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Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
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Govt seeks new
meeting with MILF |
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Secretary Ermita hopes Muslim rebel group will not
violate the Constitution |
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By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter
The Philippine government will
seek another meeting with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
where it will present a second draft of the position it earlier
presented to the rebel group.
The peace talks were temporarily
halted in Malaysia over the weekend after the MILF found the
government’s proposal unacceptable. Mohagher Iqbal, chief MILF
peace negotiator, said the Philippine panel last month agreed on the
scope of the Muslim ancestral domain but reneged on the accord that
will constitute a separate homeland for about four million Muslims
and indigenous tribes in Mindanao.
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Department for
fisheries proposed at Congress
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SIX members of the House of
Representatives are sponsoring a bill that will create a department
that will be responsible for developing and securing the country’s
fishery and aquatic resources.
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Bill seeks
picture-based warnings
on smoking
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Studies have shown that at least
10 Filipinos die every hour from the tobacco epidemic. To address
the problem, administration and opposition lawmakers filed a measure
seeking to make picture-based health warnings...
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President cleared
in another writ of amparo case
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For the second time, the Court of
Appeals has cleared President Gloria Arroyo in a writ of amparo
case.
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Recounting of
Pasig votes next year
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THE inventory of the 1,317 ballot
boxes from Pasig City continued on Wednesday and was apparently
slowed down a bit with the careful scrutiny of each box being sealed
by the local Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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Quezon City sets
debates on proposed measure
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PRO and anti-reproductive health
advocates are expected to clash during the public consultations
that will be conducted by Quezon City on a proposed ordinance
calling for the establishment...
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Suspects in
fashion designer’s slay arrested
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Three people are now facing
charges of robbery with homicide over the killing of popular fashion
designer Ernest Santiago.
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Govt’s CRADLE
for child offenders
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Jay (not his real name)
considered the streets of Muntinlupa as his home. He and his friends
roamed the streets day and night, begging for money to buy food and
sniffing rugby to get high.
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