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Wednesday, June 25, 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)
| CAYETANO. The senator succumbed to abdominal cancer four months after liver transplant. (SUN.STAR FILE) |
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CAGAYAN DE ORO -- A top officer of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is not ruling out the possibility of chairman Hashim Salamat sitting on the negotiating table to talk peace with the government.
The government and the MILF said Tuesday they were close to resuming peace negotiations, with only a few matters needing to be settled such as President Arroyo's request for Salamat to lead the negotiations.
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Senator Cayetano succumbs to cancer
| MANILA -- Sen. Renato Cayetano died Tuesday of abdominal cancer in his home in Ayala, Alabang, after a liver transplant in the US last February. |
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Ombud orders: Fire BIR division chief
| CEBU -- For his failure to declare more than P5 million in bank accounts, an official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) was ordered dismissed from government service. |
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Cops to target areas with shabu, marijuana
| BAGUIO -- Cordillera police have launched a massive campaign dubbed Implan Sang-Banat against illegal drugs and marijuana cultivation in provinces where they were seen to have proliferated. |
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