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Kris Aquino joins brother in Zamboanga sortie

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:04 +0000

Celebrity talk show host Kris Aquino, for the first time in the official campaign period, joined her brother, Liberal Party candidate Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III here Wednesday – and her appearance made an immediate impact as she was mobbed when she arrived at the airport.
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Indon president confirms death of terror mastermind

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:07 +0000

CANBERRA, Australia—Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday that suspected terror mastermind Dulmatin had been killed in a police raid in Jakarta.
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Calls swamp HIV hotline

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:07 +0000

The HIV hotline of party-list Akma-PTM was swamped with hundreds of calls within 24 hours of its launch last week, indicating a serious “thirst for information” among Filipinos on the dreaded infection.
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New AFP Chief: No illegal orders from the President

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:07 +0000

(UPDATE) Lieutenant General Delfin Bangit, the newly appointed military chief, said Wednesday that he has not received “illegal orders” from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and vowed that he would not allow himself to be used for partisan politics.
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CA junks habeas petition of 43 Morong health workers

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:06 +0000

(UPDATE 2) The 43 detained health workers accused of being communist insurgents will remain in jail after the Court of Appeals dismissed the petition for habeas corpus filed by their relatives.
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DoH working on new round of drug price cuts

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:06 +0000

The Department of Health is “working on” another round of drug price cuts before President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s term ends next June, according to DoH Secretary Esperanza Cabral.
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7 killed in Bataan road collision

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:06 +0000

Seven people, including two Koreans, were killed while two others were hurt when the van they were riding collided head-on with a passenger bus on their way home from work shortly before midnight on Tuesday in Barangay (village) Duale here.
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Villar makes brief stop at North Cotabato college

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:05 +0000

Students of a college here mobbed presidential candidate and Senator Manuel “Manny” Villar who made a brief stop Wednesday en route to his other campaign sorties in the area.
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16% more US millionaires in 2009—study

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:05 +0000

WASHINGTON DC, United States—The number of millionaires in the United States jumped by 16 percent last year after slumping by 27 percent in 2008, a report released Tuesday shows.
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3 Filipino journalists awarded by Dubai mall

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:05 +0000

Three Filipino journalists working in United Arab Emirates newspapers received awards at the closing ceremonies of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) held at the One and Only Royal Mirage Mall last February 28, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
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