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Govt peace envoys
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Some 15 government officials, including a high defense official and
a Marine general, are being held by Muslim rebels while on a peace
mission in Sulu, officials said Saturday.
Defense Undersecretary Ramon
Santos, Maj. Gen, Mohamad Ben Dolorfino and 13 other soldiers and
peace negotiators were not allowed to leave the Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF) camp in Bitan-ag, Panamao town.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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MNLF: They’re
guests, not hostages
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The Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) on Saturday denied abducting government peace
negotiators in Sulu.
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Misuari offers to
negotiate release
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Nur Misuari, the founding
chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, said Saturday that
he was willing to help negotiate the release of 20 government and
military officials being held in an MNLF camp in Pamanao, Jolo.
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Honasan ‘fit’
enough to run in May
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Detained former senator Gregorio
Honasan is “fit to campaign and run” in the May 14 election, his
lawyers said after Honasan’s medical check-up at the Asian
Hospital in Muntinlupa City Saturday.
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Teachers on poll
duty get perks
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Education Secretary Jesli Lapus
ordered the creation of a task force to look after the safety and
welfare of half a million teachers who will be serving as board of
election inspectors in the May election.
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Death toll in
Pagadian tanker blast reaches 50
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The death toll from the explosion
of a tanker truck near Pagadian City has risen to 50 with at least
41 wounded, the local army commander said Saturday.
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Lapid opens bid in
Makati
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Cheered by about 2,000
supporters, Sen. Lito Lapid on Saturday announced his plan to run
for mayor on Makati City.
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SPECIAL REPORT: COMPLAINTS VS. TELCOS
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Do cell phone
giants’ huge profits come from ‘customer abuse’?
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ARE the “abuses” allegedly
committed against their subscribers by the telecommunication firms
the reason they are the richest in the country, their industry the
leading moneymaker and the stock-market leader?
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SPECIAL REPORT: COMPLAINTS VS. TELCOS
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Telcos refute
allegations of ‘abuse’
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THE telecommunication companies
have refuted the allegations that they are making profits out of
“abuses.”
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SPECIAL REPORT: COMPLAINTS VS. TELCOS
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NTC tries to
protect customers but. . .
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THE National Telecommunications
Commission (NTC), the government’s telecom regulator, said the
“abuses” of telcos perceived by consumers are not
“intentional.”
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SPECIAL REPORT: COMPLAINTS VS. TELCOS
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Only 30
complained to NTC
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Robert, not his real name, a
subscriber of Globe Telecom has filed a complaint against his
network operator for modifying a service.
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