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IPU turn to probe
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Fact-finding mission from Geneva to arrive in April |
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The Interparliamentary Union is to send a three-member fact-finding
team to the Philippines in April to investigate a wave of political
murders, ABS-CBN said on its website.
The Geneva-based IPU, which
serves as a forum to push for democracy and peace, made the decision
because of increasing calls from the international community to end
political killings in the Philippines, ABS-CBN said the team would
comprise Sen. Rosario Green of Mexico, Sen. Sharon Castairs of
Canada and IPU Committee Secretary Ingerborg Schwars.
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Aeta
schoolchildren take their first big step
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BALANGA City, Bataan: It was a
giant step for such small feet.
For the 29 Aeta children, aged 3 to 6, from two day-care centers in
the Negrito villages of Bangkal in Abucay and Bayan-Bayanan in
Orion..
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Andaya:bets
won’t get hand on pork
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President Arroyo’s budget
manager on Friday vowed not to let legislators running in the May
elections use their pork barrel to enhance their chances of winning.
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Army says NPA
Sparrow units may soon prowl Metro
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Communist rebels may be plotting
to introduce squads of assassins into Metro Manila’s slums, a
senior military official warned Friday.
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Times school
students win awards
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Two students of The Manila Times
School of Journalism won the top two prizes of the Pagasa
Essay-Writing Contest.
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Teachers frown at
tech-voc policy
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A group of public teachers are
wary of the Department of Education’s new policy favoring
technical-vocational courses for high-school graduates, saying it
only encourages the marketing of Filipino workers for jobs abroad.
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JV slams govt pay
increase
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Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito of
San Juan on Friday questioned the timing and intention of the Arroyo
administration when it announced it is raising the salaries of state
employees by 10 percent in July.
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