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Monday, March 03, 2008

 

Homemade bomb rocks Jolo, Sulu

Authorities largely blamed previous attacks on bars to the Abu Sayyaf group

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A homemade bomb ripped through a bar near a military base in the largely Muslim province of Sulu, wounding six people, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said bomb experts were investigating the type of explosive used in the attack late Sunday at the bar owned by a retired soldier in the village of Busbus just within meters of a military base in Jolo town. Four women and two Army intelligence agents were wounded in the attack.

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BALANGA City, Bataan: Bishop Socrates Villegas in a pastoral letter read Sunday chided not only those in power but also those wanting the leader to be changed for allegedly having the same selfish motive—that of ransacking the country’s coffers.

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: A Catholic schoolteacher has been suspended by his superiors for having allegedly molested some pupils, a move in anticipation of the filing of criminal charges against the suspect by parents of the allegedly molested pupils.

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LEGAZPI CITY: The problem of malnutrition among school children is directly linked with the high incidence of poverty in the region. Aiming to reduce malnutrition among schoolchildren in Bicol, Albay Rep. Al Francis Bichara together with the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture has established the “Modelong Gulayan sa Eskuwelahan” project in public schools.

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MALOLOS CITY: Two suspected members of a notorious hijack group were killed while six others were arrested after a brief firefight with lawmen in Barangay Patubig, Marilao town Saturday night, reported the Philippine News Agency.

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