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Monday, February, 5 2007 |
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MNLF
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Goodwill money, assurance of
tripartite talks dangled
By Jeannette I. Andrade, Reporter
AFTER three days and two
nights of “extended negotiations,” the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) allowed more than 20 government peace negotiators,
including an undersecretary and a general, to leave their camp in
Sulu province.
But that was only after the
government party paid P450,000 for the nine high-powered firearms
seized from the MNLF group of Ustadz Habier Malik during a January
18 clash with government troops in Patikul, Sulu.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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MNLF founder wants
to ‘exhume’failed peace agreement
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Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari had no fear that Ustadz
Habier Malik’s group would harm the “guests” they had forced
to stay for two nights in their Jolo camp.
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Misuari eyes gov
post under Kampi
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Nur Misuari is
planning to run for governor of Jolo, and he wants to run under the
Kampi, the party of President Arroyo.
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RP officials urge
China to heed calls for crackdown on poachers
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Five years
ago, the people in Donsol, Sorsogon, hunted whale sharks (Rhincodon
typus) for a living. The town’s residents would slaughter the sea
animals and sell the meat which, as a delicacy, fetched a good
price.
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HK maids protest
new Philippine labor law
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Filipino maids
took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday in protest at a labor law
proposed by the Philippine government that has angered millions of
its citizens working abroad.
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SLEX mayhem
forecast this year
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With
temperatures soon to rise due to the return of the El Niño dry
spell, mayhem is sure to greet motorists plying the Southern Luzon
Expressway (SLEX)...
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Telcos: Txt and
call prices show big drop
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Consumer
groups that demand the lifting of expiration dates on free SMS are
“short-sighted,” according to a spokesman for Philippine Long
Distance Telephone Co.
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Consumers trapped
in crossfire of telcos war
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Telecommunications
subscribers are caught in the crossfire of giant firms’ war to
control the lucrative market, as companies use spam in a bid to
pirate rivals’ subscribers.
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