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Friday, May 20, 2005 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
Armed Forces sets 181 Oakwood mutineers free (4: 18 p.m.)
U.S. Embassy awards US$250,000 to Filipino seamen (2:34 p.m.)
Aussie gov't made offer for wrongly deported woman's return (10:29 a.m.)

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Protesters carry a mock coffin during a symbolic funeral march for Rev. Edison Lapuz Jr. and Alberto Malinao Thursday on the road leading to the presidential palace in Manila to bring to the government's attention their frustration over the killing of church people and human rights activists. (AP photo)
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered Thursday an investigation into her husband and son and the filing of charges against them if necessary over their alleged involvement in the operation of the illegal numbers game jueteng.

Her spokesman Ignacio Bunye said Arroyo directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo after three persons named the two as among jueteng beneficiaries.

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Top Stories
Girl identifies accused in lawyer's murder
CEBU CITY -- The 10-year-old witness to the shooting of lawyer Arbet Sta.Ana-Yongco pointed Thursday to alleged gunman Michel Favila as the one who entered the lawyer's office at the time she was killed.
Actress faces P6.76M tax evasion case
MANILA -- "Movie princess" Judy Ann "Juday" Santos is facing a P6.76 million tax evasion suit before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Slain rebel not an Ateneo student
DAVAO CITY -- The 22-year-old female who was one of three suspected communist rebels slain in a clash with government troops in Bukidnon Saturday was not a student of the Ateneo de Davao University, said a school official.


 
Business

CEBU: Korea chooses Cebu for telenovela shoot

DAVAO: Tourism players to visit Korea, Japan, Hong Kong

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Traders urge ways to improve transpo

 
Opinion

Roperos: ‘Samot ta’g kalinugaw’

Wenceslao: Thunderstorms and water tankers

Sienes: Life is like a bank

Rimban: Star Wars is fantasy, psychology film

Lee: A treaty with Darth Vader--The Revenge of the President

 
Sports

DAVAO: Davao swimmers gear up for Brunei stint

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Salcedo, Salgados in crucial round matches

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Nature calls from Mindanao

DAVAO: High Tea Fashion at Marco Polo

 
Features

DAVAO: Helpless and alone





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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Ex-councilor, driver die in road mishap
Environmental fab set Thursday

Baguio
City Hall execs lash back at mayor over P1M honoraria
Takeover of Camp John management illegal: camp exec

Cebu
Private claims can delay process, says DENR
Talisay to stand by resolution honoring deals

Cagayan de Oro
Tuition hikes at 10 percent in Region 10
More than 2,000 pay respects to slain radioman

Davao
Civil disobedience warned amid impending water rate hike
Cops hunt Korean for illegal recruitment

Dumaguete
Water district to hike rate by P10
Arroyo's effort on journalist slays a good start: press club

General Santos
Little has changed for the Filipino farmers: bishop
Farmers own public lands for only P50

Iloilo
Environment dep't nets P76.9M worth 'hot logs'
Other congregations hands off in university case

Manila
Diplomat's sister claims 'insanity' in preliminary probe
Viva films boss is Arroyo adviser on entertainment

Pampanga
Ex-provincial exec to vice governor: You’re ignorant of law
Senator to fund P45M traffic lights in Angeles




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