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Friday, March 28, 2003 (Philippines)
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(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)
| OPPOSITION to the Iraq war and President Arroyo’s support of it was demonstrated Thursday during her Cebu visit. The few demonstrators tried to block the President on her way to the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City. (SUN.STAR FOTO/AMPER CAMPAÑA) |
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DAVAO -- Health officials in Region 11 are closely coordinating with a private hospital in Davao City following a suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a viral pneumonia epidemic that has already been reported in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada.
But Department of Health (DOH) 11 Director Dolores Castillo said they are just making sure that precautionary measures are taken to isolate the patient until doctors are able to thoroughly assess what it is she is afflicted with.
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