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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 (Philippines)
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| Student activists scuffle with authorities as their banner was grabbed by police as they tried to display it inside the session hall during impeachment hearings against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Congress. (AP photo) |
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MANILA (Updated 5:20 p.m.) -- Furor erupted among the opposition congressmen Tuesday when the House justice committee chairman terminated the debates on the impeachment complaints and called for a vote on which complaint to tackle ignoring a motion by the minority.
Surigao Representative Robert "Ace" Barbers was supposed to be give a speech on the side of the minority in as far as debates on the prejudicial questions are concerned.
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Government orders manhunt for ferry bombers
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday ordered the military and the police to track down the perpetrators of the ferry bombing in Basilan Sunday that injured some 30 persons including children.
Arroyo also directed authorities to assist and ensure the treatment of the victims "with whom I deeply sympathize".
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Laxity blamed for cops' death
| CEBU CITY -- Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will ask a City Hall consultant to study existing systems and procedures of the city police in responding to alarms, which he blamed for operations that leave policemen dead or wounded. |
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Moro rebel: 'Unseen hand' seen in Abu revival
| ILIGAN CITY -- The ferry bombing last Sunday in Lamitan port, Basilan bears the signature of the Abu Sayyaf but since the group is a spent force, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) believes someone is trying to resurrect it. |
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