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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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DINKY SOLIMAN RELEASED TO CORY’S CUSTODY (AFP)
Former Social Welfare Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman (left) is placed in the custody of former President Corazon C. Aquino (right) by the Manila City Prosecutor’s Office after Soliman’s arrest for ‘illegal assembly’ while walking at Manila’s Baywalk Friday night. Mrs. Aquino immediately went to visit Soliman at the police headquarters when she learned of the arrest.
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File sabotage raps against smugglers, tax evaders — GMA
President Arroyo yesterday called the country’s two revenue-collecting agencies to charge individuals involved in smuggling and tax evasion with economic sabotage.
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Cardinal Rosales in Rome awaiting rites
Pope Benedict XVI yesterday accepted the resignation of Palo Archbishop Pedro Dean and named Archbishop Jose Palma of Calbayog as his successor.
In February 2005, Archbishop Dean tendered his resignation to the Holy Father in accordance with the Canon Law which requires priests to submit their...
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Natural gas a sustainable fuel for the next 60 years
On a global sphere, natural gas is seen as a sustainable fuel to run power plants and other key industries for the next 60 years, a life span seen to last longer than oil but way shorter than that of coal, according to studies.
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Pals hope defense will work
HONG KONG — Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals coach Derick Pumaren is right when he said defense would key their success in the Gran Matador Brandy 2006 PBA Philippine Cup. Lack of it led to their fall in their first two games. |
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ARMY PRESS CONFERENCE.
Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon (right), chief of the Philippine Army, announces plans for the week-long 109th anniversary celebration of the Army starting Monday, March 20, in a press conference at Fort Bonifacio. Beside him is Brig. Gen. Victor Ibrado, chief of staff of the Army. Esperon said the Armed Forces of the Philippines has survived the destabilization moves by some soldiers. (Tony Pionilla)
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Eastern and southern Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated brief rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Manila Bay will be slight to moderate.
Temperature range – 22.2°C – 32.5°C
Tides — High: 12:15 p.m., 0.81 m.
Low: 5:40 a.m., 0.28 m.
Sunrise — 6:01 a.m.
Sunset — 6:07 p.m.
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