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<title>8 Killed In New (Islamic) Bombing In Southern Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A homemade bomb explosion Monday ripped through a commuter bus, killing at least 8 people in the southern Philippines, where security forces are battling Moro rebels, officials said.]]></description>
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<title>Blast in Philippine bus terminal kills 6</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A powerful blast ripped through a bus at a terminal in the troubled southern Philippines on Monday, killing six people and injuring 27 others, army and police said.]]></description>
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<title>4 killed as explosion his southern Philippines     </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a homemade bomb has exploded at a bus terminal in the southern Philippines, killing four people and injuring more than a dozen.Regional police chief Andres Caro says Monday's blast targeted the bus terminal in Digos city in Davao del Sur province.The explosion comes as government troops have been fighting Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels on the opposite side of the main southern region of Mindanao.It is not clear if the blast is related to the government's offensive against the rebels.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THERE is a tendency to shrug off political turmoil in other countries. We shake our heads, cluck our tongues and move on with our own lives, confident in the belief that none of this affects us. But it would be a mistake to disregard the dramatic events unfolding in Thailand in this manner. There, the prime minister yesterday declared a state of emergency in Bangkok to restore order after overnight clashes left one person dead and 43 others injured. On Monday night, a week of political tension exploded in street violence between protesters seeking to topple Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and mobs of his supporters. About 500 Samak supporters marched through the streets after midnight vowing to retake Government House, occupied by anti-government supporters demanding Samak's resignation.  Editorial, Manila Standard]]></description>
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<title>US appeals court junks Jocjoc asylum petition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante is facing immediate deportation after the US Court of Appeals denied his bid for political asylum. According to University of the Philippines law professor Harry Roque, the US Court of Appeals has turned down Bolante's petition for asylum for failure to support his claim of political persecution in the Philippines. A more fundamental problem for Bolante is that he does not presently face prosecution. No charges have been filed against him. The Philippine Senate is seeking Bolante to testify on the fertilizer fund scam, where he was tagged as the "main architect" of the plan to divert fertilizer subsidy funds to finance President Arroyo's presidential campaign in 2004.  Mike Frialde, Philippine Star]]></description>
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<title>Shameful Shameless Campaign of Pampanga officials</title>
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<description><![CDATA[That most of the local officials of Pampanga province, especially the mayors and board members, are suddenly beside themselves with their non-negotiable demand for credible and clean leadership is not at all surprising. But their brazenness is still breathtaking. Simply put, their "campaign" is both shameful and shameless. In Filipino, "nakakahiya, walang hiya!" We are referring to the petition purportedly initiated by Kapanalig at Kambilan ning Memalen Pampanga (Kambilan) for the recall of Gov. Eddie "Among Ed" Panlilio. The petition, pushed by these same officials, is not unexpected and has partisanship written all over it. It is public knowledge that some of Panlilio's political adversaries, from the time of his election, do not want him to finish his term. Right after his proclamation, they drove all over town waving their own version of the three R's-recount, recall and requiem-like three swords of Damocles.  Sure enough, a case for recount was filed shortly thereafter with the Commission on Elections by one of his rival candidates. (The Supreme Court forbade the recount while it deliberated on a related petition.) And the requiem? Panlilio himself has said that he has been told that a requiem (based on the Latin word for "rest," and which in the Catholic Church's lexicon refers to a Mass or service held especially for a deceased person) is being eyed by some of his enemies as a "last resort."  Founded only last July, Kambilan can't be the initiator of the recall drive; in fact, it can only be the front. This "non-profit and non-stock organization" is headed by the campaign manager of a losing candidate. Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines -- The government peace panel has been dissolved, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's adviser on the peace process was quoted as saying on radio. Retired Armed Forces chief Hermogenes Esperon refused to give details, saying Malacaņang is going to make a formal announcement later in the day, according to radio dzMM.]]></description>
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<title>NUJP: CHR findings on Manila Pen arrests &#x27;wanting&#x27; </title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines -- A media organization on Monday called "wanting" findings of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that police officials could be held legally liable for the arrest and detention of journalists covering a short-lived military uprising in Makati City last year. "Instead of recommending the filing of charges against those who violated the journalists' rights, the CHR merely referred the case to the departments whose personnel were accused of the violations, for internal inquiry," Jose Torres Jr., chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), said. At the same time, Torres said they did not expect a fair investigation from the justice department, which the CHR has asked to determine what charges should be filed against the police officers who ordered or carried out the arrests of the journalists who covered the takeover of the Manila Peninsula Hotel by mutinous soldiers. "How can we expect a fair investigation by the justice department when no less than Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez prejudged the case when he issued an advisory urging media practitioners to obey authorities when it comes to incidents like the Manila Pen standoff?" Torres said.]]></description>
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<title>More than 70 nabbed for faking documents to get UK visas </title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines -- More than 70 Filipinos and foreigners have been arrested for faking documents to be submitted with visa applications to the United Kingdom, the British embassy here said Tuesday. At rites to mark the donation of a sports utility vehicle by the UK embassy to the National Bureau of Investigation, Mark Date, entry clearance manager of the visa section, said those arrested either forged birth, death, marriage or bank certificates or belonged to syndicates that victimize those seeking to go to the UK. Apart from the vehicle, which will be used for surveillance work, the embassy gave the NBI laptop computers, mobile phones, printers, and scanners. Date said his office, in cooperation with the NBI, through its Police Referral Program, is hoping to expand its investigation and prosecution of people who attempt to go to the UK with false civil registry documents. For false bank documents, he said, it is up to the banks and owners of the documents to press charges. Veronica Uy, Inquirer.net]]></description>
