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Ajuy vice mayor shot dead,
PNP eyes politics as
motive
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BACOLOD CITY: Just a day before his 50th birthday, Ajuy Vice Mayor
Ramon Rojas was gunned down at about 5 a.m. Friday while
brisk-walking at Barangay Central, Ajuy, Iloilo province.
Rojas, 49, was declared dead on arrival less
than an hour later at Sara District Hospital, succumbing to three
fatal gunshot wounds on the head, chest and abdomen.
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Ex-PNP chief now ‘jueteng operator,’
says Archbishop Cruz
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OUTSPOKEN Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz alleged Wednesday
that a retired Philippine National Police (PNP) director general is
the operator of “jueteng,” an illegal numbers game, in the whole
province of Pangasinan.
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Armed men gun down Isabela
councilor
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ILAGAN, Isabela: Unidentified armed men shot dead a councilor of a
remote southeastern town here at a little past 2 a.m. Thursday, and
police authorities are still in the dark on the identities of the
suspects and the motive for the slay.
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Trade dept. launches veggie noodles project
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CABANATUAN CITY: The industry of vegetable-fortified noodles
received a big push Thursday after three government agencies vowed
to assist local entrepreneurs and provide nutritious food for the
marginalized sector.
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‘Defeat of insurgency promotes growth’
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The President urges local government officials to
initiate localized peace talks
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BACOLOD CITY: After an afternoon of diving and
sleeping in what was known as the haven of insurgents in the 1980s,
President Gloria Arroyo cited Sipalay City in southern Negros
Occidental as a model that “validates the thesis that defeating
insurgency promotes growth.”
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MILF wary of military presence in Basilan
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Muslim rebels engaged in peace talks with Manila on
Thursday warned that the presence of military forces near their
camps could spark fighting in the southern island of Basilan.
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Revolutionary movement has
weakened, says Sec. Teodoro
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro
disclosed on Wednesday that the CPP-NPA revolutionary movement has
weakened and that its armed members are thinning in number.
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