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Immigrations steps up drive
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Human trafficking syndicates are again actively using
Southeast Asian and some Philippine airports as transit points for
Canada and Europe
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CEBU CITY: The Bureau of Immigration region 7 is renewing its drive
against human trafficking to lessen, if not eradicate, the
increasing number of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),
who are suffering abroad, reported the Philippine News Agency.
The bureau’s region 7 Director Reynaldo
Almaden said his office has the power to stop passengers from
leaving if there is a hold-departure order from the court, if he or
she is in the watch list, or if he or she is a threat to national
security.
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Police unearth bodies of murdered couple,
relatives of Security Adviser Gonzales
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SANTO DOMINGO, Nueva Ecija: Combined operatives of Bataan and Nueva
Ecija police unearthed from a 40-feet grave the bodies of a couple,
reportedly relatives of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales,
of Balanga City over the weekend.
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Earthquake hits Northern Luzon,
strongest in Batan
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HONG KONG: An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit off
the island of Luzon on Sunday, according to a bulletin released by
the Hong Kong Observatory.
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2 media groups petition
court in behalf of Adonis
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TWO media organizations, the Center for Media Freedom and
Responsibilty (CMFR) and National Union of Journalist of the
Philippines (NUJP)...
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National nutrition survey for 2008 begins
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ROXAS City: The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) starts this month
and will go on until December 2008, reported Panay News. The survey
aims to collect data on food, nutrition and health situation,
National Statistical Coordinating Board Secretary-General Romulo
Virola said.
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Davao City radioman in
broadcaster’s slay yields
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DAVAO CITY: A block-time broadcast journalist earlier tagged as a
principal suspect in the fatal shooting of a fellow broadcaster on
Christmas eve last year, gave himself up to face the murder charges
leveled on him, reported the Philippine News Agency on Sunday.
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LandBank loan offers farmers
chance to boost food security
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DUMAGUETE City: The Provincial Agriculturist Office in Negros
Oriental is urging farmers to avail themselves of a loan scheme
offered by the Land Bank of the Philippines to bolster food security
in the country, reported the Philippine News Agency.
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