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Saturday, July 05, 2008

 

MILF to rebels: Stay away from polls

MNLF denies urging government to scrap or postpone ARMM elections on August 11

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ordered its forces to stay out of Filipino elections as campaign begins for next month’s polls in the Muslim autonomous region.

Elections in the six-province autonomous region have been set in August 11 where more than one million Muslims are to elect their new set of officials. The MILF said it does not recognize the Philippine Constitution and in the past did not participate in any elections.

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COTABATO CITY: Candidates running for various positions in the coming August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) at the start of the campaign vowed...

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SUBIC BAY Freeport: President Gloria Arroyo congratulated Korean ship building giant, Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp.-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) together with its Filipino workforce for finishing the largest cargo ship built in the country as she led the launching of MV Argolikos Friday morning.

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BALANGA City, Bataan: St. Joseph Cathedral in Balanga City unveiled 15 life-sized images of saints at its façade on Thursday with Bishop Socrates Villegas blessing the sculptured images in the ceremonies officiated by the parish priest, Rev. Fr. Percival Medina, with the assistance of provincial and municipal officials.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two motorcycle gunmen killed ship owner Faustino Saavedra in an attack on Friday, police said. Saavedra was with his wife Floria in a car when the attack happened near the downtown area.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels on Friday accused government soldiers as behind a recent grenade attack that killed three people in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.

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