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Thursday, June 02, 2005 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
Navy rescues 17 ferry passengers stranded near Malaysia (3:36 p.m.)
Philippine shares close 2.4 percent higher (2:40 p.m.)
Peace in Mindanao is within reach: gov’t negotiator (11 a.m.)

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Protesters display slogans to symbolize their disgust at new World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz during a rally in the World Bank office in Manila Wednesday. The group was denouncing the World Bank's alleged manipulative role and poverty-inducing policies on poor countries. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- Majority of business owners in the country believe there is a lot of corruption in government, but some 21 percent of them still give bribes to win government contracts.

The 2005 Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey of Enterprises on Corruption said, "an outright majority of 54 percent say that most or almost all companies in their own line of business practice bribery to win public sector contracts."

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Top Stories
3 jueteng 'bagmen' sue witness for libel
MANILA -- Three friends of Pampanga Representative Mikey Arroyo filed charges of libel and false testimony Wednesday against a former jueteng operator who claimed he gave jueteng protection money to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's son through alleged bagmen.
Armed men shoot at senator's house
PORAC, Pampanga -- A group of still unidentified men fired their guns at the house of Senator Manuel "Lito" Lapid in the town of Porac in Pampanga Wednesday midnight.
2 houses searched for toxic chemicals
DAVAO CITY -- The Inter-Agency Task Force on Public Safety inspected two residential houses in Toril Tuesday afternoon for regulated and toxic chemicals and not for the illegal drug shabu.


 
Business

CEBU: Julie’s Bakeshop targets 500 bakeshops this year

DAVAO: Trade dep't: 13T jobs generated in first quarter

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Power firm won't shoulder costs for streetlights

DUMAGUETE: Work on NegOr's P150M convention center begins

PAMPANGA: N. Luzon Expressway cited for increased flights

 
Opinion

Mongaya: Mayor’s lapse in judgment

Wenceslao: A good time for the opposition

Maxey: Study tour, anyone?

Sienes: A journalist's responsibility (I)

Balingit: Pinoy diasporas

 
Sports

DAVAO: Efondo, Fordaliza top SBC semifinals

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Lady footballers eye national tilt

DUMAGUETE: Team Dumaguete champs again

 
Lifestyle

DAVAO: Aztec's wacky shindig

CEBU: Sun.Star, Isuzu inviting public to join ‘Quest’

DUMAGUETE: Public urged: Display flags

 
Features

DAVAO: Formula for a lifetime of love

CAGAYAN DE ORO: A partial history of Cagayan de Oro





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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
ABS-CBN reports P141M losses
All the way for 'Wowowee'

Baguio
La Trinidad's strawberry cake declared world's largest
Council reshuffle eyed with Yangot's 'resignation'

Cebu
Force v. split-Cebu may give birth to new group
‘Won’t shift SRP debt, won’t run in Province’

Cagayan de Oro
Author says Japanese stragglers may be in Bukidnon
Solon warns about media 'blue book'

Davao
Councilor signed pay upgrade ordinance
Homeowners group leader slams councilors

Dumaguete
Additional power rate hikes seen
Village captain slain in bloody Flores de Mayo night

General Santos
S. Cotabato expands peace, dev't efforts
Judge junks petition of journalist slay suspects

Iloilo
P15 wage hike ok'd for W. Visayas workers
Energy rate regulator defends power firm's P2 rate cut decision

Manila
Kin of Oakwood mutineers ask Arroyo for lighter penalties
Senator seeks to bar access of studes to porn websites

Pampanga
2 ex-cops charged for P2.5M heist
De Castro to award 1,500 titles to Pinatubo victims


Zamboanga
Milf sees end to Mindanao war
Assemblyman threatens to file case v. city officials



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