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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
Poll body washes hands off 'missing' ballot boxes (10:40 p.m.)
Gov't to spend P46B for 'reconciliation' projects (10:24 a.m.)
Filipina crowned Miss International 2005 (10:08 a.m.)

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stands beside a bronze statue of her late father President Diosadado Macapagal and herself in a swing during her early childhood days at the Macaraeg-Macapagal ancestral home in Timoga, Buruun in Iligan City. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Richel V. Umel)
CEBU CITY -- Four men, two of them armed with pistols, pulled off a heist at East West Bank on Archbishop Reyes Ave., Cebu City Monday.

It was the second time the bank was robbed this year. Last Jan. 31, five armed men allegedly led by now jailed robbery gang leader Rey Torres fled with about P500,000.
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Top Stories
Ballot boxes in poll protest brought to SC
MANILA -- The Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, received Monday 53 ballot boxes from the House of Representatives in line with the recount of election returns that were cited in an election protest filed by defeated vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda.
7 suspected Sayyafs captured in Tawi-Tawi
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Troops raided an Abu Sayyaf hideout and captured 7 militants, one them believed to be a middle-level commander, implicated by the military in the 2002 kidnapping of four Indonesian tugboat crew members off the southern Philippines, officials said.
Soldiers, communist rebels clash in Paquibato
DAVAO CITY -- Army troops and suspected New Peoples' Army (NPA) rebels clashed in Paquibato district in Davao City Saturday, leaving several rebels wounded but with no casualty on the government side.


 
Business

CEBU: Cebu companies start energy conservation

DAVAO: Trade dep't: 'Wow Davao' reaps P30T in sales in 2 hours

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Arroyo says RP on the rebound
 
Opinion

Roperos: The elusive truth

Cabaero: Private sector participation

Oledan: Indies

Obenieta: In the dead of the night

Rimban: Astrology and mythology
 
Sports

DAVAO: Gejon fails in title bid

CAGAYAN DE ORO: NM Mercado places 2nd in Iligan tilt
 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Lifestyle Adaptations

DAVAO: Our very own Pinoy Guinness!

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Liceo stude bags Singing Ambassador title

BAGUIO: Concert boosts cancer patient's fight

MANILA: 'Dokyu', Nautilus grace UMak FilmSoc launch
 
Features

DAVAO: Regarding Henry

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Camiguin Revisited



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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
No martial law: solon
2 banks monitored for shabu payment transaction

Baguio
Barangay execs urged to submit land requirements
Forum set on measure requiring utility firms to fix wiring system

Cebu
Consultant who ‘forged’ City Hall signatures fired
NCDCI ‘forcibly closed’ Jan. 2000-April 2004 for funds lack

Cagayan de Oro
Capitol alarmed over bus robbery
Council to look into ammo dumpsite

Davao
Text messages claim cops have missing man
Net cafe owners appeal for Microsoft leniency

Dumaguete
C. Visayas guvs to meet on Tañon oil exploration
Valencia offers free Taebo session

General Santos
Getting things done the old fashion way

Iloilo
San Dionisio mayor denies role in slay
Justice office to pursue case v. Tupas, Capadosa

Manila
Gov't starts 'calibrated preemptive' crackdown on rallies
Senator believes security adviser 'is just feigning ailment'

Pampanga
Board junks Gaddi complaint vs Lapuz
Actor-playwright directs "The Man of La Mancha" at AUF

Pangasinan
NIA's big problem: P100M in farmers' irrigation debts
Thieves now target electric tower steel parts

Zamboanga
Muslim rebels warn against martial rule
Lawyers' pool for domestic violence cases mulled

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