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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Activists light candles beside slogans asking for peace in Lebanon as they condemn the Philippine government for alleged neglect of overseas Filipino workers trapped in the conflict during a press conference in suburban Quezon City on Tuesday. Philippine officials were scrambling to evacuate around 30,000 workers living in Lebanon and have identified three churches in and around Beirut as relocation sites. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz on Tuesday directed Albay Governor Fernando Gonzales to pull out more than 4,000 farmers from the six-kilometer permanent danger zone in the restive Mayon Volcano.
Following a meeting with leaders of National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)-attached agencies in Camp Aguinaldo, Cruz, who is NDCC chairman, said the council has already come up with the recommendation to pull out all the people in the six-kilometer radius.
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Officials rush to avoid water supply crisis
| CEBU CITY -- Concerned over the possible loss of water supply, Cordova Municipal Mayor Arleigh Sitoy and Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ) officials arranged meetings with a private water supplier and representatives of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). |
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Cop killed, 3 others wounded in Jolo ambush
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A policeman was killed and three others wounded in an attack Tuesday by gunmen clad in camouflage uniform in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, police said. |
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Broadcaster gunned down in Mindanao
| DAVAO CITY -- A gunman onboard a motorcycle shot dead a block-timer of Radyo Ukay in Digos City minutes after the radioman left the dxDS station of the University of Mindanao Broadcasting Network (UMBN) Tuesday afternoon. |
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