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Saturday, March 08, 2003 (Philippines)
(The Sun.Star website is updated every 1 a.m., Philippine time and as often as news alerts from the network come in. If you are having difficulty getting the updates, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
  Breaking News
5 communist fighters killed (2:09 pm)
US and allies set Security Council March 17 Iraq war deadline (2:08 pm)
Washington warns on travel to Mindanao (9:56 am)
US praises passage of amended Anti-Money Laundering Act (9:54 am)
Moro rebels deny link to bombings in Mindanao (9:53 am)
PRAYER FOR PEACE. Relatives of victims of a deadly bomb blast in Davao City hold a memorial at the site of the explosion Friday. The blast in a waiting shed outside the Davao airport killed 23 people and injured more than 150 others. (AFP FOTO)
DAVAO -- Police filed multiple murder and frustrated murder charges against top leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Hashim Salamat and two relatives of the alleged suicide bomber, for the airport bombing last Tuesday that killed 23 people and wounded 115 others.
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Top Stories
Jinggoy gets hero's welcome in San Juan
MANILA -- Yellow ribbons, lively faces and family members welcomed former San Juan Mayor Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada at the Pinaglabanan Church in San Juan in a thanksgiving mass immediately after his release from police custody.
Councilor gets girl pregnant, punished
CEBU -- For having sex with his girlfriend and later impregnating her, Madridejos Councilor Neil Mulle was suspended by the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman-Visayas for six months without pay.
Sun.Star website now 2nd most popular RP site
THE Sun.Star network website at www.sunstar.com.ph enjoyed a surge in visitor traffic from here and abroad the past days since the Davao city bombings, making it the second most popular Philippine website.

 
Business

CEBU: Keppel Cebu revenue of P399M exceeds goal

DAVAO: Davao traders undaunted over bombing

 
Opinion

Editorial: Coherent security plan

Roperos: On living together

Barcenas: Filipino face of suicide bombing?

Aportadera: Attack on civilians is crime vs humanity

Flavier: The parable of the barrio lecturer

 
Sports

CEBU: PBA allows Taulava, Peña to play, orders drug rehabilitation

DAVAO: Davao players virtual champ

ILOILO: GAB chairman, commissioner arrive today for PBA

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: A place for Kumbira

 
Features

PANGASINAN: Mhardo Palaganas: Life in high spirits




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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Checkpoints set up to prevent rebels' entry to Bacolod
Student collared in stake-out operations

Baguio
City acts to settle Beneco debt
Balikatan in provinces, an act of provocation vs NPA

Cebu
Barili parish loses oldest, most expensive ivory saint
Akhro man killed, another wounded over frat rivalry

Cagayan de Oro
COC studes hit admin for barring CSG bid
Emano: Martial law is likely in Mindanao

Davao
Trader meted 5 years, fined for fake LPG cylinders
Guingona here Saturday

Dumaguete
Dad bares P4M investment 'scam'
Arnaiz hits mining in Sibulan village

General Santos
Prankster blamed for Polomolok bomb scare
Fire victims cramped in schools

Iloilo
Terrorist `hitlist' denied
Cops to guard churches

Manila
I know there is still justice - Loi
SC cracks whip on erring judges

Pampanga
'Killer highway' undergoes repair
Guiao to run for Congress in 2004

Pangasinan
P'sinan police on red alert
Taliño to receive first Cops award

Zamboanga
Probe sought over uniforms
Tampered LTO CR-ORs discovered


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