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Thursday, May 11, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Some stores used generators. Others used emergency lamps, flashlights, and candles. Entire Cebu consumed a total of 400 MWs when the blackout occurred. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos) |
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CEBU CITY -- A mild earthquake in Leyte island brought the island's power plants to a "protection shutdown," causing a blackout in the entire Visayas Wednesday.
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How people, offices coped with power crisis
| CEBU CITY -- It was business as usual at the Cebu City Hall, the Provincial Government, most business establishments and offices despite the blackout caused a mild earthquake in Leyte island about 10 a.m. Wednesday. |
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Suspected Sayyaf militants snatch Basilan girl
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen snatched Wednesday a nine-year-old daughter of a politician in the southern Philippine island of Basilan, officials said. |
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Group declares Arroyo guilty of poll rigging
| MANILA -- The Citizens' Congress for Truth and Accountability (CCTA) that looked into alleged electoral fraud, corruption, and other charges against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced on Wednesday that they found the President liable for such acts. |
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