Senator Mar Roxas called on President Arroyo to address the people and tell the truth about her trip to Shenzhen, China to meet with ZTE Corp. officials in November of 2006, a few months before the government decided to award the contract for the National Broadband Network (NBN) to ZTE. Roxas, one of the co-chairs […]
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Roxas calls for ASEAN Leaders’ Summit on food security
April 12, 2008Senator Mar Roxas, chairman of the Senate trade and commerce committee, called on the Philippine government to take the lead in calling for an ASEAN Leaders’ Summit to address the rice crisis and ensure food security in the region. In a press release, Roxas announced that he would file a resolution on Monday expressing the […]
Transcript of interview with Senator Mar Roxas during NBN hearing lunch break
March 12, 2008On Leo San Miguel’s testimony: MAR: I’d like to know what he has to say about the allegations of Madriaga. Basically Mr. San Miguel was invited here because Mr. Madriaga mentioned him 20, 30 times in the course of his testimony. According to Mr. Madriaga, Leo San Miguel this, Leo San Miguel that, so we […]
China affirms respect for RP domestic laws in commercial deals
March 12, 2008A top official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) today affirmed that it is the policy of Premier Wen Jiabao and the CPC that all Chinese firms must strictly abide by the domestic laws in the countries where they operate. According to Senator Mar Roxas, CPC International Department Vice Minister Liu Hongcai made the […]
Roxas, LP leaders to meet with Chinese Communist Party leaders
March 10, 2008Amid the raging controversy over the National Broadband Network deal and the joint seismic exploration of the Spratlys, Senator Mar Roxas and several leaders from the Liberal Party will meet with a delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC), upon request of the latter tomorrow, Tuesday in Manila. “China is bound to be the […]
Mar Roxas for President in 2010 