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Thursday, March 25, 2004 (Philippines)
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| 'A HERO'S WELCOME.' Police officer Frederick Ganut is welcomed by his family at Villamor airbase just after returning from a six-month deployment in Iraq, where the Philippines had a 96-member contingent in support of the US-led coalition occupying that country. AFP FOTO |
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MANILA -- Another disqualification case for early campaigning was filed Wednesday against President Arroyo before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
In a 17-page petition filed by Pro-Constitution (Pro-Con), the group accused Arroyo of instructing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporations (Philhealth) to enroll 25 million indigent citizens into the National Health Insurance System.
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One more aide of John linked to drug issue
| CEBU CITY -- Another staff member of Cebu Vice Gov. John Gregory Osmeña surfaced as an authorized representative of the Coastside Ventures Inc., linking Osmeña further to the pseudoephedrine controversy. |
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NBI raids Cyber City for 'copyright violation'
| CLARK ECOZONE -- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Wednesday swooped down on one of the largest and fastest-growing IT locators in Clark, Cyber City Teleservices Inc. and confiscated articles or paraphernalia allegedly used in the illegal reproduction of Adobe Systems softwares. |
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Country on alert for copycat attacks after Madrid bombings
| MANILA -- Authorities are watching underground groups to thwart attacks similar to the train bombings the killed over 200 people in Madrid this month, President Arroyo said Wednesday. |
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