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Pope names 2 new bishops
Pope Benedict XVI shows special concern on RP
Feast of Sto. Niño today; processions, rites all over country
The Roman Catholic Church and devotees to the Santo Niño celebrate the feast day of the Child Jesus today with masses, novenas, processions, parades, exhibits, and other merry-making rites in His honor.
JdV clarifies parliamentary system proposal
House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. clarified yesterday that the French-type parliamentary system he proposed would only be good during the three-year transition period beginning 2007 after which the country will be adopting a British model with a strong prime minister and a ceremonial president.
Abra town mayor killed by lone gunman
LA PAZ, Abra – Mayor Marc Ysrael Bernos of this town was killed by a lone gunman while watching a basketball game last Friday night, and Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo Reyes yesterday ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to leave no stone unturned in investigating the murder.
170 Filipino Muslim pilgrims arrive from Makkah
The first batch of 170 Filipino pilgrims led by Maguindanao Gov. Datu Andal Ampatuan arrived yesterday in Manila from Makkah, Saudi Arabia, where a deadly hajj stampede in the Mina Valley resulted in the deaths of 345 and injury to over 300 pilgrims.
Electronic payment system readied for 1,502 municipalities
Khalid Ataya, chief executive officer of the SkyMark Financial, owner of the Vancouver-based PayGen International and the international card association Cashless Card, arrived yesterday to launch an electronic payment system that is expected to speed up the delivery of social and economic services in the country’s 1,502 municipalities under the auspices of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP).
48 NPA fighters, leaders surrender in Agusan del Sur
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur — Forty-eight New People’s Army (NPA) fighters, including four commanders, voluntarily surrendered and swore allegiance to the government before top officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at an Army brigade headquarters in sitio Awa, barangay New Leyte, Prosperidad town the other day, a regional Army spokesman reported yesterday.
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