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Monday, July 13, 2009 |
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Rebels free Italian hostage |
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Eugenio Vagni found ‘abandoned’ by Abu Sayyaf
kidnappers
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The remaining International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker
held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf group for nearly six months was
released by his captors in Sulu province in southern Mindanao
around 12:10 a.m. of Sunday, officials said.
Eugenio Vagni, an Italian, was kidnapped in
Patikul town on January 15 with Andreas Notter, a Swiss, and
Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba during a humanitarian mission. Lacaba was
freed by the Abu Sayyaf on April 2 and Notter on April 18.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Soldier killed by NPA ahead of peace talks
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels ambushed a Philippine Army truck
ahead of scheduled peace talks with the government and killed a
soldier and wounded three more in the southern Philippine province
of Davao Oriental, officials said on Sunday.
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Palace, senators praise negotiators
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Malacañang commended the Local Crisis Management Committee of Sulu
for the release of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
volunteer, Italian Eugenio Vagni, who was kidnapped six months ago
by the Abu Sayyaf group in southern Philippines.
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MWSS keeps Laiban dam tender secret, even to NEDA
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THE Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) could be
exposing itself and the government to undue financial risks under a
negotiated deal with San Miguel Corp. to build the P52-billion
Laiban dam. But the state agency...
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MWSS officials: On sick leave, out of office, mum on Laiban
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FOR a regulatory agency, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System (MWSS) seems given to secrecy, even when it is now bidding
the biggest project of its 131-year existence.
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NOTES & COMMENT
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A shortcut to development?
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East asians traditionally place more value on the rule of good men
than they do on the writing of good laws. This is true of both
Confucian teaching and of personalist Southeast Asian
politics—whose enduring political myth is that of the “Just
King.”
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La Toya Jackson says Michael was ‘killed’
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LONDON: Michael Jackson was killed by a band of greedy hangers-on,
his sister La Toya alleged in interviews with British Sunday
newspapers.
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EXCLUSIVE
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Panlilio eyes youth vote for ‘reform’ candidates
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Gov. Ed Panlilio of Pampanga said “reform” candidates like
him are counting on the youth to choose non-traditional politicians
when they vote in next year’s elections.
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