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Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 10 November 2009

  Wind convergence affecting Visayas and Northern Mindanao.

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Manila Lifestyle

ICRC hosts moot court competition

THE 5th National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) will be held on November 19 and 20 at the Philippine Christian University.


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NCRCom has new commanding general

A SCOUT Ranger officer had been designated as commanding general of the National Capital Region Command (NCRCom), the anti-coup force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Metro Manila.


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MMDA marks 34th year

AFTER more than three decades, former officials of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) still see the agency as relevant as it was when they established it during the Martial Law days.


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Halloween

SOMETIME in the past I received an e-mail from a colleague during my teaching days in the Philippines.


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Guarin is new LTO-NCR director

AN OFFICIAL of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), who survived an attack last March by unidentified assailants in Quezon City, was appointed as the new regional director for the National Capital Re


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Inauguration of Health Center in Basilan

THE Philippine Marines inaugurated the newly constructed Health Center in Barangay Bohe Bessey, Lamitan, Basilan, the Philippine Navy announced Wednesday.


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New Pangasinan archbishop installed

LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas chose to forego a traditional lunch celebration during his installation as the highest Church official of the province Wednesday morning.


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Canada donates P10M protective equipment

THE government of Canada donated Friday to Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Event Response Equipment in case of warfare.


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ehope2010 to answer poll queries

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured that registered voters who do not have biometrics will still be allowed to vote in the May 2010 national and local elections.


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Fashion event showcases indigenous fibers


THE gala presentation by the Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida) could be the only fashion show where government officials, international dignitaries, piña and abaca farmers and weavers, and


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Arroyo to attend Asean Summit

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will leave on Friday to attend the 15th Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit at the seaside resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin in Thailand on October 23


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Arroyo visits Bulacan, Pampanga

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday headed the distribution of relief goods to typhoon victims in Bulacan and her hometown Pampanga.


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Sun.Star Cebu wins Best Investigative Report

Campaign to continue hand washing habit

ABOUT 1,400 elementary students of Maximo Estrella Elementary School in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Makati City kicked-off Thursday the Second Global Handwashing Day.


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President spends a day in Pampanga anew

UNFAZED by critic’s doubts over her frequent visit to Pampanga, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is back again to her home province to distribute goods to more towns affected by the recent typhoons


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