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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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CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOR KOREAN SPEAKER.
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. of the House of Representatives (right) greets Speaker Kim Won-Ki of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea at the historic landmark Manila Hotel. Speaker De Venecia later presented the Congressional Medal of Achievement to the Korean leader in appreciation of the latter’s concerns and efforts for enhancing the friendship between the two countries. (Manny Llanes)
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Benedict XVI extends term of Cardinal Vidal
CEBU CITY — Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal yesterday announced that he will continue serving as Archbishop of Cebu following the personal invitation of Pope Benedict XVI for him to continue his apostolic work even as he reached the retirement age for cardinals.
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15 nations represented in Mactan meeting
MACTAN, Cebu – President Arroyo yesterday urged international religious leaders and government officials at the Regional Interfaith Cooperation for Peace, Development, and Human Dignity to promote interfaith dialogues in fighting terrorism around the world.
"What we are doing here today is...
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Solicitor General Alfredo Benipayo submits resignation
Solicitor General Alfredo L. Benipayo yesterday tendered his irrevocable resignation amidst a series of legal battles the government is now facing, including the controversial Proclamation 1017 being heard at the Supreme Court .
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POC OK of Pilipinas Basketball seen
THE Philippine Olympic Committee is expected to approve the draft by-laws and constitution of Pilipinas Basketball in an executive committee meeting today hoping that this would finally put an end to the excruciating stalemate that has shamed the country’s national pastime over the past year.
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ROSARIO BELTRAN
wife of partylist Rep. Crispin Beltran, goes on a door-to-door signature campaign among the colleagues of her husband at the House of Representatives to speed up the petition to release the 73 year old congressman. (Richard Vinas)
Cooperation for Peace, Development, and Human Dignity at the Shangri-La Hotel at the Mactan Island Resort on Mactan, Cebu. Seated are Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. Some 150 delegates from 15 countries are attending the conference.
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Eastern section of Luzon and Visayas and the whole of Mindanao 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 moderate to occasionally rough.
Temperature range – 24.0°C – 32.0°C
Tides — High: 11:13 a.m., 0.43 m.
Low: 3:47 p.m., 0.20 m.
Sunrise — 6:04 a.m.
Sunset — 6:06 p.m.
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