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Monday, July 06, 2009 |
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Five die in
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Military blames MILF, but rebels deny bombing |
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By Al Jacinto, Correspondent
ZAMBOANGA CITY: At least five
people were killed and about three dozens wounded in a bomb attack
Sunday near a Catholic church in Cotabato City in the southern
Philippines.
The Catholic Notre Dame
Broadcasting Corp. said the bomb exploded at around 8:20 a.m. near
restaurants and stalls selling roasted pigs outside the church in
downtown Cotabato, also home to minority Muslims.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Talks with MILF to
resume in July
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The government expects to resume
peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
this month, saying it is just waiting for Malaysia’s go ahead
before formal talks could begin.
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P10-B worth of
advances unliquidated
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Unliquidated cash advances of
national government agencies and local governments have ballooned to
P10 billion, prompting the Commission on Audit (COA) to restore the
pre-audit of select government transactions...
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SECRECY, RUSH MARK
TENDER OF BIG DAM
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The government is giving bidders
only five working days to initiate a challenge to the unsolicited
proposal of San Miguel Corp.—the food-beverage giant controlled by
Marcos crony Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr....
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Prayers for
‘Cory’ keep pouring in
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Prayers and supports continued to
pour in on Sunday as former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino’s
former Cabinet members, friends and supporters trooped again at a
chapel in Greenbelt in Makati City to pray...
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FEATURE
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Enrile wins over
people with tirades
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Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile is getting swamped with laudatory comments from grateful
consumers in print, over the airwaves and in the Internet after his
tirades against “predatory practices”...
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Myanmar gamble
backfires for UN’s Ban–analysts
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BANGKOK: Myanmar’s junta has
dealt a humiliating blow to Ban Ki-moon’s credibility, but the UN
chief must use the setback to push the regime’s powerful allies to
finally take a tough stance, analysts said.
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Jackson fans
prepare farewell to ‘King of Pop’
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LOS ANGELES: Hundreds of millions
of fans across the world will bid a final farewell to Michael
Jackson on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) in a lavish memorial to the
tragic “King of Pop” expected to bring America..
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Senators slam
‘media harassment’ by soldiers
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The Nacionalista Party led by
Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. and Sen. Loren Legarda joined the National
Union of Journalists and the Commission on Human Rights over the
weekend in slamming the military for preventing 52 journalists...
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