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Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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Fighting in Sarangani ends
but tension still going high |
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Armed men sighted at the boundary of Maitum and
Malibong
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MAITUM, SARANGANI: Villagers held captives by
suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants were
reportedly freed Wednesday evening as military reinforcements backed
with helicopter gunship arrived at the coastal town of Maitum in
Sarangani, Thursday.
A civilian volunteer was reported killed while
one was seriously wounded when suspected Moro extremist group
attacked earlier, three military detachments in Barangays Mindupok,
Maguling and Tuculab.
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Govt forces, MILF trade
accusations over clashes
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Fighting ceased on Thursday between government
forces and Muslim rebels in Mindanao even as both sides have blamed
each other of breaking a seven-year old truce.
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Troops arrest suspected
Abu Sayyaf man in Sulu
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Soldiers arrested a member of the al-Qaeda-linked
Abu Sayyaf group in the southern island of Sulu, where security
forces are tracking down militants blamed for the recent kidnapping
of a television news crew.
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MMDA orders deployment of its personnel,
equipment to Visayas
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has deployed
150 of its personnel and more than 20 heavy equipments to the
Visayas region to perform flood control and sidewalk clearing
operations.
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DSWD activates 24-hour inquiry
desks, conducts stress debriefing
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CEBU CITY: Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral
on Thursday said that the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) has activated 24-hour social welfare inquiry
desks for families of the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars.
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Search for missing fishermen
in La Union continues
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union: Government authorities and volunteers
continue their search and rescue operations for the remaining 12
fishermen missing in Agoo, La Union, after the Philippine Navy
dispatched on Thursday two helicopters to scour the coastal areas of
Ilocos Norte up to Zambales.
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Executive Order defines pocket
open skies at Clark, Subic airports
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CLARK FREEPORT: A travel group said on Thursday that the existing
Executive Order (EO) 500-A opens up a pocket open skies at the
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark and Subic
Bay International Airport (SBIA).
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