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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
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JPE warns of chaos
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Next president to find govt coffers empty |
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By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay: Failure of
the computerized elections in 2010 would cause “chaos” but, if
the polls succeeded, the winner would find the government coffers
“empty,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said over the
weekend.
“I would like to urge the
people through the [people of Legazpi City] to be very, very careful
in this coming election of the leaders who will handle the
Philippines in 2010 and beyond,” he said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Comelec removes 6
million from list
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Some six million registered
voters nationwide were removed from the voters’ list in the first
four months of 2009, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced
Monday.
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Pig stink may sink
GMA’s House bid
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PORAC, Pampanga: President Gloria
Arroyo’s chances of winning a congressional seat in the 2010
elections in the Second District of her home province of Pampanga
are very slim.
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Lakers
defeat Magic to win NBA crown
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ORLANDO, Florida: The Los Angeles
Lakers won their 15th National Basketball Championship with a 99-86
victory over the Orlando Magic here Sunday (Monday in Manila) behind
Kobe Bryant’s game-high 30-point performance.
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DOH CONFIRMS
COMMUNITY OUTBREAK OF FLU VIRUS
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The Department of Health (DOH) on
Monday confirmed the Philippines’ first case of a community
outbreak of Influenza A(H1N1) after eight people in a village in
Jaen, Nueva Ecija tested positive for the new virus strain.
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Britain reports
first A(H1N1) death outside of Americas
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LONDON: Authorities appealed for
calm on Monday after Britain confirmed the first A(H1N1) death
outside the Americas and the pandemic spread to isolated island
communities in Asia.
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DOJ prepares probe
of Ruby Rose murder
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The Department of Justice on
Monday took over the celebrated Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez murder
case after murder charges were filed against eight suspects,
including the victim’s estranged husband, Manuel Jimenez 3rd or
Third.
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Remittances
growing more slowly, says BSP
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Money sent home by overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs) and migrants grew slower in April compared
with March despite the sustained demand for Filipino workers abroad,
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Monday.
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Israeli PM
endorses creation of Palestine
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RAMAT GAN, Israel: Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday endorsed for the first time
the creation of a Palestinian state, provided it was demilitarized,
after weeks of pressure from Washington.
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PSE, ‘The
Times’ launch new game
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Encouraged by the overwhelming
response to a stock-market game in 2008, The Manila Times and the
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) again launched an online competition
aimed at encouraging people to invest in stocks.
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