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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion. But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened . Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions. Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE? Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace? WHY?? There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance: The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

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Cebu archbishop: GMA has solved poverty, graft, corruption

By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com)
Updated June 28, 2010 09:14 AM

MANILA, Philippines – The archbishop of Cebu has claimed that outgoing President Arroyo has addressed the problem of poverty and graft and corruption in the province.

Speaking over Church-run Radio Veritas, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said Mrs. Arroyo was able to solve such issues in the province during her term.

"Well, I wish her well, she served very well the country. I hope she will be able to serve again but I'm very thankful to her especially with what she has done in Cebu," Vidal said.

Her critics slammed President Arroyo for her alleged involvement in controversial multi-billion-peso government deals. She has run and won a congressional seat in the second district of Pampanga during the May 10 automated elections.

Meanwhile, Vidal said he is willing to be a spiritual adviser to President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.

He, however, said he has yet to discuss the matter with Aquino, who would be sworn in as the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines on the noon of June 30.

Vidal also said the Church hierarchy would not compromise its stand on the issue of the Reproductive Health Bill, which the bishops have been strongly opposed.

PIA Press Release

2007/06/07

Cebu province inks sisterhood pact with Sichuan
By Minerva BC Newman

Cebu, Philippines (7 June) -- The province of Cebu signs a sisterhood pack with Sichuan, China with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as witness to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Chengdu province today. Governor Garcia is part of the President's entourage in Chengdu when they meet with the businessmen there.

In an interview with the media before she left for China, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earlier said that this is the second sisterhood agreement with China. The first was with Hainan province in January 2007 that talks on cooperation in trade, tourism and agriculture.

Garcia revealed that the agreement calls for exchange and cooperation in various forms in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade, science & technology, culture, education, sports, health, personnel, social welfare and other common interests gearing towards prosperity and development. The MOU is good for 5 years (until 2012).

The first sisterhood agreement brought in officials from Hainan that joined the 3-day Suroy-Suroy sa Sugbo countryside tourism program that brought them to see the beauty and tourism potentials of 21 Cebu towns.

According to the governor, the pact with Sichuan will open cooperation and collaboration in putting up developmental projects in various fields. Garcia said, Sichuan province is referred to as the "Land of Abundance," with Chengdu as its capital that adopts a preferential policy as a coastal open city.

It is also considered as one of China's major producer of grains that include wheat and rice and other commercial cash crops such as citrus fruits, peaches, sugarcane and sweet potatoes. It also has the largest output of pork and the second largest producer of silkworm cocoons in China.

China and the Philippines had strong bond that can easily be traced back from the time the country traded with the Chinese merchants in the 1500s and that bond has been translated into the country's basic community trading and small businesses at the countryside.

During induction of the 2007national officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCII) at Malacanang recently, John Tan its newly elected president turned over to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo a check worth P1.25-million for the purchase and construction of an additional 50 Tindahan Natin convenience stores to be put up in various areas of the country. This would bring to 175 the number of stores that had been donated by FFCCCII to the Arroyo administration since last year at a total cost of P3.125-million.

The organization also presented to PGMA a scale model of the 430 new school buildings or a total of 860 classrooms that the FFCCCII will donate to the government over the next two years. Tan reported that the school donation is part of the organization's "Operation: Barrio Schools Program" that it launched in 1960. To date, the Chinese community has built more tan 3,800 schools in the various parts of the country.