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Sunday, September 14, 2003 (Philippines)
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| KIDS PROTEST? These children "join" their parents in an anti-WTO-GATT rally at Malcolm Square in Baguio Saturday as part of a simultaneous protest to denounce trade liberation talks in Cancun, Mexico. FOTO BY HARLEY PALANGCHAO |
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MANILA -- Malacañang Saturday backtracked from its earlier position in asking the Senate to stop its investigation on First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo for the Jose Pidal accounts.
With administration senators controlling the inquiry, Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye, this time said the Palace sees no reason to stop the probe contrary to an earlier statement saying the probe is distracting the public.
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Middleman squeals on vans loss 'brains'
| CEBU -- Rustico "Loloy" Fernandez, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS) messenger, finally admitted his participation in the illegal withdrawal of two container vans from the Cebu International Port (CIP) exactly a week ago. |
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DENR: Naboc River improving
| DAVAO -- Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 11 claimed Saturday that the state of the Naboc River is getting better after a decrease in the river's mercury contamination level was shown. |
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Laguna industrial estate land dispute heats up
| MANILA -- Lawyers of the country's first industrial estate have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to disallow a motion by the government seeking to award a portion of a 254.76 estate in Cabuyao, Laguna to land reform grantees. |
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