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Sunday, June 15, 2008

 

Ransom for Ces, others attracts Abu recruits

SULU: Recruits are flocking to join Muslim extremists who are holding a prominent broadcaster and her cameraman hostage in southern Philippines, an intelligence official said on Saturday.

Those who signed up for the Abu Sayyaf group are hoping to have some of the huge ransom the Abu Sayyaf is demanding in exchange for the release of the multi-awarded ABS-CBN reporter Ces Drilon, her cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and their guide, Professor Octavio Dinampo of Mindanao State University, according to an official who refused to be named.

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Members of the House of Representatives have proposed the creation of a Department of Information and Communications Technology, a move that is seen to split the Department of Transportation and Communications.

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Lawyer Rafaelito Garayblas, the secretary of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, on Saturday dismissed negative comments being made against him in the light of a failed attempt on his life.

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A group of travel associations recently expressed its disapproval of Executive Order 500-B, warning it would grant 5th freedom rights to foreign carriers and take away the mandate of the Civil Aeronautics Board to impose restriction on air rights as spelled out under Republic Act 776.

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