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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 (Philippines)
| A man helps a nurse Monday, Aug 29, 2005, at a Zamboanga City hospital,
while she attends to one of more than 30 ferry bomb blast victims
in Basilan island in the southern Philippines. The Abu Sayyaf group, which is tied to Al-Qaeda network, is believed behind the blast Sunday on the lower deck of the ferry M/V Dona Ramona. (Sunnex photo/Al Jacinto) |
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THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has created Monday, August 29, 2005, a task force to investigate the bombing of a ferry in Basilan province that left, at least, 30 people wounded.
PNP chief Arturo Lomibao ordered the creation of the task force, according to Police spokesman Leopoldo Bataoil, who said that the task force will coordinate with all law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation of the bombing Sunday of the ferry M/V Dona Ramona, at the Lamitan wharf in Basilan.
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Health office launches massive anti-polio vaccination
THE massive polio immunization program in this city started yesterday, as Mayor Celso L. Lobregat appealed to parents to bring their children, five years old and below, to the nearest barangay health center to have their kids vaccinated.
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Environment agency arm bats for use of biodiesel
THE Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC), the corporate arm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, on Saturday urged government agencies to use biodiesel or the coconut methyl ester on the coconut methyl ester on their vehicles in compliance with Malacañang's order to save up on gas.
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