oro on June 8 highlighted U.S. business interests and USAID's active engagement in the commercial c[...] |
2006-06-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL EAID RP |
| 06MANILA26 | IN BLOW TO JUDICIARY, WELL-KNOWN JUDGE SLAIN [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: A well-known Metro Manila[...] |
2006-01-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ECON PINR PTER PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA2623 | CONTINUED GRP-MILF COMMITMNT TO PEACE PROCESS [...]C) Summary. Following a caim by the MILF for an additional 1,000 wards asMuslim-dominated ancestral domain, the Governmen of Malaysia[...] |
2006-06-23 02:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MY RP KISL PINS |
| 06MANILA2633 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ENERGY SECRETARY [...]BU) In the Ambassador's initial call, Energy Secretary Lotilla highlighted the need to increase competition and privatization in the e[...] |
2006-06-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP |
| 06MANILA2634 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/23/06 [...]U) Summary. The trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina is proceeding slightly more slowly than anticipated, and may [...] |
2006-06-23 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2636 | GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...]U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of l[...] |
2006-06-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2637 | AMBASSADOR VISITS CLARK AND SUBIC ECONOMIC ZONES [...]UMMARY: During June 15-16 visits to two former U.S. military bases, the Subic and Clark special economic zones, Ambassador Kenney high[...] |
2006-06-24 04:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID RP |
| 06MANILA2663 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BALANCE PISTON [...]U) This is an action request -- see para 5. ¶2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting fo[...] |
2006-06-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP |
| 06MANILA2680 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE [...]U) Summary. In a June 23 courtesy call on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General, the Ambassador expressed the U.S. Mi[...] |
2006-06-27 06:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA2682 | OPPOSITION TRIES TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT ARROYO AGAIN [...]C) Summary: Members of the Opposition filed their long-anticipated second impeachment complaint against President Arroyo in the House[...] |
2006-06-27 07:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR RP |
| 06MANILA2697 | GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...]U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of l[...] |
2006-06-28 00:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2777 | GRP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENTS [...]SBU) Summary: In In June 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo approved a new strategy for defeating Asia's longest-running communi[...] |
2006-06-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2824 | PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS CONDEMN NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...]U) In a statement issued on July 6, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo commented that "In solidarity with the international community, [...] |
2006-07-06 05:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN RP |
| 06MANILA283 | CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF [...]C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-[...] |
2006-01-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2831 | POSSIBLE COURTS MARTIAL FOR FEBRUARY 24 "COUP [...]SBU) Summary: A committee investigating an alleged failed February 24 coup d'etat may soon recommend that at least three senior milit[...] |
2006-07-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV MARR RP |
| 06MANILA2833 | MAGUINDANAO CLASHES UNLIKELY TO UPSET PEACE PROCESS [...]C) Summary. Armed clashes erupted between GRP security forces and elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on June 28 whe[...] |
2006-07-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS KISL RP |
| 06MANILA2852 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/07/06 [...]he trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 3 with the cross examination of Anal[...] |
2006-07-07 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2962 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/14/06 [...]he trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 14 with direct and cross examination of [...] |
2006-07-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2969 | MARINE CASE: ANOTHER DEFENDANT SPEAKS TO MEDIA [...]Cpl Daniel Smith, one of the four marines currently on trial for alleged rape, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Saturday J[...] |
2006-07-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA2973 | CPP/NPA - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...]SBU) Summary: In response to a renewed campaign by the Philippine Government (GRP) to defeat Asia's longest-running communist insurge[...] |
2006-07-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA2994 | UNEASY TRUCE IN MAGUINDANAO [...]C) Summary. A week-old truce brokered by GRP officials between the Maguindanao Provincial Governor and local commanders of the Moro I[...] |
2006-07-18 07:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS KISL RP |
| 06MANILA2998 | PHILIPPINES: MOUNT MAYON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY [...]ount Mayon, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Manila, is experiencing high levels of seismic activity and lava flows reaching 80[...] |
2006-07-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY EINV CASC EAGR PREL EAID RP |
| 06MANILA3064 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in th[...] |
2006-07-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP |
