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Barbieto to face court martial over recruitment scam (4:34 p.m.)
Al-Qaeda-linked extortion gang admits Midsayap bombing (1:27 p.m.)
Tropical storm 'Butchoy' intensifies (1:02 p.m.)
Comelec to sign deal for Armm election automation (11:40 a.m.)
BOC apprehends high-grade iron wire from Cebu port (11:17 a.m.)
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A one-legged beggar sits beside a poster advertising foot massage as he waits for passersby in Manila. (AP Photo)
CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Senator Pia Cayetano wanted two Senate committees to investigate allegations of environmental violations, bribery and extortion against a South Korean firm over a shipyard project in Mindanao.

Conflict is also looming among town officials in Misamis Oriental and the task force created by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to oversee the $2-billion shipyard project of South Korean firm Hanjin Heavy Industries Inc.

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Meralco blames gov't on high rates
MANILA -- The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) breaks their silence and blamed the government instead on the high power rates the company has to charge its Metro Manila customers.
SC upholds suspension of city official
CEBU CITY -- The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the suspension of a Cebu City official for the "illegal practice" of granting cash advances to paymasters, making possible the so-called 1998 "paymaster scam."
Negros, Panay power shortage 'acute': DOE
TALISAY CITY -- Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes advised Negros and Panay officials to consider self-sufficiency in its power supply to avert the looming power crisis as the present power shortage problem has reached to an acute level.
 
Business

BACOLOD: Sugar planters decry drop in sugar prices

CEBU: Mine rehab almost done

DAVAO: Davao Sur steps up info campaign
 
Opinion

Wenceslao: The Mike Rama-Joy Young option

Ledesma: The woes of Hanjin

Arinday: Myanmar's tragedy: Was it God's wrath?

Capillas: Misquotes and manipulation

Pangan: More on Moms
 
Sports

DAVAO: Davao fails to send team to National Open slugfest

MANILA: Orcollo beats Villanueva at Villar pool

BACOLOD: Tipon, Pabila post Abap national open victories
 
Lifestyle

ILOILO: Cebu Pacific now offers Iloilo-Davao flight

DAVAO: Kindness

BACOLOD: Smart program enhances services of Negros women group
 
Features

MANILA: Cebu Yearbook fills racks of more NB outlets

DAVAO: Fun and shopping delights in Guangzhou

BACOLOD: Bacolod school hails Ibrado's appointment

PAMPANGA: A sumptuous Holiday for moms at Inn




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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Wage hike imminent but no rate yet
Group offers dumpsite for free to City

Baguio
21 midwifery graduates sue Northcap
Firm says no need for more Itogon lands

Cebu
2 toddlers die; town officials plan charges against parents
Pardo barangay chief loses by 134 votes in recount

Cagayan de Oro
2 villages have teachers but no school

Davao
No work stoppage on Monday: Sara
Kids affected by armed conflict increasing

Dumaguete
Missing farmers's kin seek redress in SC
PDEA: Dumaguete used as entry point for drugs

General Santos
Gensan recycle fair recovers 5-T kilos of recyclables
New security tack observed in GenSan

Iloilo
Big volume of marijuana seized
Prov'l employees to reimburse 14th month pay

Manila
Arroyo pushes criminal raps v. officials diverting NFA rice
RP health delegates to Myanmar named

Pampanga
Banks urged to use clear glass as security measure
Laus welcomes House probe on Aetas-CDC pact

Pangasinan
84 cops get college degrees
2 drug suspects nabbed

Zamboanga
Agri office launches upland palay planting program
Air Force trains college students




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