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Friday, March 31, 2006 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
RP, Japan to hold talks, mark 50th anniversary of ties (6:10 p.m.)
Actress pleads guilty to drug charge in US (3:38 p.m.)
Another local airline offers seats for 2 cents on domestic flights (3:36 p.m.)
Stock market recovers (3:35 p.m.)
Foreign bank exec tells compatriots not to meddle in RP politics (10:38 a.m.)

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A police officer with a bomb-sniffing dog inspects baggage at a ferry ship terminal at Manila's south harbor Thursday. Security has been beefed up around the metro as two explosions occurred in the southern Philippines in recent days killing nine people and injuring at least 42 others. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- No laws were violated when barangay assemblies became venues for gathering pro-Charter change signatures last weekend. And there is no law preventing government workers from discussing Charter amendments, said a key figure in the Cha-cha Thursday.

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Top Stories
House Speaker's niece tops Bar exams
MANILA -- A niece of House Speaker Jose De Venecia obtained the highest ratings in the 2005 Bar examinations with a rating of 87.2 percent.
Police release bus bomber's sketch
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police have released Thursday the sketch of a man believed to be behind the bombing of a passenger bus in Digos City in the southern Philippines that injured as many as 17 people.
3 fertilizer companies shortchange city
DAVAO CITY -- Three agricultural companies are said to have shortchanged the Davao City by as much as P6.8-million in unpaid taxes and now they have to pay up, the City Treasurer's Office (CTO) said.


 
Business

CEBU: Italians want to invest in RP but for some laws

DAVAO: Davao inks ties with China's Nanning City

CAGAYAN DE ORO: ITR deadline extended to April 17

MANILA: Arroyo pushes call center work for retiring state workers

 
Opinion

Roperos: Jobseekers among us

Wenceslao: San Fran’s growth

So: Kindergarten lessons

Maxey: The 'wounded' City Council

Malilong: Amending, revising the Constitution

 
Sports

DAVAO: 100 netters in Davao leg

BAGUIO: RP's Mountain Bike pro tour Baguio leg up

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Misamis Oriental slams CDO, 80-71

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: M.Y.M.P. this Saturday!

DAVAO: Encore for Pops

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Dreaming big, reaching far: A CCSP scholar story

 
Features

BAGUIO: Pinoy pop superstar contenders to visit Baguio

DAVAO: Restraining eyestrain







:: Country News ::

Bacolod
W. Visayas has 237T child laborers: labor
Group slam ABS-CBN for airing 'Batang Negros' anew

Baguio
6 rebels killed in clash: military
Audit office says dads' pay hike 'illegal'

Cebu
Executions bring to 123 unsolved murders in Cebu City
Ecleo asks court to drop 120 more evidence items

Cagayan de Oro
Group voices concern over Mindanao power supply
Rebels claim 35 towns, 200 villages on their fold

Davao
Council to hold separate session to amend rules
Legal office told to probe loans racket

Dumaguete
Court rules white sand bar belongs to Manjuyod
Foreign researcher alarmed over political situation

General Santos
Ex-rebel commander arrested
Japanese students join Mt. Matutum celebration

Iloilo
Pest hits Dingle; Pototan at risk
Doc allays fears of crematorium's hazards

Manila
House Speaker dares critics to file suit v. people's initiative
Lawyers want justice secretary disbarred

Pampanga
SM Clark opens in May; workers seen at 40,000
Candabeño heads architects’ group in Central Luzon

Pangasinan
8 nabbed for drugs
Pangasinan tri-media to hold induction of officers

Zamboanga
Arroyo appeals for international aid to Mindanao
US partners with gov't station for radio program in Mindanao



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