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Article: National Day of the Czech Republic.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 28, 2004
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THE Czech Republic celebrates its National Day today.
Philippine-Czech Republics political, economic and cultural relations were cemented by the state visits of President Vaclav Havel and former President Fidel V. Ramos in 1995 and 1997. In 2001, Vice President Teofisto T. Guingona Jr. visited the Czech Republic and attended a human rights forum, Conference Forum 2000, in Prague.
In 2001, an initial grant of about R23.5 million was received by the Philippines from the Czech government for the construction of a water treatment plant in Baguio City. The Czech government has committed itself to pursue the US$160-million sugar refinery project in Sarangani ...