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Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
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USNS Mercy leaves
Mindanao |
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The hospital ship sails to Samar for a series of
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By Al Jacinto, Correspondent
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A US medical
mission in the southern Philippines was halted after an attack on
one of its helicopter while ferrying patients near Cotabato City.
The American Embassy in Manila on
Wednesday confirmed the attack a day after the US Navy announced it
suspended the humanitarian mission of the USNS Mercy hospital ship
in Mindanao.
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Angeles City marks
110th Independence Day
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ANGELES CITY: The Philippines’
first Independence Day anniversary originally celebrated here in
1899 by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo will be reenacted at the historic
Pamintuan Mansion here today with former Mayor Ed Pamintuan...
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Top MNLF leader
backs Ampatuan re-election
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COTABATO CITY: A top leader of
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has openly supported the
re-election bid of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan,...
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‘Delayed but not
detained,’ says police
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Police
Chief Superintendent Ameto Gil Tolentino, Regional Director of
Police Regional Office 02, issued a statement regarding the alleged
detention of Congressman Carlos Padilla...
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Environmental
advocates picket
South Korean Embassy over Rapu-Rapu mines
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ENVIRONMENTALISTS picketed the
South Korean embassy in Manila on Wednesday to demand the closure of
a controversial Korean-controlled mine in the eastern Philippines,
witnesses said.
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