Two members of the Crisis Response Group of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police scare a pigeon sitting on a ledge as they rappel down a hotel building in a mock hostage rescue in preparation for the Asean summit. (Above photo/Bulilit Marquez)
PRESIDENT Arroyo, the host of two Asian regional summits this weekend, called on her counterparts yesterday to make the region a safer and more open community, as it grapples with terrorism and poverty.
Shortly after her statement, however, two bomb blasts killed a half dozen people and injured dozens more in the country’s strife-ridden south.
Bombing in GenSan: 6 killed MANILA - A bomb explosion rocked a lottery outlet across the public market in General Santos City yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding 22 others.
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Pabling bid may test Gwen ties with mayors
TIES between Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and the second district mayors may be shaky now that her father, former governor Pablo Garcia, announced his intention to run for the district’s seat in the House of Representatives.
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