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Thursday, March 10, 2005 (Philippines)

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Breaking News

Shares end lower on high oil price woes (2:00 p.m.)

Mass burial prepared for food poisoning victims (11:30 a.m.)

Health dep't blames cyanide for Bohol food poisoning (11:15 a.m.)

2 wounded in greande explosion in Taguig (11:01 a.m.)

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25 kids die after eating cassava

Asia Euromoney Institutional Investor chief executive officer Tony Shale (right) welcomes President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the Philippine Investment Conference in Shangri-la Mactan Island Resort in Lapu-Lapu City. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos)

CEBU CITY -- At least 25 pupils in Mabini, Bohol died in different hospitals, while more than 30 others were still being treated Wednesday night, hours after suffering from food poisoning.

All the victims ate cassava fritters and other snacks made from the root crop around 10 a.m. and immediately suffered from stomach pains, nausea and vomiting.
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CEBU CITY -- The country may get poor marks in the fight against corruption, but President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stressed she is ready "to meet rigid tests" and deliver investors' demands.

Government to mine $1.8B in gold in Diwalwal

DAVAO CITY -- Government will spearhead the extraction of the remaining gold deposits in Diwalwal estimated at US$1.8 billion.

Trader demands P10M in damages from Smart

ILOILO CITY -- An entrepreneur from Pavia, Iloilo is demanding P10 million in damages from Smart Communications for using his success story in its print and radio advertisements without his permission.

	Business
CEBU: P30B ready for loans to investors: Gloria
DAVAO: Tourism allots P4.8M for Mt. Apo rehab

	Opinion
Wenceslao: Osmeñas galore
So: Here's to the ladies!
Ferrer: MVP, a success story
Ong: Moncada and Mirant's claims
Sienes: 'Of mice and men'

	Sports
DAVAO: 'Manila Ice' ready to be detonated
ILOILO: Iloilo needs P40M to host Palaro '05

	Lifestyle
DAVAO: Creme: A whole new lifestyle
ILOILO: Winners of Paraw Regatta photo tilt named
CEBU: BancNet offers payment convenience to Cebuanos
MANILA: Itbayat feature picked best documentary at .MOV filmfest

	Features
DAVAO: I wish you enough

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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Revolutionaries overrun rebel camp
Mayor's son one of military academy's top grads

Baguio
UC told to settle ongoing tuition conflict
Philex to be probed for human rights violation

Iron will v. wood smugglers

Cagayan de Oro
4 gov't workers die in Bukidnon mishap
Transport group considers P2 fare hike

Davao
Arroyo: Legal logging would help minimize illegal logging
Video shop owner sued for renting porn discs

Dumaguete
Court orders Polo Plantation 'farmers' out
Guv warns he'll meet 'force with force'

General Santos
Kosovo veteran new police chief of South Cotabato
S. Cotabato sets aside P3M for scholarship

Iloilo
Miriam hits Church on coal plants, reproductive health
Major amendments in boundary ordinance seen

Manila
Palace admits corruption an old problem in RP
Church urged to allow health workers to receive communion

Pampanga
Manhunt launched for three hold-up men
Lapid asks legal officer to study NRDC proposal

Pangasinan
Village chief to be suspended?
200 people to avail of free HIV test

Zamboanga
City celebrates liberation day
Tawi-Tawi residents organize electoral reform group