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Should former agriculture undersecretary JocJoc Bolante be extradited to the Philipppines?
His arrest by US immigration authorities has raised hopes that the elusive former ex-agriculture dept. executive will finally be compelled to shed light on the controversial fertilizer scam being investigated by the Senate.
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MORE LAVA, STEAM FROM MAYON (AFP)
Close-up view of Mayon Volcano shows hot lava and steam spewing out of the crater before dawn yesterday during a mild eruption as viewed from Legazpi City in Albay. Authorities raised the alert level and warned residents to keep off the six-kilometer-radius danger zone around the 2,462-meter high volcano. Mayon’s last major eruption was in July, 2001. More than 1,000 people were believed to have perished when the volcano erupted in 1814.
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Cimatu off to Lebanon to assess risk, prepare plan for Filipino OFWs
Upon President Arroyo’s order, Ambassador Roy Cimatu, chairman of the four-man Middle East Preparedness Team (MEPT), left last night for Beirut to ensure the safety of about 30,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in troubled Lebanon, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported.
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Europe exacts revenge
ZHANG NING isn’t untouchable after all.
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To ensure zero rate of casualty
Malacañang mobilized yesterday disaster-related agencies and local governments to ensure a zero-casualty rate in case of a major eruption of Mt. Mayon in Albay.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and local government units (LGUs) have been...
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Papal Nuncio airs concern about unsolved killings
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Fernando Filoni has expressed concern about the growing number of unresolved killings of journalists, militant activists, farmers, and religious people in the country.
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Banks given 120-day leeway to submit audited fin’l report
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ policy-making body the Monetary Board has approved a "re-wording" of the old regulation in the submission of banks’ financial audited report, which is now within 120 days from the end of the calendar or fiscal year.
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House ethics panel refuses to suspend 2 congressmen
The ethics panel of the House of Representatives washed its hands on the Sandiganbayan directive to impose a 90-day suspension on Oriental Mindoro Reps. Alfonso V. Umali Jr. and Rodolfo G. Valencia who are facing graft charges.
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Bicol region, eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming frequent rains over eastern Visayas and northeastern Mindanao.
Manila Bay will be moderate to occasionally rough.
Temperature range – 24.0°C – 31.2ºC
Tides – High: 2:34 p.m. 1.00 m.
Low: 7:45 a.m. 0.57 m.
Sunrise — 5:35 a.m.
Sunset — 6:29 p.m.
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