073-03: Asian
and European Experts Meet to Discuss Judicial Protection of Children
28 February 2003
072-03: 53 Pinoy Returnees Home from
the U.S.
27 February 2003
071-03: Sole Survivor
of M/V Mahlia Recounts Ordeal
26 February 2003
070-03: RP-flag Vessel Sinks in Japan; 1 Pinoy Rescued,
7 Missing
26 February 2003
069-03: RP Bid for Permanent Observer
Status Gains Ground among OIC Member States
25 February 2003
068-03: GMA won hearts as NAM’s “Lady in Red”
25 February 2003
067-03: Saudi Officials Assure Ople of Adequate Oil Supply
25 February 2003
066-03: Filipino Crew of M/V Pendola Coming Home
25 February 2003
065-03: GMA
Joins Call on Iraq to Comply with Disarmament Obligations; Holds Bilateral
Meetings; And Chairs Session of NAM Summit
24 February 2003
064-03: “Angelica”
doing well in children’s home -- Ople
24
February 2003
063-03: At the
N.A.M. Summit: Philippine Leadership Recognized; Isolation was Never an Issue
- Ople
24
February 2003
062-03: Bodies of 2 Filseamen from Panamanian Vessel Found
22 February 2003
061-03: Panamanian
Vessel Sinks off Okinawa; 12 Pinoys Rescued
21 February 2003
060-03: OIC
Ambassadors Express Full Support for Southern Philippines Peace Process
059-03: Ople,
Angara Prepare For Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day
18 February 2003
058-03: Ople asks LGUs
to brace for terrorist backlash over Iraq but counsels against panic
18 February 2003
057-03: Ople Assures HK FILCOM Leaders of RP Govt Support on the
Levy Issue
16 February 2003
056-03: RP, Hong Kong to Intensify Cultural Cooperation
055-03: Ople takes up Cudgels for Filipino Domestics in H.K.
14 February 2003
054-03: Ople Breaks Bread with HK-SAR
& ASEAN Consular Officials
14 February 2003
053-03: DFA, DOLE
sign MOU on increased cooperation for OFW assistance
12 February 2003
052-02: Philippines
Withdraws Diplomatic Accreditation of Iraqi Diplomat; He is Directed
to Leave within 48 hours
12 February 2003
051-03: Ople
warns against erosion of national language gains
12 February 2003
050-03: Secretary
Blas F. Ople Accepts Japan’s Cultural Grant Aid for UP Film Center
049-03: First-Ever
“Philippine Caucus” of US Legislators to be Launched on February 12
11 February 2003
048-03: Iraqi Envoys Calls on Secretary Ople;
Discusses Situation in the Middle East
10 February 2003
047-03: Philippine
Embassy in Baghdad to Remain Open; Will Temporarily Suspend Operations
Depending on Circumstances
10 February 2003
046-03: Philippines Accepts Invitation
to Participate in the Second Bali Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling,
Human Trafficking and other Related Transnational Crime
07 February 2003
045-03: Secretary
Ople Expresses Appreciation to Indonesia for Prompt Release of Filipino
Fishermen; Congratulates Philippine Ambassador for a Job Well Done
07 February 2003
044-03: Philippines
and Indonesia Committed to Moving Forward on Boundary Talks
06 February 2003
043-03: RP Will
Secure Foreign Diplomats, Diplomatic Missions. --Ople
06 February 2003
042-03: Ople hails
absentee voting bill passage
04 February 2003
041-03: DFA
Secretary Blas F. Ople Inaugurates E-Serbisyo On His 76th Birthday Celebration
02 February 2003
040-03: Statement of DFA Secretary Blas F. Ople on the Loss of
the US Space Shuttle Columbia
02 February 2003
039-03: President to Hold Command
Conference with RP Ambassadors Stationed in the Middle East
01 February 2003