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Philippines: Oplan Mercury Rising should be thwarted at all costs, says Beltan

MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today said that the charge made by retired generals that there is a government-orchestrated plan to manipulate the May 14 elections and swing the votes in favor of Team Unity deserves not only the Commission on Election’s attention but the rest of the Filipino people as well. He said that Malacanang is risking another people’s rising if it pushes ahead with its plans for fraud.

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139 abused workers in Lebanon return home to Philippines

MANILA ? Charg? d’Affaires, a.i. (CDA) Mariano A. Dumia of the Philippine Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon reported to the Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo that the Embassy?s overcrowded Welfare Center has emptied out as 139 Filipino workers, some of whom had been in the Center for as long as ten months, are scheduled to arrive in Manila at 2:45 p.m. today.
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National Moo Duk Kwan tourney in Davao for 39th staging

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — the 39th National Moo Duk Kwan Soo Bahk Do Summer League championship is coming down to Davao City on June 2, 2007. The tournament organizers announce this Tuesday at the regular Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (Scoop-Davao) of the Royal Mandaya Hotel, this city.

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‘Way Kurat’ to PNP: Act on election-related killings in ComVal

By Mai Gevera

COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Philippines — As Election Day nears, political candidates are now seeking the role of the Philippine National Police as well as elements of the Philippine Army to intensify investigation of the suspected election-related killings in Compostela Valley Province.
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