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Wednesday, January 19, 2005 (Philippines)

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Breaking News

Palace slams RP's description as dangerous place for journalists (8:30 p.m.)

Police recruitment scam bared (6:10 p.m.)

Hong Kong judge to hear extradition case of drug suspect (4:32 p.m.)

Loggers cut P.7M worth of banned trees within S. Cotabato watershed (4:00 p.m.)

Juice factory ordered closed for illegal operation (3:50 p.m.)

Police close Kalibo carnage probe (1:02 p.m.)

Senator to ask Myanmar to free opposition leader (11:02 a.m.)

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Japanese, 2 Pinoys arrested over bogus credit cards

Caught. Filipino counterparts of a suspected international syndicate on fake credit cards: Rachel Geonzon Niala, 25, and Luis Javier Go, 43. The Japanese national who led them (not in photo) was identified as Yuchi Sagino, 38. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)

CEBU CITY -- Police busted a group they described as an international credit card fraud syndicate and seized high-tech equipment for producing fake cards inside an uptown hotel in Cebu City Tuesday.

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2005-01-10 21:50:51
Boxtel - My Dearest Family, Friends and All the Sisters DST in Carcar Cebu Congregation,

Pit Senyor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Manghinaut ako nga maglampuson inyong pagsaulog sa fiesta Sa atong Senyor Santo Ninyo. Gimingaw ako sa aroma ug sa taste sa genamos ug bulad. Ug utan kalamunngay ug dugodugo. -- from Boxtel, Holland.
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MANILA -- Lowered expectations. This is how Filipinos cope with the hunger and poverty they are suffering under the Arroyo administration.

City losing P870M weekly from blood illness scare

BAGUIO CITY -- Local tourism officials said Tuesday that Baguio City is losing around P870 million in revenues per week due to a contagious blood infection that is scaring away potential tourists.

City jail made for 300 now holds 900 inmates

DAVAO CITY -- The Davao City Jail in Ma-a is packed with inmates three times more than its capacity.

	Business
CEBU: Insurers not raking it in
DAVAO: City's tax collection up P289.8M in 2004
ILOILO: Labor dep't launches connectivity project

	Opinion
Editorials: Successful Sinulog
Wenceslao: The cardinal and the mayor
Sienes: Intelligent design vs Darwin's evolution theory
Tulabut: Poor Angeles sidewalks
Ledesma: The inutility of quarantine bureau

	Sports
CEBU: Music teacher tops Rose rapid chess
DAVAO: Sailors crush Blue Knights
ILOILO: Salvador clinches triathlon crown

	Lifestyle
CEBU: Scenic Samboan’s Potential
DAVAO: Lizada: Tagalog na Binasaya
MANILA: UP Open University marks 10 years of digital education
ILOILO: San Jose Parish brings Dinagyang treat to kids

	Features
DAVAO: Alcantara: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
No comment, sugar administration chief on ouster call
Council slashes Zamora's enforcement budget

Baguio
Benguet dad supports mayor's opposition to flyover project
Compromise on boundary tiff between Benguet, I. Sur eyed

Cebu
2 ‘salvaging’ victims identified by families
‘Let other LGUs help organize Sinulog’

Cagayan de Oro
Victim says Bulua sex video 'edited'
City Hall kicks off transfer consultations

Davao
Rehab graduate is 26th victim
Broadcaster 'detained' to please Mati mayor

Dumaguete
1 of 5 US-Korean slay suspects nabbed
College dean gets scholarship to Mexico

General Santos
Gensan's most influential people
Police regional office revamp looms

Iloilo
Anti-drug agency revalidates syndicates in W. Visayas
Wife denies leaving cop-suspect

Manila
Malacañang confident credit downgrade will be reversed
DOJ forms team to pursue slain actress hubby's extradition

Pampanga
Legal officer: NRDC takeover impossible
Hensons hands over 13-hectare lot for city program

Pangasinan
City posts 6.2% rise in revenues in 2004
Another suspected meningococcemia case noted in Pangasinan

Zamboanga
Notorious bandit falls in Basilan raid
Tulungatung water project budget slashed by P.9M