After bombings, Weena Bus tightens security

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE and CHERYLL D. FIEL

Rejecting claims by the military that Jemaah Islamiyan terrorists were behind last week's bus bombings, Weena, the bus company, believes that these were part of an extortion attempt. Leftists, however, see something more sinister.

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Child advocates to hold rally today for Grecil

Karapatan Southern Mindanao, along with children's rights advocate, will be staging an indignation rally here today to demand justice for Grecil Buya Galacio, the girl killed allegedly by the military in New Bataan, Compostella Valley Province, last March 31.

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Philippines remains hopeful jockeying for 2010 polls won’t derail reforms, fiscal discipline

MANILA — While conceding that early politicking could take place in the Senate in the run-up to the 2010 presidential elections, Malaca?ang remains hopeful that all parties would move “forward in a united way to stay on the path of economic reform and fiscal discipline.”
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