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Will a snap presidential election save the country from its current political crisis?
President Gloria Arroyo has said that her government is one step ahead of the enemies of the state. This comes after the Armed Forces of the Philippines had quelled the threats of military adventurism fuelled by persistent questions on the legitimacy of her assumption to office and subsequent calls for her to step down which continue to hound her administration and set back the country's economic gains.
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NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER DUE TODAY (AFP)
Chile’s President-elect Michelle Bachelet (left) waves to crowd beside New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark before a meeting in Santiago. Clark attended Bachelet’s inauguration last Saturday. She is scheduled to arrive in Manila today to start a four-day state visit here in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Philippines-New Zealand diplomatic relations.
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2 cargo vessels collide near Cebu harbor; all 22 crewmen rescued
A cargo ship sank after it collided with another cargo vessel at the entrance of Cebu harbor Saturday, but no casualty was reported.
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President Arroyo yesterday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to deal with lingering threats posed by some quarters who seek to overthrow her government.
The President issued the directive as she warned that she would not hesitate to "sternly enforce the rule of law in the streets" despite having lifted the state of national emergency she had previously promulgated to quell the alleged rebellion last Feb. 24.
"I am directing the police and military...
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RP set to export 200 MT hybrid rice to Bangladesh
For the first time in 30 years, the Philippines is stepping back to the world market as a rice exporter with 200 metric tons (MT) of hybrid rice seeds to be shipped to Bangladesh beginning August this year.
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Kings notch win No. 2
DEFENDING CHAMPION Barangay Ginebra held off Sta. Lucia Realty, 98-93, last night to notch its second straight win and gain a share of the lead in the Gran Matador Brandy 2006 PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum. |
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FUEL ISSUES AT ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo presides at a round-table discussion on fuel issues and other developments with (from left) Chairman Nicasio Alcantara of Petron, Secretary Peter Favila of the Department of Trade and Industry, and Secretary Raphael Lotilla of the Department of Energy at the Briefing Room in Malacañang. (Ramon I. Samson)
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Northern and eastern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers.
Manila Bay will be slight to moderate.
Temperature range – 22.8°C – 31.8°C
Tides — High: 11:38 a.m., 0.31 m.
Low: 4:55 a.m., -0.09 m.
Sunrise — 6:05 a.m.
Sunset — 6:06 p.m.
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