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11.5 percent of families victims of crime
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About 11.5 percent of Filipino families have
become victims of common crimes in the previous months, a latest
Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The November 29 to December 3, 2007 SWS survey
found that 10.5 percent of families lost property while 1.3 percent
suffered physical violence.
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RP woos more Taiwanese tourists
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The Department of Tourism is expanding its reach to the Taiwan
market, initiating exchanges with the travel trade players from the
cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.
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Junior military officers
charged over M-16 parts
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THE Office of the Ombudsman indicted for graft
charges before the Sandiganbayan five junior military officers for
allegedly entering into an anomalous contract for the supply of
rifle barrels to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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Journalists want extension
of TRO vs. govt threats
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Media practitioners on Monday again sought for an extension of the
72-hour Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by Executive Judge
Winlove Dumayas of the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC)...
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Pichay to be
appointed Customs chief in May
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THE search for the successor of Customs Commissioner Napoleon
Morales is over. But Malacañang will announce Morales’ successor
in May, when the one-year ban on the appointment of candidates who
lost in last year’s election will lapse, a highly reliable source
said.
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Samahang Plaridel joins press freedom call
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Samahang Plaridel, the association of veteran journalists and
communicators, has added its voice to the growing clamor from
different media organizations for government to stop threatening and
harassing the media in the exercise of their profession.
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FEATURE
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No plan or group pushed de Venecia ouster
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The resentment that finally led to the ouster of
former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. simmered for years and
reached its boiling point when the five-term leader of the House did
not lift a finger to stop his son Joey from exposing anomalies in
the national broadband project.
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Nograles: From human rights
lawyer to House Speaker
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Much has been told and said about new House Speaker Prospero
Nograles, but only a few people know that like the millions of
Filipinos, he is very much still a part of the so-called text
generation.
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