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Order given: Attack |
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Esperon gives go-ahead to crush Abu
Sayyaf
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The military chief on Sunday gave
the go-ahead for an offensive to crush Abu Sayyaf extremists in
Basilan and Sulu.
“That’s the order, go with
the offensive against the Abu Sayaff… in Basilan and Sulu,”
Armed Forces chief of staff, Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, told reporters
following a command conference in Jolo with military leaders and
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, ABS-CBN reported on its website.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Desperate appeal
for peace in Basilan
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: As war clouds
gathered over Basilan, delegates to the International Women’s
Peace and Solidarity Mission made a desperate call for the reduction
of military troops in the island province.
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Feeding hungry
minds, stomachs
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The Department of Education hopes
to fill the minds of schoolchildren with knowledge by first filling
their stomachs with food.
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Legislator seeks
settlement in 2001 Quezon sea tragedy
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The M/V Carmela sank more than
six years ago, but families of victims who died in that tragedy have
yet to receive justice—as the case remains aground in the Makati
Regional Trial Court.
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SPECIAL REPORT Textbook errors
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DepEd, book
authors defend themselves
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The Department of Education (DepEd)
will pay only for copyright authorization, and winning bidders are
not necessarily the printers for their books.
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Sampling from
Go’s catalogue of errors
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• Not all mountains are made by
wrinkles in the ground.
• God’s footsteps bulged the mountains up. God like morning
bending over her baby kneeled down in the dust.
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