| 06MANILA3065 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/21/06 [...]he trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 17. The lawyer for Timoteo Soriano, the driver[...] |
2006-07-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3066 | DEFENSE SECRETARY SEES KAPIT BISIG AS "BIG PLUS" [...]C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz views the Kapit Bisig framework as a "big plus" for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation, is focused [...] |
2006-07-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MCAP MARR PTER PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3068 | PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM HELPING TO COUNTER [...]C) SUMMARY. Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) has produced concrete results and is becoming institutionalized within the Armed Forces o[...] |
2006-07-24 00:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS RP |
| 06MANILA3085 | CALLING FOR A BALANCED ASEAN STATEMENT ON MIDDLE [...]C) The Ambassador discussed the situation in the Middle East (reftel) with Foreign Secretary Romulo on July 23, emphasizing that the U[...] |
2006-07-24 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN LE IS RP |
| 06MANILA3095 | ESPERON - THE BATTERING RAM [...]C) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Esperon succeeded General Senga as the 35th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on J[...] |
2006-07-24 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINR RP |
| 06MANILA3098 | SONA 2006: ARROYO PROJECTS OPTIMISM, WANTS TO SPEND [...]SBU) Summary. With a buoyant air and an unusual high tech power point presentation, President Arroyo laid out ambitious development [...] |
2006-07-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PTER RP |
| 06MANILA3143 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINES-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL [...]ummary: Ambassador Kenney and Emboffs met with members of the Philippines-U.S. Business Council on July 21 to discuss areas of cooper[...] |
2006-07-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP ETRD RP |
| 06MANILA3176 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/31/06 [...]he trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 24 with medical testimony from toxicologist Dr.[...] |
2006-07-31 00:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3203 | AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]C) Summary. President Arroyo promised the Ambassador that her Administration would push ahead with counterterrorism efforts, especia[...] |
2006-08-01 05:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PTER PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA3226 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY [...]BU) In a breakfast meeting July 31 with Assistant Secretary Hill and the Ambassador, Philippines Finance Secretary Gary Teves and Tra[...] |
2006-08-02 04:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA3234 | EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S. [...]UMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., [...] |
2006-08-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP |
| 06MANILA3247 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW POLICE CHIEF [...]ummary. New Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Calderon assured the Ambassador on July 28 that the PNP is focusing the [...] |
2006-08-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA3248 | A/S CHRISTOPHER HILL FOCUSES ON PHILIPPINES GROWTH [...]ummary. During his visit to Manila on July 31, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill gained a firsthand view of advantages and &#[...] |
2006-08-02 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR PREL ETTC EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA3285 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/04/06 [...]he trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman was suspended August 1 due to the illness of a prosecution witness, an[...] |
2006-08-04 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3299 | INITIAL SUCCESS IN ONGOING OPERATIONS AGAINST [...]C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill senior terrorist leaders on the island of Jolo, wh[...] |
2006-08-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3321 | MINDANAO'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OPPOSE BANGSAMORO [...]C) Summary. Leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples (Lumads) from throughout Mindanao gathered in Bukidnon Province July 24[...] |
2006-08-08 01:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS KISL RP |
| 06MANILA3344 | MILF SEEKS GREATER US INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS [...]C) Summary. During DCM and Poloff's low-key, two-day visit to Muslim Mindanao's political center in Cotabato, Moro Islamic Liberation[...] |
2006-08-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS KISL RP |
| 06MANILA3346 | CENTRAL LUZON REACTIONS TO EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...]C) Summary. At least some NGO and party activists in Central Luzon are scaling back their rural activities in response to an increase[...] |
2006-08-09 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP |
| 06MANILA3356 | NPA - TRENDS IN RECENT ATTACKS [...]U) Summary: The Communist Party of the Philippines-Military Commission (CPP-MC) has directed the New People's Army (NPA) to concentra[...] |
2006-08-10 02:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3369 | EXPLOSIONS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO LEAVE TWO DEAD AND [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) An explosion from a hand grenade occ[...] |
2006-08-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS ASEC PREL KISL MOPS RP |
| 06MANILA3401 | AFP ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATIONS ADVANCE ON JOLO [...]C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is continuing operations against Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (AS[...] |
