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Camiguin’s elevation into a middle class province amazes President Arroyo
06:16:53:pm
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin, Jan. 7 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today expressed amazement at the resiliency and uncommon industry of Camiguinons who, within only two years, elevated this island into a middle-class province.
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PGMA deeply moved by the sight of thousands of victims of massive floods in Mindanao
06:11:37:pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was visibly moved here today (Wednesday, Jan. 7) by the sight of thousands of evacuees as she continued to distribute relief and family food packs to victims of the massive flooding that hit the northern provinces of Mindanao last Saturday.
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NPA freed Cammayo for fear of relentless military operations -- Army spokesman
06:03:36:pm
MANILA, Jan. 7 (PNA) -- The Philippine Army on Wednesday dismissed the claims of the New People’s Army that the latter's act in freeing the abducted Army officer is an act of goodwill, but rather a clear manifestation that the insurgents were really pressured by the relentless military operations, which, the NPA rebels had been appealing to stop all along.
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ECMI-CBCP urges public to pray for the safety of Pinoys affected by war in Gaza
By Ferdinand G. Patinio
06:23:13:pm
MANILA, Jan. 7 (PNA) -- An official of the Episcopal Commission on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) asked the public on Wednesday to pray for the safety of the Filipinos who are affected by the war in Gaza strip.
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Demi Moore's "gay" accessories (Entertainment)
04:59:00:pm
BEIJING, Jan. 7 (PNA/Antara) -- Christopher Ciccone has branded Demi Moore a "diva" who treats gay men like handbags.
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Consumer advocates say oil firms still owe public P8 for the month of January
05:35:29:pm
MANILA, Jan. 7 (PNA) — Industrialist Raul T. Concepcion on Wednesday said oil companies should return to consumers at least another P8 per liter for the month of January.
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FAO, OIE, WHO joint mission to Manila to probe Ebola Reston virus in pigs
04:50:07:pm
MANILA, Jan. 7 (PNA) — At the invitation of the Government of the Philippines, experts from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Manila to participate in a joint mission to further investigate the Ebola Reston virus identified last October in pigs from two farms in the Philippines.
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Two bombs explode in North Cotabato, another one found in Maguindanao
05:26:18:pm
COTABATO CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) -– A grenade explosion occurred inside the compound of Iglesia ni Kristo church in Kabacan, North Cotabato Wednesday afternoon.
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Gov sees bright future for Cebu in 2009
05:29:35:pm
CEBU CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) - Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she sees a bright future and a lot of hope for Cebuanos this year despite hard times brought by a global recession.
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Powerful aftershock rocks Papua, Indonesia
04:23:48:pm
JAKARTA, Jan. 7 (PNA/Bernama) -- A strong tremor with magnitude of 6.1 struck quake-hit area of Papua in easternmost of Indonesia on Wednesday morning, a late aftershock of a series of tremors hit since Sunday, but no new damage or casualty has been reported yet, meteorology agency said here.
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