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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
RP, US forge new security arrangement to intensify fight against terror (5:00 p.m.)
US interest rate jitters persist, shares decline .5% (1:30 p.m.)
Estrada denies stashing illegal funds in secret bank account (12:30 p.m.)
Palace backs Con-Ass to amend Charter (10:26 a.m.)
Ousted president testifies in his 5-year-old plunder trial (9:50 a.m.)

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Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, papal nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, at his ordination at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral with his sister Aida Padilla and (center) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Sun.Star Cebu/Amper Campaña)
MANILA -- Banking on the administration's "closet" allies at the House of Representatives, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. said he is confident that the bid of opposition lawmakers to remove President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from power through a new impeachment complaint will not succeed.

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Top Stories
Cebu City mayor rejects 5 police chief aspirants
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Tomas Osmeña warned Cebu City will have an "adversarial relationship" with the Philippine National Police (PNP) if it is going to insist on its practice of appointing classmates and Philippine Military Academy (PMA) graduates to plum posts.
40 minors to be freed from Oro jail
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Forty minor offenders are set to be freed from the City Jail in Lumbia, a jail official said.
Cebu mining firm to reopen, pays 10M to Toledo City
CEBU CITY -- The long-awaited re-opening of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. (ACMDC) in Lutopan, Toledo City is set in six to 18 months and is expected to bring socio-economic benefits to the city and its constituents, the firm's president and chairman, Alfredo Ramos, said Tuesday.


 
Business

BAGUIO: Computerized tax assessment, collection pushed

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Ororama opens photo digital center

DAVAO: Filipinos love to shop: trader

MANILA: Gov't to lead 'Buy Filipino' drive

 
Opinion

Ravanera: Doalnara shows the way

Maxey: Battle over mining

 
Sports

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Salcedo stuns Nat'l Shell Active kiddies champion

DAVAO: Paradise to hold taekwondo tourney

 
Lifestyle

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Mall of Asia: They've Really Got It All For You!

DAVAO: Touring Asia's biggest mall

MANILA: Cinemanila to hold 1st SEA film workshop, festival

 
Features

DAVAO: Spiritual beings

MANILA: Exporters can ill afford import duties on raw materials







:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Audit Carp implementation in NegOcc: Guv
Cadiz fishermen fight off 'pirates'

Baguio
Veggie dealers seek truck-ban free lanes
Allocation of antioxidants for Irisan folk pushed

Cebu
Firm to reopen this year, pays P10M to Toledo City
Nourish flock: Vidal to new Vatican envoy

Cagayan de Oro
Opposition chides council for builder's 'snub'
Rebels, not Army executing people

Davao
Porno tabloid says 'sorry' to city mayor
'Holdupper' killed in Obrero shootout

Dumaguete
Guv junks gold, copper mining applications
Negros Oriental has new agri officer

General Santos
Diggings at airport stopped
Fortified rice now in Gensan

Iloilo
Boarding house body starts inspection
'Make Napocor answer for plant's failure to fully operate'

Manila
Malacañang appeals to Senate not to cut funds for good gov't office
Military denies 'kidnapping' 5 Estrada followers

Pampanga
Railway dwellers: Calulut ‘ideal’ for relocation
Mabalacat lawyer asks Ombuds to probe P1.1M ‘illegal’ cash advance

Pangasinan
Man kills brother

Zamboanga
4 soldiers killed in Jolo attacks
Host-city, region ready for 'WOW Philippines'



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