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Wednesday, September 17, 2003 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
Prosecutors seek life for alleged bomber of Philippine envoy's residence (4:37 am)
Manila says budget deficit to be within target in first eight months (2nd update, 4:08 pm)
Arroyo confident unemployment rate will fall (2nd update, 3:58 pm)
Shares close at 15-month high (1:21 pm)
Manila can forget growth if savings rate remains low: official (12:18 pm)
Gov't brushes aside protest threats against Bush (12:17 pm)

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SWAT COPS help the NBI guard two suspects in the ambush killing of two Customs officials last July 24. The suspects -- one, the alleged gunman and the other, the motorcyclist -- were arrested Tuesday. (SUN.STAR FOTO/ALEX BADAYOS)
CEBU -- The suspected gunman in the killing of customs deputy collector Eduardo "Wewe" Lao was captured Tuesday afternoon, almost at the same time lawmen took into custody another suspect in the Palace of Justice.

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 Chief Reynaldo Esmeralda refused to confirm or deny the arrest of the main suspect in the ambush-slaying of Lao and customs appraiser Bennett Soreño last July 24.

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Top Stories
DOJ plans nightspot ban for gov't officials
MANILA -- Think of it as the vow of simple living. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to expand a ban, now enforced among police operatives, so that all government officials, particularly Cabinet secretaries, will stay away from bars, karaoke joints and other nightspots.
City employees set mass actions v. mayor
ANGELES CITY -- Some rank-and file employees of the City Government will launch Wednesday a series of mass actions to pressure Mayor Carmelo F. Lazatin into implementing the local government's obligations to them under the Collective Negotiating Agreement (CNA).
Assassins in city strike anew, kill 2 more
DAVAO -- Armed men on motorcycles struck anew Monday night, killing two of three men shot in separate incidents.



 
Business

CEBU: Foreign investor set to open call center

GENERAL SANTOS: Frozen smoked tuna producers seek DTI help

DAVAO: ADB to put up facility for SMEs

PANGASINAN: Bayambang turning into commercial hub

 
Opinion

Wenceslao: End of an era

Nalzaro: Rebuilding NBI 7’s shattered image

Mercado: Lacson-Morato tandem

Maxey: Rara avis of a judge

Flavier: The parable of the most generous farmer

 
Sports

DAVAO: Davao's Casaljay in Japan bikefest

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: To the beat of the drums

DAVAO: Sun.Star turns 18

PANGASINAN: Salvador C. Bautista: Outstanding councilor

 
Features

PAMPANGA: Cyber Wars: Defense




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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
JEMC chair to look into RPA deputization
House to probe sex video scandal

Baguio
Ex-NPA leader enlists into military
4 SLU grads land in top 20 of medtech exam

Cebu
Jail officials can be made to pay for extended prison term of inmate
Some applicants have pending drugs cases

Cagayan de Oro
Local officials voice dismay over Pidal proceedings
Oro officials broach casino opening anew

Davao
City has yet to remit GSIS contributions
Community outposts to be resuscitated

Dumaguete
Resistance mounts v. trike number-coding
Dumaguete City Police Office awaits cops' transfer

General Santos
Barangay Bula now drug-free
Darlene eyes exemption for tuna handliners

Iloilo
City planning chief passes away
'Treñas-De Llana tandem probable'

Manila
Gov't distances from Lacson handcuffs issue
Honasan gets extension to reply to raps

Pampanga
Strict road measures to 'protect' flyover up
Girl, 15, made sex slave by landlord

Pangasinan
Council firm on memorial park stand
Crime wave hits the city

Zamboanga
TRA project not covered by order: DAR
Zambo-Sabah air link eyed



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