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“Lahar areas in Central Luzon best for malunggay”

Laguna policemen are now disabled-friendly. This, after 39 members of police units from Laguna's 27 towns and three cities underwent a five-day sign language seminar to help them deal with crime victims and ... via ABS-CBN News

Metro Two vehicles turn turtle in San Juan and Marikina Two vehicles - ' a car and an SUV, turned turtle in separate places in the Metropolis at dawn Sunday, the first the result of a car chase and the second ... via ABS-CBN News

Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay received 11 death threats via text message on his birthday, radio dzMM reported Monday. via ABS-CBN News

“Supplemental impeach raps vs Arroyo needs Pulido nod”

Relatives of former senator Rene Saguisag informed him Sunday of his wife's fate three days after the fatal car accident that led to her death and his hospitalizaton last week in Makati City. via ABS-CBN News

“Though these two incidents may be unrelated to each other and to the victims' line of work, it still calls for a thorough investigation and for the killers to be identified and locked up behind bars”

National Family tags Bedol in Dalaig murder The family of slain election official Alioden Dalaig said that former Maguindanao poll supervisor Lintang Bedol may be involved in the murder in Malate, Manila on ... via ABS-CBN News

“I was dead wrong on [John] Updike. I was dead wrong on [Philip] Roth”

Norman Mailer, the author whose name was synonymous with literary celebrity in the second half of the 20th century, died yesterday at the age of 84. via Newsday.com

Region Election officer abducted in Lanao del Sur An election officer in Lanao del Sur province was abducted Friday by armed men believed to be led by a former chairman of Barangay Piksan, Calanogas town. via ABS-CBN News

“The government has used as propaganda the errors of the revolutionary movement which were already rectified when it held the Second Rectification Movement in 1992”

" The New Peoples Army operating in North Cotabato and Davao del Sur dismissed as "propaganda" the reports on the recent discovery of skeletal remains believed to be a mass grave for NPA victims in a remote ... via Manila Bulletin

She said she also hoped that improving links and collaboration with foreign film producers and associations would facilitate the promotion of locally produced films in global festivals and markets. via Gulf Times

“A child committing suicide because of hunger and poverty may be an isolated case, but Filipino families experiencing extreme hunger and poverty are definitely prevalent.”

" A poor girl who committed suicide because of extreme poverty in southern Philippines was buried Saturday. via Zamboanga Journal

“I had been concerned when I came here that there could be perceptions that the forum is intended to replace the existing ecumenical structures”

Hubert Van Beek at the close of the Global Christian Forum. Nairobi . Leaders meeting in Kenya belonging to all main Christian traditions, and from countries ranging from Armenia to Zimbabwe, have pledged to ... via Groong Armenian News Network

His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, and Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah concluded ... via BruDirect

“Besides, any alteration had to be mutually agreed upon.”

More than the mural depicting the history and state of press freedom, the perception of press freedom by the National Press Club was debased and distorted. via MindaNews

“It would be hard to imagine a group less threatening to the security of Pakistan and more in accord with the democratic values you have espoused”

Dear Representatives Lowey and Wolf: We are writing to share our views on several critical human rights issues that may arise as House and Senate conferees consider the FY 2008 State and Foreign Operations ... via Siber News

“I wish for new shoes, a bag and jobs for my mother and my father. My dad does not have a job and my mum just gets laundry jobs.”

Suicide highlights poverty in the Philippines By Kathy Marks All she wanted was a bicycle, a pair of new shoes and to be able to finish her schooling. via The Pinoy

“Next 24 hours critical for Rene Saguisag”

Twenty-eight military officers and soldiers accused of involvement in an aborted February 2006 mutinous action walked out of a general court martial hearing in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal Friday. via ABS-CBN News

A powerful explosion ripped through a residential village south of the Philippine capital Manila on Thursday, killing four people and wounding two, police said. via AlertNet

Six teenagers, including three Sanggunian Kabataan officials, are dead after drowning at a beach resort in Carles, Iloilo Sunday afternoon. via ABS-CBN News

National AFP probes 14 soldiers in human rights cases The Armed Forces of the Philippines said Wednesday that 14 soldiers are being investigated by the military's five human rights courts. via ABS-CBN News

“The next 24 hours is critical. He needs to be closely monitored hourly. We hope that he will remain strong”

National Docs eye surgery on Saguisag Neurosurgeons may have to perform a delicate operation on former senator Rene Saguisag as a result of head trauma he sustained following the accident that killed his wife ... via ABS-CBN News