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Monday, January 31, 2005 (Philippines)
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| To adults, this tangle of steel serves a plain purpose. It holds an advertising billboard aloft. But let a child's imagination run loose, and the structure becomes an exciting playground, a makeshift jungle gym right smack in the middle of the urban jungle. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon) |
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CEBU CITY -- If given the chance, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal will personally appeal to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo not to impose the increase in value-added taxes (VAT).
Joining those against increasing the indirect tax from 10 to 12 percent, Vidal described the new VAT rate as an "anti-poor measure."
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Top Stories
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8 'kidnappers' nabbed after 5-hour gunfight
| MANILA -- Eight alleged members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang, among them a woman, were arrested following a five-hour encounter with policemen in San Pascual, Batangas Sunday dawn. |
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Violent culture blamed for journalists killings
| DAVAO CITY -- A violent culture and the open support of some public officials on the proliferation of death squads were blamed for the increasing attack against journalists here in the country. |
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12 die in clash between soldiers, armed men
| MANILA -- Government troops and armed men clashed in Lanao del Sur, leaving 12 gunmen dead and three soldiers wounded, the military said Sunday. |
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