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RP memo confirms
fears
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BY Jomar Canlas, Reporter
Allies of the terrorist group al-Qaeda could have slipped into the
Philippines last month in preparation for an attack aimed at the
12th Association of East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Cebu,
according to documents from the Department of Justice.
A January 3 memorandum, signed by
Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez and addressed to Immigration
Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. and National Bureau of
Investigation (NBI) Director Nestor Mantaring, quoted a December 4
letter from the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC).
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Devotees throng
Quiapo for Black Nazarene feast
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Hundreds of Filipinos, including
children, flocked to Quiapo Church on Sunday as preparations neared
fever pitch for the Black Nazarene feast day on January 9.
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JI member among 6
dead in Tawi-Tawi
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Five senior members of the Abu
Sayyaf and an aide of a wanted Jemaah Islamiya (JI) operative died
in the Tawi-Tawi battle last week between the 3rd Marines Brigade of
the Philippine Navy and Sulu-based extremists...
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Reg’l
cooperation helps sleuths
in absence of antiterrorism law
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The absence of an antiterrorism
law hampers Philippine security agencies as they pit wits and force
against a small but determined group of extremists, making it hard
to successfully prosecute captured bombing suspects.
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Customs: We topped
’06 collection by P57B
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The Bureau of Customs on Sunday
denied as “foul and unfounded” allegations it had padded its
2006 collection report.
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Palace execs
soften on VFA review
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It would be best to wait for a
final decision in the rape case involving US Marine Daniel Smith
before putting the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) up for review,
Malacanang officials said Sunday.
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Filipino suspected
in Kuwait child murder
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KUWAIT CITY: A Filipino domestic
worker on Saturday was suspected of having killed her Kuwaiti
employer’s seven-year-old son by slitting his throat, a police
source said.
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