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Sunday, March 07, 2004 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
Gov't defends holiday home visits for Estrada (5:01 p.m.)
Cebu airport official nabbed in Davao for gun smuggle attempt (3:06 p.m.)
Malaysia detains 6 Indon terror suspects from suspected training in Phils. (1:30 p.m.)
All-Spam restaurant is serious business for the Philippines (11:01 a.m.)

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RAIN OR SHINE President Arroyo is all smiles as she addresses a huge crowd at provincial capitol grounds of Malaybalay, Bukidnon during a rally coinciding with the start of the "Kaamulan" thanksgiving festival Saturday. OPS FOTO
CEBU CITY -- After the death of a Leyte mayor in his barangay last Thursday, Zapatera Barangay Captain Francisco Benedicto is asking that local officials be exempted from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban.

Village chiefs, for instance, are at the frontlines of home defense since they lead tanods in running after crooks and bad elements in their barangays, he said.

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Top Stories
Coastguard concentrates on retrieval operation
MANILA -- Coastguard are loosing hope of rescuing survivors inside the wreckage of Superferry 14 as search and rescue operation has been downgraded to search and retrieval operation, eight days after the tragedy on Feb. 27.
Martinezes want Mar to make amends for Korina
CEBU CITY -- At a time when show business is almost always linked to politics, Bogo, Cebu Mayor Celestino "Tining" Martinez III said old political rivalries and differences in ideologies are not all they will consider in picking candidates to support.
6 dead, 15 injured in Davao accident
DAVAO CITY -- Six people died while 15 others were injured when the truck conveying them home from Daliaon plantation, Toril, Davao City, lost its brake and crashed into a hill Friday afternoon.



 
Business

DAVAO: Davao City's tax collection for January increases by 14%

BAGUIO: 2nd pre-national vegetable congress set

 
Opinion

Mercado: Marine policy gaps

Cabaero: Cyberactivism

Estremera: Live life, not work

Flavier: The parable of equality

 
Sports

DAVAO: Del Monte scores breakthrough win in PAL interclub

CEBU: Cebu teams fizzle

CEBU: PAL Inter-Club no longer a bore

 
Lifestyle

MANILA: ABS-CBN inks partnership with CMFR

CEBU: A Craving for Caving






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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Blast rocks Globelines
Guv to DOTC: Will airport push through or not?

Baguio
Former SLU ECE stude tops PMA Class 2004
8 cadets accused of cheating will not graduate: PMA supt

Cebu
Ecleo may be supreme master, but uncle hopes to be mayor
Drivers postpone strike for fare hearing, fuel discounts

Cagayan de Oro
2 of 3 bodies in burned ferry from Oro, MisOr
Oro mayor not loyal to Arroyo: critics

Davao
4 Turkish nationals nabbed for swindling
BFP 11 head asks LGUs chiefs to donate lots for fire stations

Dumaguete
2 RPA-ABB men slain in NPA attack
Dgte unsafe for students: Anak Bayan

General Santos
Scientist says no study yet proving GMO safety
GSPMA urged to form coop

Iloilo
Tupas: Budget not for campaign fund
Arroyo assures railway squatters of relocation site

Manila
SC to take up Kuratong case next week
Senate asks DPWH to crack down on erring contractors

Pampanga
DILG launches special benefit program for barangay tanods
Customs alerted to seize untaxed cars, motorcycles at Clark

Pangasinan
CVO holds ‘chicken fest’
Bangus Capital web browsers increasing

Zamboanga
2 Sayyafs killed, 4 soldiers wounded
US, AFP officials deny tapping ASG for rewards



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