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Thursday, May 06, 2004 (Philippines)

Breaking News

SC disallows Comelec electronic count on poll results (4:24 p.m.)

Gov't accuses opposition of planning coup (4:20 p.m.)

JI suspect arrested in Mindanao: official (4:16 p.m.)

GMA says Boracay murder an isolated incident (1:06 p.m.)

At least 300T volunteers to guard against poll fraud (12:31 p.m.)

Bro. Eddie spokesman says 4M to attend Thursday's campaign rally (12:10 p.m.)

Ex-president pulling election strings from prison (10:52 a.m.)

El Shaddai endorsing Arroyo’s bid, says aide (10:30 a.m.)

Bad guys, stuntmen and showbiz on campaign trail (9:35 a.m.)

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Arroyo widens lead over Poe: Pulse Asia

ABORTED CLIMB. Cessna plane (top part, hidden partly by tree leaves and branches) tried twice to climb as it neared a 50-meter cliff beside the Mananga River, but the right wing of the plane hit the cliff of the tip, causing it to overturn and nosedive. The body of Baby Tirado, one of the two persons killed, is borne on a stretcher above. SUN.STAR FOTOS/ALLAN CUIZON)

MANILA -- President Arroyo has stretched her lead over opposition candidate Fernando Poe Jr. five days before Filipinos vote in the presidential elections, a Pulse Asia survey said Wednesday.

The poll by independent research firm Pulse Asia predicted Arroyo would win 37 percent of the vote compared to 31 percent for Poe.
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ILOILO -- The Police Regional Office 6 is optimistic the murder of three Europeans and a Filipina in Boracay Island would be solved shortly as President Arroyo Wednesday ordered police to speed up investigation on the killings.

Campaign plane crashes: 2 killed

CEBU -- A Cessna plane, chartered to drop campaign materials by a candidate for Talisay City vice mayor, crashed at the foot of a cliff towering over the Mananga riverbed Wednesday afternoon.

Soliman denies Aunor is a DSWD consultant

KORONADAL CITY -- Superstar Nora Aunor was never a consultant of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ever since President Arroyo took over the reins of government in February 2001, contrary to the claims of a ranking administration official and the movie actress that she was a consultant to the agency, said the chief of the social welfare department.

	Business
CEBU: Cedf-it to set up R&D, entrepreneurship hubs
DAVAO: Davao products eyed for exports to Canada
BACOLOD: Seaweed farming in south hit by infestation

	Opinion
Maxey: Is FPJ for real?
Gulle: Could this be it?
Malig: Mark Lapid's aptness, Andrea's tenacity

	Sports
CEBU: Campaña loses to Indonesian for second defeat in 11 days
BACOLOD: Modern arnis lessons offered

	Lifestyle
MANILA: Rene Cayetano's story on 'Maalaala Mo Kaya'

	Features
ZAMBOANGA: Campers imbibe oriental way to overcome conflict

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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Ombud raps Dongail for murder
Ombuds indicts Sipalay mayor, 5 others

Baguio
Suspect in Sturch murder enters not guilty plea
Voters must put first name of choices with same surnames: Comelec

Cebu
Voters lists before 10th
South dist. list purging ends; 16T names out

Cagayan de Oro
De Jesus throwing cash to village execs: local leaders
Jaraula accuses rival of misusing green funds

Davao
Election-related killings continue in Monkayo; 1 more killed
TFDP demands release of 232 pol detainees

Dumaguete
Evidente's arrest a political plot: Anak ng Bayan
Candidate's son probed for violating gun ban

General Santos
James Chiongbian: Grand old man of Cotabato politics
Disqualification case v. Dominguez dismissed

Iloilo
Disomangcop replaces Rapiz
Seafdec scientists resign

Manila
4 killed, 5 hurt in Cavite poll-related shootout
Ban on Iraq deployment 'just temporary': Dole

Pampanga
Court stops auction of AEC properties
P340M Mancatian bridge to boost local economy

Pangasinan
De Guzman's supporters nabbed for vote buying
BI warns schools admitting aliens without student permit

Lamitan shooting: Son killed, gov't agent father wounded