The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is dismayed to see so many empty seats in the stadiums (like this one at the aqua center) that it has told the Athens organizers to fill them. (AFP Photo)
MANILA -- The Arroyo government is confident that a final peace agreement would be signed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) either at the end of the year or by early 2005.
Silvestre Afable Jr., chairman of the government panel negotiating with the MILF, said Sunday the participation of the secessionist group in the administration's campaign against terrorism and criminal elements like the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Pentagon Group is a big boost to the peace negotiations.
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DAVAO CITY -- Military units continue their search for the body of Pentagon kidnap for ransom group leader Tahir Alonto, believed killed during a military operation in Liguasan Marsh on Friday.
CEBU CITY -- Jelyn Bistes, the four-year-old girl diagnosed with a congenital heart disease, can soon look forward to doing what most girls of her age do.
