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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 (Philippines)
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| A US soldier shakes hands Tuesday with Southcom chief Lieutenant General Edilberto Adan in Zamboanga City. The United States and the Philippines are to begin new anti-terror war games in Jolo island, where local troops are battling the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group. (Sunnex/Al Jacinto) |
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CEBU CITY -- Murder cases in Cebu City registered a dramatic increase in 2005, with almost double the numbers recorded in 2004. A decrease by more than 300 robbery cases, however, was noted by the police last year. Unsolved vigilante-style killings made up most of the 171 murders recorded in the city last year-up by 81 cases from the 2004 figure.
Acting Cebu City Police Chief Melvin Gayotin said vigilante-style killings are "beyond our control," but that police investigators are trying their best to unmask the gunmen and throw them in jail.
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| MANILA -- Combined National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and police operatives apprehended on Tuesday three suspects in the killing last Saturday of Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Henrick Gingoyon. |
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Judges condemn murder of colleague
| DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Judges Association (PJA), headed by Judge Romeo F. Barza, has condemned in the strongest terms the murder of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Judge Henrick F. Gingoyon. |
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RP-US anti-terror war games to start in Jolo
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Filipino and American troops are to begin a new joint anti-terror training exercises in the southern island of Jolo, a known stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, local security officials said Tuesday. |
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