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Saturday, January 29, 2005 (Philippines)
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| Jesus Christ Followers (JCF) school officials and students fought off police tasked by a local court to rescue a girl allegedly brainwashed and prevented from going home by school personnel. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Joey Nacalaban) |
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CEBU CITY -- Militant groups marched Friday to oppose the two percent increase in the value-added tax (VAT) and to condemn at least five Cebuano lawmakers who voted for the measure.
Three members of the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) deplored the support Cebuano congressmen gave to the increase and joined those who hope the Senate will junk the VAT Restructuring Bill.
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Cops raid school to rescue student
| CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Several persons including three policemen were wounded when law enforcers forced their way inside a school in this city Friday after a parent complained her child was being prevented from going home. |
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Senator sues environment chief for libel
| MANILA -- Senator Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal filed a P100 million libel case Friday against Environment Secretary Michael Defensor as she challenged him to produce evidence that her family is into illegal logging and mining businesses. |
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Wife seeks probe of hubby's death in Riyadh
| DAVAO CITY -- The wife of the overseas Filipino worker from Digos, Davao del Sur, who was found dead at a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, asked the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh for an investigation on the death of her husband. |
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