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  Breaking News
US aid mission in RP continues despite gunfire incident (6:09 p.m.)
TV network confirms journalists kidnappped for ransom (2:25 p.m.)
Stock index falls 2.5% on inflation worries (2:12 p.m.)
Bryant scores 36 points, lifts LA Lakers to 87-81 (12:42 p.m.)
CA orders Vizcaya gov't from issuing CDO vs mining project (11 a.m.)
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Hundreds of students at the Guadalupe Elementary School in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City perform an exercise on school opening day. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña)
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the police and the military Tuesday to exhaust all measures in locating journalist Ces Drilon and her crew who have been reported missing since Sunday.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Lorelie Fajardo said they are not discounting the possibility that Drilon and her team had been kidnapped, but it would be better to await for the official reports from authorities.

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Opening of classes in C. Visayas 'smooth'
CEBU CITY -- About 90 percent of the expected 1.3 million students showed up in schools all over Central Visayas Tuesday, yet no major problems were reported to the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 office.
Councilors slam NBI over rice hoarders
DAVAO CITY -- Some members of the City Council are disappointed by the National Bureau of Investigation's (NBI) inability to pinpoint and apprehend rice hoarders in Davao City.
Ibaloi group seeks heritage revival
BAGUIO CITY -- The waning culture of one of the original settlers in the Cordillera region has challenged older generations of the Ibaloi tribe to work for the revival of their heritage.
 
Business

CEBU: RP, C. Visayas export sectors recover

DAVAO: Rice prices to increase further: agri official

MANILA: Smart open to dialogue with gov't on cheaper text rates
 
Opinion

Wenceslao: School opening

Antalan: Special economic zone and freeport authority

Colting: A bamboo from China now available at BSU

Carvajal: The gall

Speak Out: On libel
 
Sports

CEBU: It has to be Ponce de Leon

DAVAO: Retanal tops Kabasan chess tourney

BACOLOD: Hope Christian spikers edge USLS
 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Everything in place

DAVAO: Sarangani Bay Festival

BACOLOD: SM to hold mobile passport service
 
Features

MANILA: Labor to launch jobs fair on Independence Day

BACOLOD: Preserving Silay's treasure




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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Army chief downplays rebels' offensives
Carp fails most in Negros Occidental

Baguio
Province develops unique food
Domogan explains city charter change

Cebu
Lack of teachers, students' names missing among concerns raised to DepEd 7
DPWH 7 needs P16M to repair roads; Gwen wants priority areas identified

Cagayan de Oro
NBI inspects warehouses
Councilors bat for P20 Cola increase

Davao
Council bars local traders from reselling rice
Vice mayor junks permit for slaughterhouse

Dumaguete
Farmers hold rally at DAR and Capitol offices
PCPR slams CHR report

General Santos
Mining firm resumes survey; denies abduction of workers
Gov't probes delivery of 500 sacks of rice to fishing firm

Iloilo
Mayors' league supports 6-day transport strike
City gov't urged to stop coal power plant project

Manila
Gov't considers 6 measures to lower power cost
Arroyo confident RP will achieve rice sufficiency in 5 years

Pampanga
Med rep killed
Aetas receive educational support

Pangasinan
Teacher jailed for 'raping' student
San Carlos public schools open classes on time

Zamboanga
Police chief: Ransom demand not official
Kidnappers free Zambo bizman




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