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Sunday, December 28, 2003 (Philippines)
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| HIS HEALING ROUNDS Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal cheers up Baldomero Jumao-as, 82, during a visit to the Cebu City Medical Center wards. As surprised as patients were to see the cardinal, the prelate says he was also pleasantly surprised by improvements in the state-run hospital. (SUN.STAR FOTO/ALLAN CUIZON) |
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SOUTHERN LEYTE -- Left homeless by landslides, families in Barangay Punta, San Francisco are now taking shelter in bamboo huts they built earlier this month for their patron saints.
Tragedy, not fiesta or Christmas celebrations, is on the minds of landslide victims struggling to build their homes and their lives again.
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