Monday, June 02, 2003 (Philippines)

RESIDENTS of Calasiao, Pangasinan find it more comfortable riding a banca than a jeepny after tropical storm Chedeng caused caused widespread flooding in the province. The Pag-asa warned of another low depression threatening Northern Luzon. (SUN.STAR FOTO/HARLEY F. PALANGCHAO) "DEAD or alive, we have a standing directive to arrest him." This was the reaction of Senior Supt. Paul Mascariñas, chief of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office, over reports that fugitive politician Corey Dickpus, the number one most wanted person in the Cordilleras, has no plans of surrendering even as top police and local officials are negotiating for his peaceful surrender. [full story]

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