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ONLINE POLL
As DOJ chief, does Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez lend dignity to his office with his controversial media pronouncements?

As one of the most outspoken and staunchest defender of the Arroyo administration, his daily press statements on pending legal cases have generated mixed reactions from various sectors of the society and from both sides of the political fence.
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Partial poll automation seen in 2007
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SENATOR MADRIGAL AT LA MESA DAM.
Sen. Jamby Madrigal tastes the fresh water at La Mesa Dam during an inspection visit to the area where a housing project has been proposed to be built. The senator is leading a Senate inquiry on the danger to Manila’s drinking water posed by the project. (Tony Pionilla)
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Solons urge GMA: Reciprocate Saudi King’s kindness
spacer Muslim lawmakers yesterday asked President Arroyo to reciprocate the kindness shown to Filipinos by the Saudi Arabian monarchy by releasing from various Metro Manila jails hundreds of Muslim women facing charges and by giving more than 2,000 Muslim detainees equal access to speedy justice.
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Santy virtual Tour champ
spacer TAGAYTAY CITY — Inspired by his fiancee, who has been waiting for him at the finish line since Day 1, Santy Barnachea lived up to his vow of keeping Air21 ace Frederick Feliciano within sight in the two critical stages of the Tour Pilipinas 2006 Padyak Pinoy.
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The House of Representatives is batting for a partial automation of the 2007 elections as its leadership moved to speed up the search for legislative support for the proposal. With the House leadership confident of getting bipartisan support for the measure, two House panels presented House...
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Pimentel asks House allies to hold 2nd impeachment case
spacer Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. asked yesterday his allies in the minority opposition bloc at the House of Representatives to stop their plans to file a second impeachment complaint against President Arroyo.
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4-month net foreign buying at PSE up 61% to P19.5 B
spacer Net foreign buying in the Philippine Stock Exchange rose 61.3 percent during the first four months of the year to P19.49 billion from P12.09 billion a year ago as investors’ perceptions about the country’s economic and political prospects improve.
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CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER SWORN IN.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo swears in Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales in Malacañang Thursday, May 18, 2006. At right is the Commissioner’s wife Shirley Morales. Morales was sworn in after more than five months as acting commissioner. (Ramon I. Samson)
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WEATHER
Northern and Central Luzon and Palawan will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Temp. range: 32.8°C – 25.0°C
Tides:

High: 1:32 p.m., 1.22 m.
Low: 10:59 p.m., -0.18 m.

Sunrise — 5:27 a.m.
Sunset — 6:18 p.m.
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