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Do you think that the Catholic Church will not anymore be involved in such "political matters"?
As a senior Catholic Church leader advised outspoken bishops of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to shun politics and focus more on the young and the poor, the question remains if the Church can shift from making concerns on political matters, to promoting moral values and defense of family and life. He added that "we have to use new approaches, techniques, and methodologies with our new leadership under Bishop Angel Lagdameo".
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8 STUDENTS DIED HERE.
Firemen battle a blaze that destroyed this two-story commercial-residential building at 833 P. Campa St., Sampaloc, Manila early yesterday morning. The fire broke out at 3:36 a.m. and was placed under control at 5:46 a.m. The fire trapped and killed eight students who were boarders in the building. (Pol Briana Jr.)
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1986 Con-Com chief Cecilia Muñoz Palma laid to rest today
The late Supreme Court Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma, also President of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. today, Jan. 10, at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City after a requiem mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Broadway, New Manila, Quezon City.
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Farewell to the first woman Supreme Court Justice and President of the 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission, Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma
BORN on November 22, 1913, the late Supreme Court Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma achieved much in her lifetime. After obtaining a law degree from the University of the Philippines (UP), she topped the Bar examinations in 1937 with a rating of 92.6 percent. She went on to obtain two master of laws degrees. She was subsequently conferred nine honorary doctorates, seven of them in law, by universities here and abroad.
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Killer fire also hurts 4 others
Eight students died while four others were injured when a fire hit a boarding house in Sampaloc, Manila, yesterday morning.
Four of the fatalities were identified as Joey Dangaran, 25, Jelmar Capati, 19, Mark Lester Relente, 22, and Vanessa Lachica, 25.
Fire investigators are still trying to...
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Average 182-day T-bill rate falls to 6.435% from 6.807%
The average 182-day rate fell to 6.435 percent from 6.807 percent previously, with tenders reaching P9.01 billion. But bids for the 91-day T-bill were rejected by the auction committee due to the high rates submitted.
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Philippine National Police Manila Police District 105th Anniversary
THE Manila Police District (MPD) is one of Manila’s landmark institutions. It has its own history and helped reshape Old Manila into what it is now today. Giving the public the highest level of performance in maintaining peace and order, it has helped make Manila the premier city in the Philippines. This is why the officers and men of the MPD have been called "Manila’s Finest."
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GMA to award Team Philippines
NO LESS than the country’s number one sports supporter will cheer and honor the top achievers of 2005 during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards Night on January 14 at the Manila Pavilion. |
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PSC to step up Asiad preparations
THE first batch of athletes that will train overseas for the Asian Games in Qatar may be sent off as early as March, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said yesterday. |
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THREE KINGS
The three kings — Melchor, Gaspar, and Baltazar —ride on horseback on Kalaw Ave., Ermita, Manila at yesterday’s celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany or Three Kings presented by Casino Español. Along the way, the ‘three kings’ distributed candies to children. (Ramon I. Samson)
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Southern Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms becoming widespread rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides over the eastern section of Mindanao. Rest of Visayas will have mostly cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Manila Bay will be moderate to rough.
Temperature range – 20.4°C – 28.0°C
Tides — High: 5:30 p.m., 0.75 m.
Low: 1:22 a.m., 0.20 m.
Sunrise — 6:23 a.m.
Sunset — 5:42 p.m.
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