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Thursday, May 20, 2004 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
Arroyo warns of anti-gov’t plot linked to bitter elections (12:40 p.m.)
GMA's lead over Poe narrows (2nd update; 12:20 p.m.)
NBI investigates media (11:40 a.m.)
Price of school supplies to increase (11:04 a.m.)
I will still fight graft and corruption: Lacson (10:45 a.m.)
Alleged Sayyaf leader arrested (10:02 a.m.)

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HIGHER FARES. Will food prices go up next? (SUN.STAR FILE)
ILOILO -- Robbery with multiple homicide charges were filed against a German and four Filipinos before the Aklan Provincial Prosecutor's Office Wednesday for the gruesome murders of three foreigners and a Filipina in the island resort of Boracay earlier this month.
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Top Stories
Arroyo unfazed by Poe's claim he won polls
MANILA -- Opposition candidate Fernando Poe Jr. declared Wednesday he won last week's presidential election and accused incumbent Gloria Arroyo of cheating him out of his victory.
Jeep, bus fares up by P1.50, P2
CEBU -- Jeepney fares will go up by P1.50 in time for school opening this year. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved Wednesday the P1.50 increase that some drivers’ groups have been lobbying for since November 2002.
Phivolcs recorded 14 aftershocks in Nabunturan
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded 15 aftershocks, as of Wednesday, in the Nabunturan fault line since the May 16 earthquake that shook most of Mindanao with a magnitude of 6.1 in the Richter scale.



 
Business

CEBU: Japan direct flights sought

DAVAO: Tourist arrivals here up 10.85% in first quarter

ILOILO: Council denies PLDT's plea to waive P10M tax surcharge

 
Opinion

Wenceslao: You win some, lose some

Maxey: Toppling a dynasty

Mongaya: Counting standoff

Servito: Glorious in victory, agony in defeat

Flavier: The parable of the spirit of the glass

 
Sports

DAVAO: DC's Luy makes waves in Cebu

ILOILO: CPU, City defend volleyball posts

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Visiting skybooters take CMOFA by storm

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Summer hideaway in Calbayog

ILOILO: Keith Martin's moment

 
Features

DAVAO: So, you're depressed?






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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Teachers set protest Friday
PHO warns of typhoid epidemic

Baguio
Vergara orders clearing of city sidewalks, market
Police told to actively impose OFW safety plans

Cebu
Loren got 20T votes extra in city
Greg asks Comelec: Don’t wait, proclaim me as vice governor

Cagayan de Oro
KNP vows to fight on, cites P3M offer anew
Arroyo groups deny milking campaign funds

Davao
Show drug test results of nat'l bets: Duterte
Paglas proclaimed, opponent cries foul

Dumaguete
Evidente's arrest a political plot: Anak ng Bayan
City leaders mourn passing of ex-vice mayor

General Santos
City Hall blast suspect held
DILG suspends Capitol workers

Iloilo
Shabu laboratory 'non-existent' in Iloilo
5 die in Calinog trike-bus collision

Manila
QC bank robbed; employee shot by burglars
Nene hits Namfrel over 'no cheating' remark

Pampanga
Dream to help family died with OFW in Iraq
Gloria carries K-4 slate in Pampanga

Pangasinan
Defeated Basista mayoral bet dared to file case in court
Sabado: Tangok bangus not toxic

Zamboanga
'Kidnapper' of shipyard magnate's son shot dead
KNP holds consultation with local leaders



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