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Thursday, November 18, 2004 (Philippines)
  Breaking News
2 more suspects in Davao bombings arrested (1:21 p.m.)
Striking workers parade dead colleagues (12:46 p.m.)

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CAMP OLIVAS -- Acting on President Arroyo's directive, PNP Chief Edgardo Aglipay ordered Wednesday the relief of top police officers in Central Luzon and Tarlac Province.

Arroyo's instruction came in the heels of Tuesday's bloody dispersal of 6,000 striking workers of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, a sugar refinery owned by the family of former President Corazon C. Aquino.

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Supporters gather around coffins of dead farm workers killed in a clash between security forces and striking farm workers at a sugar hacienda owned by the family of former President Corazon Aquino. (AP photo)




 
Top Stories
Labor office fails to resolve Luisita row
MANILA -- Efforts to resolve the dispute between laborers and management of Hacienda Luisita fell through after striking workers snubbed negotiations being brokered by the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).
2 brothers, one a minor, face 110 years in jail
DAVAO CITY -- Two brothers accused of bludgeoning to death four people in Matina in Davao City escaped the death penalty after they owned up to the crime in exchange for a plea bargain.
Joel Nodalo trades shots with police
CEBU CITY -- In a scene that could have come from an action-packed film, Joel "Tongol" Nodalo, Cebu City's public enemy number one, traded gunshots with Pardo policemen in a brief motorcycle chase Wednesday dawn.



 
Business

CEBU: Xlibris to increase biz

DAVAO: Fruits, veggies with Tatak Kalidad mark assured of quality

GENERAL SANTOS: Philbest inaugurates tuna pouch line

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Environment dep't says paper firm closure a waste

 
Opinion

Garcia: Help wanted

Wenceslao: Reliving Mendiola

Oledan: Crying shame

Malig: Soaring purchased power adjustment

Bangsoy: Children and crooks

 
Sports

DAVAO: Yap, 4 others to join FedEx Tour

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Sandinao, Sawin-ay lead in 10K Joy Run

DUMAGUETE: 4th Sandurot Mountain Bike Downhill reels off

 
Lifestyle

DAVAO: Bag! You're it!

CEBU: Chevrolet cited for high customer retention, quality

MANILA: Anne Curtis in 1st daring role as '80s sex goddess

PAMPANGA: City's heritage a finalist in Gawad Galing Pook

 
Features

BAGUIO: Top Cordi artists mount exhibit

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Six for six








:: Country News ::

Bacolod
NBI files raps v. white slave suspects in Roxas
Suspect in rape of deaf-mute, 15, yields; victim dies

Baguio
Baguio businessmen appeal for more routes going to SM
NBI nabs 4, seizes 'hot' frozen goods

Cebu
Inayawan fire, set off by stove, razes 22 houses
New city jail warden starts with a hostile mayor

Cagayan de Oro
Mayor says rebels okay with dialogue
Councilor, lawyer square off in court hearing

Davao
Let's not plant hatred: Gene Boyd's brod
City Council finance body okays P2.165-B budget

Dumaguete
Boy, 13, electrocuted; 2 die in road mishaps
Investigation group recovers 240 tons of ammonium nitrate

General Santos
Sarangani to host aquaculture expo
Iligan mayor okays good governance task force

Iloilo
Sketch of Hinolan's gunman out
Leon police chief rebels' target, too

Manila
DOTC to inspect railways
Prince Andrew visits RP on December 2-4

Pampanga
Mayor says Mabalacat's tax debt only P27M
Arroyo to lead clanging of new bells

Pangasinan
Power outage set Nov. 17
Clearing of Dagupan streets, sidewalks up

Zamboanga
Navy conducts Pagsasama '04 exercise
Cabato confirms intel fund sharing



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