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2nd DLSU student gets flu
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Confirmed cases up by seven, total at 29
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By Rommel C. Lontayao Reporter
Seven more confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) virus—including
another student from the De La Salle University (DLSU)—were
reported Thursday by the Department of Health.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said the
total number of cases of the dreaded flu in the Philippines reached
29 after a 20-year-old male international graduate student of De La
Salle and six other Filipinos who traveled to the United States
tested positive for A(H1N1).
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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TAMANO RESIGNS FROM UNO, JOINS NACIONALISTAS
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Adel Tamano on Thursday resigned as spokesman of the United
Opposition (UNO) and joined the Nacionalista Party of Sen. Manuel
Villar Jr., one of the leading aspirants for president in the 2010
elections.
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CARP bill divides militant lawmakers
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The House of Representatives extending for five years the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on Wednesday seemed to
have divided militant lawmakers who had all been behind it.
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Filipino households’ savings rate declining, ADB reports
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Household savings rates of Filipinos have been declining over the
years because of the impact of a growing young population on the
economy, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported Thursday.
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Pinoy farmers plant 3 new rice varieties
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Filipino farmers were to be given access to three new varieties of
rice that should help the country slash imports and produce more at
home, a research group said Thursday.
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Mancao returns safely to Philippines, held at NBI headquarters
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Former police Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao 2nd, a suspect in the
Salvador “Bubby” Dacer-Emmanuel Corbito double-murder case,
arrived in Manila Thursday, as he was extradited from the United
States.
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FEATURE
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Senators stumble on private parts
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Sen. Francis Escudero, the chairman of the Senate Committee on
Justice and Human Rights, finally got to sponsor on the floor
Wednesday night the anti-voyeurism bill, a consolidation of measures
that he and Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Pia Cayetano had
filed separately.
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Chinese authorities block Tiananmen commemoration
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BEIJING: China blanketed Tiananmen Square with police and security
forces on Thursday, blocking any attempt to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the deadly crackdown on mass democracy protests.
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Obama reiterates support for Palestinian state
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CAIRO: President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday that the United
States would not turn its back on the “legitimate” Palestinian
aspiration for a state, saying two states are the “only
resolution” to the conflict with Israel.
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