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Monday, March 16, 2009 |
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Teachers’ kidnappers either MILF or ASG |
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While the military says it still is validating
intelligence reports, it may be other rebel groups
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By Jefferson Antiporda And James Konstantin Galvez, Reporters
Seemingly certain that Muslim rebels kidnapped three teachers three
days ago in Mindanao, the military challenged groups leading some of the insurgents
to crack the whip if it turned out that their members were behind
the abduction.
Ernesto Torres, the chief of the Public
Information Office of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, on Sunday
said intelligence reports supposedly point to rebels from the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) or the Abu Sayyaf as the kidnappers.
He added, though, that were still validating the reports.
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Mindanao getting P8.8 billion in fresh public funding for roads, bridges this year
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CARMEN, Cotabato: The whole of Mindanao is getting some P8.8 billion
in fresh public funding this year for roads and bridges, Rep.
Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza of Cotabato disclosed Sunday.
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Boat sinks off Cagayan coast, 2 die
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TUGUEGARAO CITY: Two people died when their boat on sank off
Cagayan’s Pacific coast on Sunday morning. The victims were
identified as Baby Pascua and Hilario Hidalgo, who drowned while
their motorized banca sank off Sitio Adeling...
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PASG intercepts illegal lumber in Quezon
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A truckload of illegally cut lumber intended for shipment to Taiwan
was intercepted by elements of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group
(PASG) along the Atimonan-Quezon highway.
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Filipino expert in biotechnology slams negative campaign
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A UP Mindanao professor urged government to revolutionize its policy
on biotechnology and support scientists doing work on parlaying
local biological research to promote genetically improved crops in
situ and thus compete or even beat their colleagues in the US,
Canada, Singapore, China and Vietnam.
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Vigan bags Presidential award for being RP’s Most Child-Friendly City
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VIGAN CITY: Vigan City won the Presidential Award for being the
country’s “Most Child-Friendly Component City” in a nationwide
search conducted by the Council for the Welfare of Children in 2008,
reported the Philippine News Agency.
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