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Sunday, June 27, 2004 (Philippines)
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US to provide counter-terrorist training to more RP troops (3:35 p.m.)

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FALLEN MAYOR. Mayor-elect Marianita Garcia (second from left) is comforted by relatives at the Mactan Doctors' Hospital, after her husband, Bien Unido Mayor Felix Garcia is declared dead. Two of the couple's five children try to ease each other's grief. (SUN.STAR FOTO/ARNI ACLAO)
CEBU CITY -- The town mayor of Bien Unido in Bohol Province was shot once in the nape as he stopped to greet two friends on his way home, after attending a sitio fiesta Saturday afternoon.

Mayor Felix "Lingging" Garcia, 47, is the second public official attacked in Bohol during the election period, following the foiled ambush last Feb. 13 on Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado.
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Guv asks PB to alert Comelec
CEBU CITY -- The end remains uncertain six weeks after the Cebuanos cast their ballots to choose the next governor of Cebu.
OICs to head 5 towns in Mindanao: Comelec
MANILA -- Five municipalities in Mindanao will be run by an officer-in-charge (OIC) until the Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolved the cases of double proclamation.
Health exec warns public on rise of dengue cases
SAN FERNANDO -- A health official warned the public on the expected increase of dengue cases this year following the virus' cycle that peaks every three to four years.



 
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General Santos
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Iloilo
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Manila
Lacson welcome to join majority bloc
Palace snubs ouster attempts

Pampanga
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Pangasinan
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Zamboanga
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