2006-08-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3404 | ONGOING GRP EFFORTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...]ummary. In response to a deadline from President Arroyo to solve at least ten cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) before October 1[...] |
2006-08-15 03:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3412 | PHILIPPINE BROADBAND: NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE [...]rivate companies are partnering with Philippine's network of 5,443 public secondary schools to install computer laboratories by ¶20[...] |
2006-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID SOCI APEC RP |
| 06MANILA3414 | CHARGE' AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL CENTER; [...]harge' d'Affaires Paul W. Jones traveled to Pampanga in Central Luzon to join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon [...] |
2006-08-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAID EAIR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3450 | SENATOR INOUYE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO [...]BU) Summary: President Arroyo presented Senator Inouye with the Philippines' highest award, the Order of Lakandula, on August 14 in r[...] |
2006-08-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN BM AS BX RP |
| 06MANILA3453 | CODEL HYDE: OVERVIEW [...]ummary. Chairman Hyde, Congressmen Rohrabacher, Faleomavaega, Watt (and Mrs. Watt) , and Flake (and Mrs. Flake), and their accompanyi[...] |
2006-08-17 09:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP HYDE ECON RP |
| 06MANILA3464 | CHARGE VISITS SUBIC DURING US-PHILIPPINES [...]ollowing up on the Ambassador's visit to Subic June 15-16 (reftel), Charge d'Affaires visited the Subic Bay region August 15-16 to mee[...] |
2006-08-18 03:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MCAP EWWT ECON RP |
| 06MANILA3472 | CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES ECONOMY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...]SBU) Summary. Chairman of the House International Relations Committee Henry Hyde and members of his delegation met with President Arr[...] |
2006-08-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL SCUL OREP KPAO RP |
| 06MANILA3474 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/18/06 [...]he trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman resumed briefly the week of August 14 with confirmation from the Prose[...] |
2006-08-18 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3475 | (CABLE CANCELLATION) SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...][...] |
2006-08-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP |
| 06MANILA3478 | LARGEST OIL SPILL IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY-REQUEST FOR [...]his is an action request. See paragraph 6. -------- SUMMARY -------- ¶2. The tanker "Solar I" s[...] |
2006-08-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3479 | SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE [...]SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterr[...] |
2006-08-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP |
| 06MANILA3491 | SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...]ummary. During Senator Daniel K. Inouye's August 11 - 15 visit to the Philippines, he traveled to Zamboanga and dined with President [...] |
2006-08-22 04:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP |
| 06MANILA350 | "COUNCIL OF STATE" MEETING: MUCH HYPE, BUT LITTLE [...]C) Summary: A Malacanang-sponsored Council of State meeting took place on January 24. The meeting brought together some 75 notables [...] |
2006-01-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3549 | USG TEAM ARRIVES TO ASSESS PHILIPPINE OIL SPILL [...] USG oil spill response team arrived in the Philippines on August 23 to help the government assess the damage from the oil spilled by [...] |
2006-08-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3560 | AUGUST 25 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...]SBU) "Operation Ultimatum," the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) effort to capture or kill senior Abu Sayyaf (ASG) and Jemaah Is[...] |
2006-08-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3561 | LIFTING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO RAISE ECONOMIC GROWTH [...]nglish language proficiency has steadily declined in the Philippines over Qe past 30 years, mostly due to decreased use of English by [...] |
2006-08-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD PREL SCUL KPAO RP |
| 06MANILA3565 | 2006 ARROYO IMPEACHMENT DEAD; MOVING FORWARD ON A [...]SBU) Summary: On August 24, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 to uphold its own justice committee report recommending the dis[...] |
2006-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA3574 | TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...]BU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) [...] |
2006-08-28 05:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP |
| 06MANILA3599 | PHILIPPINES REORGANIZES IP TASK FORCE [...]U) The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) is again reorganizing its Intellectual Property (IP) Task Force to be chaired by Assista[...] |
2006-08-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA364 | DISCREPANCIES IN OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES [...]S/NF) Summary: A total of 2,838 persons were killed in calendar year 2005 during encounters between the Armed Forces of the Philippin[...] |
2006-01-26 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS PINS PTER PREL PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA3656 | NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION EMPHASIZES STRONGER MANAGEMENT [...]ummary. President Arroyo's impressive new Education Secretary outlined his priorities and received a briefing on USG support for educ[...] |
2006-08-31 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP |