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<title>Veteran broadcaster dies at 87</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA -- Veteran broadcaster Fidela Magpayo, popularly known in the media industry as "Tiya Dely," passed away last Monday. She was 87. Magpayo suffered a stroke last Saturday at 11:30 p.m. while on the air for her weekend radio program "Serenata Kolektibista" at dzRH compound in Pasay City. Dr. Cynthia Juico said Magpayo suffered from internal massive bleeding in her head based on her initial CT scan, which caused the broadcaster's death. ]]></description>
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<title>Pacquiao retiring next year; to run in 2010 in GMA&#x27;s party</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines -- Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on Monday said he is retiring from the ring next year and will be running again for public office in the 2010 elections. "Sigurado na, na tatakbo ako [It is sure, I am running]," said Pacquiao at Camp Crame, headquarters of the Philippine National Police, where he was sworn in as member of the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi, Partner of the Free Filipino), by Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, who is also president of the party founded by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Pacquiao, who said he is retiring August next year, made boxing history in June when he became the first Asian and first Filipino to win four world titles by knocking out David Diaz to take the WBC lightweight belt.  Alcuin Papa, Phil Daily Inquirer]]></description>
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<title>Thai protesters vow more disruption to oust premier </title>
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<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, Thailand -- Protesters demanding Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's resignation vowed Monday to target the government's water supply and cause more disruption to travelers to force him from office after an emergency parliamentary debate failed to resolve Thailand's political crisis. Samak canceled an official three-day trip to Japan starting Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said, as thousands of protesters remained camped out at the grounds of his official compound for a sixth day. They have refused to budge until Samak steps down -- an outcome he has repeatedly ruled out. Protest organizers accuse Samak's government of corruption and being a proxy for ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a 2006 bloodless military coup sparked by the alliance's protests. Thaksin recently fled to Britain to escape corruption charges. The People's Alliance for Democracy and their sympathizers -- monarchists, the military and the urban elite -- complain that Western-style democracy with one-man, one-vote gives too much weight to Thailand's rural majority, who protesters say are susceptible to vote buying that breeds corruption. Protesters also dislike the rural majority's staunch support of Thaksin and his allies.]]></description>
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<title>Waiting for legislation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Remember the scandal over the national broadband network deal with ZTE Corp.? Allegations of lobbying and a P200-million bribery attempt led to the scrapping of the deal and the resignation of Benjamin Abalos as chairman of the Commission on Elections, just a few months before his mandated retirement. Criminal charges and countercharges have been filed. But the congressional investigation into the deal has yet to result in any piece of significant legislation, which should aim to prevent a repeat of the scandal. It may take years and a new administration before anyone who earned dirty money from the ZTE deal or covered up anomalies is punished. But Congress can quickly pass laws that will prevent a repeat of all the irregularities in this deal. Editorial, Philippine Star]]></description>
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<title>Manhunt launched for other suspects in SuperFerry 14 bombing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police have started hunting other suspects in the SuperFerry 14 bombing on Feb. 27, 2004, following the arrest and deportation from Bahrain of the prime suspect in the attack that left 116 people dead and several others wounded. Sources said that other than Ruben "Omar" Pestano Lavilla Jr., the main suspect in the bombing, police are looking for his companions. Police, however, did not identify other suspects in the bombing, saying only the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) is authorized to reveal their names. Meanwhile, Anti-Terrorism Task Force spokesman and Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor said the Human Security Act of 2007 or the Anti-Terrorism Law cannot be applied in the case of Lavilla.]]></description>
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<title>400,000 licensed nurses have no jobs in RP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly half a million licensed Filipino nurses are now out of jobs. The Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) reported that the country now has an oversupply of 400,000 licensed nurses. PRC Commissioner Ruth Padilla pointed out that the country produces 100,000 licensed nurses annually, but there are no additional positions created in both government and private hospitals nationwide. She, however, expressed confidence that a lot of employment opportunities abroad are available for those licensed Filipino nurses who cannot find jobs in the country. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) earlier reported numerous job orders for Filipino nurses overseas, particularly among highly developed countries. Mayen Jaymalin, Phil Star ]]></description>
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<title>Chinese hacker jailed for false quake alert</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING -- A university student in China has been jailed for 18 months for hacking into a government website and posting a fake earthquake alert, state media reported. The computer science student, surnamed Jia, was convicted by a court in northern China's Shaanxi province last week for deliberately spreading false information, the Xian Evening News said. Jia hacked into the Shaanxi Provincial Seismic Bureau's website on May 29 and posted a warning that a strong earthquake would hit the province that night, according to the weekend report. His report immediately caused panic as people were still nervous following the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked China's southwest on May 12 and left nearly 88,000 people dead or missing. Jia's posting had 767 clicks within 10 minutes after its release and the seismic bureau received constant call-in inquiries, the report said. He posted the false alert as a joke and deleted it after realizing the severity of the matter.]]></description>
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<title>Amnesty: Philippine political killings continue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines : Political killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines have not ceased despite government efforts to address the violence, Amnesty International said Friday.]]></description>
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<title>- Guam Army National Guard soldier...</title>
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<title>Militant leader &#x27;sent to Manila after his arrest&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANILA: A founder of an Islamic group blamed for the worst militant attack in the Philippines has been arrested while working at a Philippine embassy in the Middle East, officials said yesterday.]]></description>
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<title>Manila to sign ASEAN charter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Philippines will ratify the Association of South East Asian Nations charter later this year, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, reversing an earlier reluctance to endorse the regional bloc's constitution.]]></description>
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