The Sandiganbayan Special Division granted yesterday afternoon former President Joseph Estrada a 36-hour special pass to visit his 98-year-old ailing mother, Doña Mary Ejercito, who is now confined at San Juan Medical Center.
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NASIPIT, Agusan del Norte — At least six people, mostly youths aged 13 to 19 years old, were killed, nine others were injured, and ten persons are still believed to be buried beneath the rubble of an old kiln-dry building of the mothballed Nasipit Lumber Company in Barangay 4 that collapsed at
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Tropical depression “Butchoy” in east of Mindanao intensified into a storm yesterday noon as it moved northwest towards Eastern Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday urged the electorate to reject cronies of the Marcos and Estrada regimes who are vying for elective posts in the May elections, warning that they could return the country to the dark ages of cronyism and corruption.
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ILIGAN CITY — Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr. said in a rally here the other night that he will put the development of Mindanao on top of his agenda if he is elected President in May.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Opposition presidential candidate Panfilo Lacson urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday to use their intelligence work to ensure that the May 10 elections will be honest, peaceful and orderly.
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ORMOC CITY – Poll survey results indicating a downslide in presidential bet Raul Roco’s rating failed anew to dampen the former senator’s determination to win the May 10 elections as he led the Alyansa ng Pag-asa ticket in a two-day campaign swing in Leyte province.
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Bro. Eddie Villanueva, standardbearer of Bangon Pilipinas, will face some of the best minds in the country during an open forum at 7 p.m. today, March 19, at the Sign of the Anvil, 5th Floor, Equitable-PCI Bank Tower I, Makati Avenue. cor. H.V. dela Costa Street, Makati City.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British police are investigating a ''definitive link'' between the attackers who carried out the Madrid bombings and al Qaeda supporters based in Britain, a police spokesman said on Friday.
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SARIAYA, Philippines (AFP) - Nine people were killed and 13 others injured after a bus crashed into a cargo truck just south of the Philippine capital on Friday, police said.
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MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines has repeated its call for observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), saying this would help it find peace with Muslim separatists, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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Manila (dpa) - Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada was released from detention Friday to visit his ailing mother who has been confined in hospital since last week.
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Manila (dpa) - Nine people were killed and 14 others injured Friday when a passenger bus sideswiped a dump truck in a Philippine province, police said.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) _ Authorities said Friday they have arrested a Muslim guerrilla who confessed to kidnapping an American man in the southern Philippines four years ago.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot Friday while campaigning for this weekend's presidential election, but their injuries were not life-threatening, a senior official said.
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