ZAMBOANGA CITY—Government forces trooped to the islets of Tawi-Tawi province scouring nearby villages to intercept a bandit team following the confirmation of reports regarding the abduction of three foreign sailors— two Malaysians and one Indonesian— from Linkian Island, Sabah, Malaysia Sunday even
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COTABATO CITY (PNA) — The military has heightened its alert status in Central Mindanao in anticipation to the possible entry of Abu Sayyaf members who remain at large following their recent escape from jail in Isabela City, Basilan.
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MALOLOS CITY —The water level at the Angat Dam has fallen below the critical line and irrigation supply to farmlands in Bulacan and Pampanga has now been stopped.
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ILAGAN, Isabela — Having seen the benefits of planting hybrid rice to the farmers, the provincial government of Isabela has vowed to support all farmers who like to shift to planting hybrid rice instead of traditional rice varieties.
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TEACHERS CAMP, Baguio City – This sprawling government-owned complex, where the American Thomasites established the first public school in 1908, will serve as the venue of the 2004 Youth and Environment Summer (YES) camp on April 14-18.
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LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Former congressman Andres Cosalan Sr., who had served as lawmaker here for 14 long years, has endorsed the congressional bid of outgoing Gov. Raul "Rocky" Molintas.
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BAAO, Camarines Sur – Congressman Felix "Nancing" Alfelor Jr. (Lakas-CMD, 4th district of Camarines Sur) told members of the local media here that the 4th engineering district of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) started the construction of the Boncodin Highway, a flagship project o
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IMUS, Cavite – Carrying the banner of performance, ousted Mayor Homer Saquilayan and members of his Partido Magdalo ticket are stepping up their campaign in this town.
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SAN JULIAN, Eastern Samar — A youth movement against "money politics" is catching fire in this town amid fears of massive vote-buying and other illegal campaign activities by moneyed candidates in the May 10 elections.
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BOGO, Cebu — Bogo Mayor Celestino Martinez III says reports that tagged him as a supporter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) are not true and insisted that the stories being peddled are part of the smear campaign initiated by political rivals.
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ILOILO CITY — Former Iloilo city mayor Mansueto Malabor and councilor Raul Gonzalez Jr. are in a tight race for the lone congressional seat in Iloilo City.
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CEBU CITY — For helping two barangay councilors secure character loans with a private lending company chargeable to their honoraria, the barangay treasurer of Kalunasan in this city was herself haled by the Visayas Ombudsman for failing to remit on time the monthly installment payment to the lending
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Mar "Mr. Palengke" Roxas, the pride of Capiz, topped a Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) survey as he gained wide support not only from the youth, but also from the elderly here who recalled how his grandfather, the late President Manuel A. Roxas, helped the resistance movement in Mindanao against the Ja
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CEBU CITY — A police officer who fired a warning shot on two motorcyle-riding young men for not stopping at a checkpoint here has been accused of homicide after his victim later died in a hospital.
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DAVAO CITY (PNA) — Fish yields in Davao Gulf must be reduced by 16 percent, a team from the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas said after conducting a 15-month resource assessment study of the gulf from 2000 to 2001.
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military has expressed relief following the killing of an Abu Sayyaf sub-commander and trusted man of bandit leader Khadaffy Janjalani along with six others on Holy Thursday in Barangay Makiri, Lantawan, Basilan.
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Three local elementary school campus journalists made a history in this city when they emerged champions in three national individual writing competitions conducted this school year by the Department of Education (DepEd).
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KORONADAL CITY — The city government has revolutionized its anti-poverty program by setting aside P30 million for loans to ordinary city residents without interest and collateral.
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DIGOS CITY — The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) says there is actually nothing new in the New York Times revelation that the imperialist powers, chiefly the US, have all along been behind the Arroyo regime’s "intensified anti-terror drives."
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