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Monday, June 05, 2006 (Philippines)
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| A Filipino passenger is carried on a stretcher as they walk off a Light Rail Transit train that stopped on elevated tracks near a station in suburban Manila during an earthquake drill on Sunday. Authorities were ordered to lead quake preparedness drills nationwide after a killer quake devastated Indonesia. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao has ordered police nationwide to be on full alert status effective Sunday midnight for Monday's opening of classes.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Spokesman Samuel Pagdilao said all policemen are required to report to their mother units "for accounting and final briefing prior to their deployment for intensified police visibility."
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Schools lean on local government help
| CEBU CITY -- Faster ways of addressing problems like the lack of classrooms, teachers and armchairs, and concerns about late enrollees and transferees are in place in all public schools in Central Visayas as the new school year opens Monday. |
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Oro mayor: 'Shoot to kill' order stays
| CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Mayor Vicente Emano vowed that even if it means facing legal charges he will not retract his shoot-to-kill order against any snatcher or hold-up suspect who resists arrest. |
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Army major robbed of money, firearm
| STA. BARBARA -- A Philippine Army (PA) officer was allegedly held up over the weekend by three unidentified men at a village in this Pangasinan town. |
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