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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
RP considers lifting labor ban on Iraq (5:45 p.m.)
ADB to extend 600 million dollars to Afghanistan (4:15 p.m.)
Cebu Pacific to buy 12 Airbus planes, lease two more (3:00 p.m.)
No parties, travel and gifts for officials: Arroyo (2:00 p.m.)
3 oil firms raise fuel prices (11:43 a.m.)

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Strong winds, lack of access roads, and the houses’ light materials contributed to the difficulty of putting out the barangay fire in Mandaue City in Cebu. Firewalls in Sitio Fatima stopped it from spreading. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)
CEBU CITY -- Frustrated with the illegal drugs problem in Cebu City, Mayor Tomas Osmeña reported to the President how three senior police officials residing in Barangay Calamba have failed to curb the drug problem there.

And he gave her their names- Julio Augusto, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Deputy Director for Administration; Col. Orlando Pestaño, chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Manila; and Gen. Manuel Cabigon, also of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

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Top Stories
MILF rebels massing in Isulan: military
MANILA -- Tension was building in Mindanao on Tuesday after a large group of Muslim separatist guerrillas gathered near a military detachment ahead of proposed peace talks, a military official said.
Budget chief: New taxes needed to prevent crisis
MANILA -- Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin said Tuesday that government must have to impose new taxes in order to prevent a fiscal crisis.
Grenade explodes in market; 1 hurt
DAVAO CITY -- A police informer was seriously hurt when a grenade exploded near his store where he was sipping coffee Tuesday in Bankerohan in Davao City.



 
Business

CEBU: Cebu Boardwalk aims to improve tourism

DAVAO: Banking industry urged to help avert fiscal crisis

MANILA: Mahathir to speak at Philippine biz confab

 
Opinion
 
Sports

DAVAO: Corteza suffers defeat

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: SupahSarah

DAVAO: Idea World Fitness convention

GENERAL SANTOS: Weekend parties await Gensanites

 
Features

DAVAO: The 70's look

GENERAL SANTOS: Life is better with tinagak-making








:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Gov't cuts expenses amid fiscal crisis
Congressman to seek teachers' pay hike

Baguio
Cordi cops activate Task Force Newsmen
Benguet dad eyes more cops in 13 towns

Cebu
Rat-eaten wire sets off fire; 81 houses destroyed
Fiscal refused ‘free’ motion; prosecutors seek exemption

Cagayan de Oro
Oro firms facing near P10 rate hike
Admin execs gear up for Ocon exit

Davao
Some police officers behind gambling, drugs: Manding
POEA to pursue raps against Diao, others

Dumaguete
Designer slay witnesses placed on tight security
Reporter's home strafed

General Santos
Assets scramble for Tahir bounty
NFA cuts kilo of palay by P1 effective Sept 1

Iloilo
Guv: Another chance for police director
Health office runs out of anti-rabies vaccines

Manila
Boncodin insists new taxes needed to prevent fiscal crisis
DOE monitoring oil cheats: Arroyo aide

Pampanga
PB member urges prompt remedy of Arnedo dike
Candabeños: Resilient in times of calamity

Pangasinan
City Council to probe cause of Dagupan flood
School principal denies ordering cutting of trees

Zamboanga
7 hurt in dynamite blast
Army troops clashes with Abu Sayyaf



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