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  Breaking News
Congress approves bill abolishing death penalty (9:40 p.m.)
Govt, MILF peace efforts help boost Armm's economy (4:45 p.m.)
Prosecutors say US Embassy in Manila is hampering rape trial of 4 Marines (4:39 p.m.)
AFP confines soldiers who illegally arrested 5 Erap supporters (4:36 p.m.)
Shares plunge 3.1 percent to 8-week low on US rate hike fears, fiscal concern (2:05 p.m.)
Ousted president's trial adjourns after defense tries to prove conspiracy to oust him (2:00 p.m.)

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Swat team members of the Cebu City police show to visiting officials of Haarlemmermeer led by Mayor Fons Hertog (second from right, background), techniques in making arrests. Haarlemmermeer in The Netherlands is a sister city of Cebu City. (Sun.Star Cebu/Amper Campaña)
MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), granted the petition of former senator John H. Osmeña to withdraw his election protest against Sen. Rodolfo Biazon who won against him over the 12th slot in the 2004 senatorial race.

In a three-page resolution, the tribunal declared "closed and terminated" the electoral protest filed by Osmeña against Biazon and the counter-protest filed by Biazon against Osmeña.

Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo

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2 soldiers killed in Tawi-Tawi blast
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A powerful landmine explosion on Tuesday killed two government soldiers on a remote town in the southern Philippine island of Tawi-Tawi, the military said.
Arroyo, Cabinet members in communist hit list: letter
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several members of her Cabinet are in the hit list of the New People's Army (NPA), a letter sent to journalists covering Malacañang said.
Thieves cut off 1,800 phone users
DAVAO CITY -- Cable thieves victimized at least 1,800 subscribers of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company in Toril.







:: Country News ::

Bacolod
City, provincial police monitor school opening
Cop chief to surprise erring policemen

Baguio
Mayor accuses fiscal of favoring pay parking firm
Body to inspect quake-prone buildings mulled

Cebu
Only 16 M16s for 44 cops in city’s hilly barangays
Businessman alleges usurpation of authority

Cagayan de Oro
Isla families may face eviction
Mayor misled on coal plant

Davao
Int'l group to probe Carp-related killings
Pawnshop workers, man sued for stealing P2M jewelry

Dumaguete
Treasurer's suspension order only preventive
Police to intensify anti-petty crime drive

General Santos
Socsargen groups unite v. Cha-cha
No peace pact by September: Moro militants

Iloilo
Vice mayor's grandson tagged for shooting 3 persons
City employee no show in extortion case hearing

Manila
Explosion rocks life insurance headquarters
Catholic bishops to lead anti-Charter change rally

Pampanga
2 mountaineers drown
Dads urged to help 'duped' Golden Cane workers

Pangasinan
More 'hot' guns seized in Pangasinan

Zamboanga
1st Mindanao corporate leaders' confab slated in Zambo
Five journalists finish web design training

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