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Villar, Lakas eye
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By Efren L. Danao, Senior
Reporter
Senate President Manuel Villar
Jr. said Wednesday that the Nacionalista Party (NP), which he heads,
is prepared for a possible alliance with Lakas.
Former President Fidel Ramos, the
chairman emeritus of Lakas, earlier called for a joining of forces
with Nacionalista and other political parties to expand the Lakas
choice of presidential candidate for the 2010 elections.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Somali pirates
seize 15 Filipino seamen on freighter–DFA
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Filipino seamen are again in
trouble because of pirates in Africa, the Department of Foreign
Affairs reported Wednesday.
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Inflation rate
could reach 12%, says BSP chief
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The Philippines’ annual
inflation rate could soon rise to 12 percent, which may force Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas to hike interest rates again, central bank
Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said Wednesday.
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Oil prices slide
further as hurricane threatens US Gulf Coast
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Oil prices fell further on
Wednesday as the market expected Hurricane Dolly to avoid energy
installations in the Gulf of Mexico, traders said.
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Biazon hits
‘surrender’ by RP govt
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The government will be
surrendering a constitutionally mandated electoral process if the
August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
are postponed supposedly...
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Palace names
ex-Sen. Recto NEDA chief
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President Gloria Arroyo has
appointed former Senator Ralph Recto as director general of the
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Executive
Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced Wednesday.
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FEATURE
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Igorot karate
teacher wins world championship
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BAGUIO CITY: Franklin Kawaen may
have represented the “wrong” country but to people in this
northern hideaway, he will always be one of them—an Igorot who has
brought pride and honor to the Philippines.
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Leftist hitmen
deployed for SONA
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Communist guerrillas are planning
to revive an assassination campaign in Metro Manila, the country’s
capital region, that claimed the lives of scores of soldiers and
police in the 1980s, a senior military official said Wednesday.
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