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Friday, August 12, 2005 (Philippines)
| Rescuers lower a victim of a bomb explosion at a restaurant in Zamboanga City. It was one of two explosions that ripped through the downtown commercial area Wednesday night. The other bomb was placed underneath a parked van, injuring at least 26 people and knocking off power in the area. Ten Indonesians were blamed by the police for the explosions.(Ap photo) |
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A criminal complaint for robbery was filed yesterday against 12 persons who the police and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) believe were behind the P9.4-million heist at the Land Bank of the Philippines branch in Bogo, Cebu last week.
But of the 12 respondents, only two are under custody.
Authorities have the names of three more-Joel Somabong, the alleged gang leader, Dindo Ancero and a certain Ceferino Serbano—but Provincial PNP Director Drusillo Bolodo admits they don’t know where they are.
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Dengue in Cebu City 'isn't of epidemic proportion'
Dengue cases in Cebu City have not yet reached epidemic proportions, but a health official said the Cebu City Council can declare a state of calamity as a proactive measure so that more funds can be accessed to mount a campaign against the disease.
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Ermita school site sought from Glo
Mayor Tomas Osmeña has ordered his staff to document all election returns from the polling precincts of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, to support his claim that President Arroyo indeed won in a barangay whose residents’ hearts were already set on the opposition.
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Most dengue cases listed in Lahug
Cebu City has the highest ratio of deaths among dengue victims in the country, said Enrique Tayag, director of the National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health (DOH).
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