At least three fishermen were killed, while 67 others were reported missing when a giant wave as tall as a two-story building sank over 100 fishing boats in the South China Sea off Bangar, La Union Saturday night, the Philippine Navy reported yesterday.
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PASADENA, California (AFP) — Opportunity, the second of two US probes sent to explore the surface of Mars, landed safely late Saturday on the planet, the US space agency NASA said, as controllers worked to restore its crippled twin.
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Malacañang urged yesterday national candidates in the May 10 elections to conduct a more substantive issue-oriented campaign aimed at educating the Filipino voters of their platform of government and elevating the quality of dialogue and public policy as soon as they hit the campaign trail on Feb. 1
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Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. said yesterday he will restore the rule of law and ensure transparency in official transactions in the first 100 days of his administration to regain the public’s trust and confidence in government.
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Some 3,000 Filipino Muslims will take part in this year’s “hajj” or the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2.
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HONG KONG (AP) — More than 50 Filipino maids protested outside the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong Sunday against their government’s decision to raise its charge for processing employment contracts.
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No more tax forms to fill up this April.
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Vice President Teofisto T. Guingona Jr. yesterday clarified that he intends to remain non-partisan despite several invitations for him to become a political adviser of opposition presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.
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President Arroyo said yesterday that the government will apply its "iron fist" to neutralize the remaining kidnap-for-ransom groups in the country.
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Bishop Antonio Tobias was formally installed yesterday as the new bishop of the diocese of Novaliches, replacing resigned Bishop Teodoro Bacani Jr. The ceremony was held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Fairview, Quezon City.
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Petitioner Victorino Fornier, through his lawyer, Andresito Fornier, filed yesterday a 40-page motion for reconsideration with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc after the First Division junked his petition seeking the disqualification of Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) standard
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Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr. has assured Mindanaoans that resolving the political, social, and economic woes of the South will be among the top priorities of the united opposition ticket under a post-Arroyo administration.
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CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac — Patrol ships and helicopters continue to comb the coasts of La Union, Pangasinan and the rest of the Lingayen Gulf in search for about 22 fishermen still lost at sea when their boats were caught in a sudden storm that struck the South China Sea off Bangar, La Union Saturday nig
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