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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
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Plebiscite affirms
conversion
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CEBU CITY: Voters in Bogo on Saturday overwhelmingly approved its
conversion from a municipality into a city.
Commission on Elections (Comelec)
Regional attorney and acting Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel
Marco Castillano said 24,488, or 60.79 percent of Bogo’s
registered voters cast their votes in the plebiscite.
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Basilan special
polls held today
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Commission on
Elections (Comelec) is set to hold special elections today in two
towns of Basilan province, said James Jimenez, Comelec information
officer.
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League of Cities
fails to stop referendum for new cities
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ILOILO CITY: The 118-member
League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is not happy over the
churning out of new cities, now that plebiscites for cityhood or
converting towns into cities have pushed ...
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Fr. Mercado
confident of sustaining peace
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COTABATO CITY: “I firmly
believe that I could make a difference in everybody’s desire to
achieve genuine peace in southern Philippines.”
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Cagayan to mark
424th founding anniversary
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TUGUEGARAO CITY: The
provincial government of Cagayan will lead the celebration in simple
ceremonies of the 424th founding anniversary of its civil government
on June 22 to 29 this year.
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Our Lady of Piat
devotees celebrate in Manila
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To celebrate the feast of Our
lady of Piat, patroness of Cagayan Valley, devotees living in Metro
Manila will attend a special Mass on July 7 at 8 a.m. at Santo
Domingo Church on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City.
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Suspect in
Campbell slay arraigned today
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LAGAWE, Ifugao: The 25-year-old
suspect in the killing of American Peace Corps volunteer Julia
Campbell is set to be arraigned today at the Regional Trial Court-Banaue
Branch.
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DA looking out for
onion smugglers
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THE Department of Agriculture on
Tuesday ordered all plant quarantine officials to double their
effort in protecting the local onion industry from smuggling.
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