| 06MANILA3670 | SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...]C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is maintaining the pressure on fugitive Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) [...] |
2006-09-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3685 | USG TEAM DELIVERS OIL SPILL ASSESSMENT TO PHILIPPINE [...] USG oil spill response team has been assessing damage caused by the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait since Augu[...] |
2006-09-05 07:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3692 | SENIOR IP JUDGE DEMOTED AMID RUMORS OF CORRUPTION [...]C) The Supreme Court of the Philippines recently demoted Judge Antonio Eugenio, who was the senior executive judge assigned to handle [...] |
2006-09-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA3718 | SENATE PLANS RADICAL REVISIONS TO INVESTOR INCENTIVES [...]SBU) Following up on President Arroyo's 2004 promise to increase government revenue, the Philippine Congress is poised to reduce and r[...] |
2006-09-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON RP |
| 06MANILA3770 | MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/08/06 [...]estimony in the trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected to resume Monday, September 11 when the Defen[...] |
2006-09-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3771 | WORKING SESSION ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: PRESIDENT [...]epartment of Foreign Affairs U.S. Division Director Eduardo de Vega confirmed September 8 that President GloriaQMacapagal Arroyo will not atte[...] |
2006-09-08 07:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3779 | CHARGE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF EJK RESOLUTION TO [...]C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Jones reinforced the importance of Philippine Government (GRP) action in solving the recent spate of ex[...] |
2006-09-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS KCRM PINS RP |
| 06MANILA3783 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON TERRORIST DETAINEES [...]U) Acting Political Counselor informed Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary of American Affairs Rey Carandang September 7[...] |
2006-09-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3784 | NAM SUMMIT: PHILIPPINES TO PUSH GUATEMALAN UN [...]C) Charge discussed reftel points September 5 with Foreign Secretary Romulo. Romulo immediately volunteered to lobby for Guatemala an[...] |
2006-09-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM CU RP |
| 06MANILA3786 | CONSULTATIONS ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...]SBU) Acting Political Counselor met September 7 with Department of Foreign of Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Org[...] |
2006-09-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN RP |
| 06MANILA3789 | REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME POLICE UNIT [...]U) This is an action request - see para 9. ¶2. (U) SUMMARY. The Philippines faces a serious problem in controlling the tr[...] |
2006-09-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP |
| 06MANILA3790 | SEPTEMBER 8 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...]C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to track fleeing Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders in the fifth wee[...] |
2006-09-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3793 | CHARGE MEETS WITH "MELO" COMMISSION ON [...]C) Summary. Retired Supreme Court Justice Jose A. Melo and other members of the "Melo" Commission told Charge d'Affairs September 7 t[...] |
2006-09-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP |
| 06MANILA3803 | PHILIPPINES AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...]ere continues to be no evidence of AI in the Philippines. Post continues to monitor the situation within the country and the region, [...] |
2006-09-11 01:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP |
| 06MANILA3805 | BELEAGUERED OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD CONTINUES TO FIGHT [...]C) Summary: The Philippine Optical Media Board (OMB) faces insufficient funding, bureaucratic infighting, and unjustified criticism a[...] |
2006-09-11 04:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP |
| 06MANILA3812 | DEMARCH ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT [...]SBU) Acting Political Counselor passed reftel points September 11 to Executive Director Ramon Cardenas of the Americas Division of the[...] |
2006-09-11 07:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR RP |
| 06MANILA3817 | NUR MISUARI ATTENDS TENTH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF [...]SBU) SUMMARY. Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari criticized the GRP for failing to implement fully the provisions of[...] |
2006-09-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS KISL RP |
| 06MANILA3852 | SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS DESTRUCTION PROJECT IN [...](U) In response to reftel, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group-Philippines (JUSMAG) representatives have reached agreement with their[...] |
2006-09-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER RP |
| 06MANILA3875 | MARINE CASE: EMBASSY RECEIVES SUBPOENA [...]U) On September 13, Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially conveying th[...] |
2006-09-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 06MANILA3882 | AMBASSADOR SIGNS TIP AGREEMENT WITH JUSTICE [...]bassador Kenney and Secretary of Justice Raul Gonzalez signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) September 12 to provide USG assistance to su[...] |
2006-09-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIA PHUM RP |
| 06MANILA3899 | NAM SUMMIT STANCE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...]SBU) Acting Political Counselor raised reftel points September 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary for UN[...] |
2006-09-15 04:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU RP |
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