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  Breaking News
Shares sink 2.7 % to 12-week low on US rate concerns (2:00 p.m.)
Scientists raise alert for RP volcano following latest eruption (1:07 P.M.)
US Embassy vows to cooperate in rape trial of 4 Marines (10:36 a.m.)
Arroyo seeks help of foreign investors to improve economy (10:34 a.m.)

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Three of four accused US marines, Lance Cpl. Keith Silkwood, left, Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, center, and Lance Cpl. Dominic Duplantis, right, arrives to attend their rape trial in Makati, south of Manila, on Wednesday. (AP photo)
MANILA -- Congress approved late Wednesday a bill abolishing the death penalty despite protests from relatives of crime victims, lawmakers said.

A bicameral committee approved a consolidated bill by the Senate and the House of Representatives calling for the repeal of a 1993 law that brought back capital punishment and a subsequent law that prescribed lethal injection as punishment, Representative Edcel Lagman said.

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Top Stories
Assassins mock US, kill 1 more
CEBU CITY -- A lone masked man gunned down a suspected snatcher near the barangay hall in Tejero, Cebu City shortly before noon Wednesday.
SC dismisses appeals on emergency rule decision
MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday junked with finality the motions sought by state lawyers and petitioners seeking reconsideration of its May 3 ruling invalidating certain portions of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's emergency rule order.
1 killed, 2 wounded in Sulu carnival attack
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Gunmen, clad in police uniform, opened fire at a carnival in the southern Philippine island of Jolo and killed one person and wounded two more, officials said Wednesday.



 
Business

CEBU: Spa operators see need to clean sector’s image

DAVAO: Trade dep't warns public vs fake school supplies

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Oro Chamber lays down dev't center groundwork

MANILA: Business group, family planning organization launch award

PAMPANGA: PamCham attends North Luzon Planning Session
 
Opinion

Wenceslao: Scuttled water project

Seares: Scramble for customs job

Ledesma: To be or not to be

Espinoza: Adelberto Yap’s position

Malig: City of San Fernando district
 
Sports

DAVAO: Davao divers in rigid training

CAGAYAN DE ORO: CCS hopes to sustain in-school sports reign

DUMAGUETE: Council honors volleyball, basketball teams
 
Lifestyle

MANILA: RP premiere of Raya Martin's debut film set

CEBU: Feast of Corpus Christi June 18

DUMAGUETE: Visayas youth leaders hold child and youth training
 
Features

DAVAO: Dreams come true





:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Exec to ex-college head: Don’t be too presumptuous
‘Pink card’ rule under review

Baguio
Education program now optional
Mayor says council should help Benguet schools first

Cebu
Rise of illegal executions seen
Dads attend court hearing

Cagayan de Oro
Mayor tells village chair: Fight back
12-hour outage sweeps Misamis Oriental

Davao
Davao death squad hit list more fearful than rebels’
120 city workers to be redeployed

Dumaguete
Fishing ban at Siit Bay stays
NegOr joins World Environment Day

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

Iloilo
Irregularities seen in records of city engineer's office
Taxis, jeepneys will pay taxes soon

Manila
Military confines soldiers who arrested 5 Estrada supporters
Government maps out plans in case big quake hits metro

Pampanga
Mayor seeks more lands for NorthRail settlers
'Abducted' student rescued

Pangasinan
'Suspect' in activist leader killing freed
City maximizes use of dredging machine to clear rivers

Zamboanga
Trade official leads Zambo delegation to forum
Government university earnings exceed P65 million

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