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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Government’s ‘new jobs’ claim assailed

Of the net increase in jobs of more than one million reported in the April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS), two-thirds are in unpaid family work (575,000) and in domestic household help (148,000). These jobs are among the lowest-earning and are sometimes even unpaid labor.

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Philippines: Largest follow-on stock offering in history, market bull run continues

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo graced today, June 18, the listing of some 3.13 billion common shares of stock of Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGGI) worth P17.8 billion at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Makati City, as stock prices vaulted to new record highs.
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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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Renal disease in Top 10 leading cause of death in Philippines

KORONADAL CITY — The prevalence of kidney/renal diseases has been in an increasing trend, especially the end-stage renal disease (ERSD) as reported in the Philippine Renal Disease Registry (PRDR). The rate of death due to end-stage renal disease has been in the top ten list of the mortality of the Department of Health (DOH).
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