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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo joined yesterday the rest of the Catholic faithful all over the world in grieving over the passing away of Pope John Paul II and declared a period of national mourning until the Pontiff is laid to his final resting place.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — From every corner of the world, the redrobed "princes" of the Roman Catholic Church headed toward the Vatican yesterday to prepare for the secret duty they were appointed to carry out — gathering in the Sistine Chapel to elect the successor for the late Pope John Paul II.
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Senate President Franklin M. Drilon was elected President of the ongoing 112th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly by the union’s governing council at the start of the convention proper yesterday at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.
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The Sandiganbayan Special Division cautioned yesterday the prosecutors and the lawyers of former President Joseph Estrada against issuing offensive remarks that "tend to demean the administration of justice.’’
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Vatican and Italian officials begin filing past the body of Pope John Paul II to pay their last respects. Among the first dignitaries to do so was Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, followed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and members of the Italian cabinet. The Pope’s body was lying in state in the Clementine Room of the Apostolic Palace. |
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Metro Manila:Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Cebu:Partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers.
Davao: Mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers.
Sunrise — 5:50 .a.m.
Sunset — 6:08 p.m. |
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POPE JOHN PAUL II LIES IN STATE (AFP)
