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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:17 PM PDT

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Visayan Daily Star
The country's jobless rate soared to a three-year high in April even though the nation has the fastest-growing economy in Asia, official data showed yesterday. President Benigno Aquino insisted the rise to 7.5 percent was due to temporary problems in the ...
Horse racers not a priority: AquinoBusinessWorld Online Edition
Philippines: jobless figures defy speedy GDP growthFinancial Times (registration) (blog)
PHL Racing Commission revamp not a priority says president AquinoGMA News
Malaya -Manila Standard Today
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:39 PM PDT

Gun ban ends tonight
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - Gun holders with permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) can bring their guns outside their homes tomorrow as the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ends at midnight tonight. The Philippine ...
Gun ban ends midnight but cops vow sustained drive vs illegal firearmsGMA News
More violators at end of banBusinessWorld Online Edition
Gun ban lapses; amnesty onManila Standard Today

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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:08 AM PDT

Only 5 in PH make list of Asia's top universities
Inquirer.net
Only five of the country's universities, led by the University of the Philippines (UP), made it to this year's list of top 300 Asian universities ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). This was the lowest number of Philippine universities to make the cut since QS ...
Asia's laggard in educationManila Standard Today
NUS still No 2 in Asia; NTU makes top 10Business Times (subscription)
Britain's 'young' universities are among the best in the world as seven make top ...Daily Mail
Philippine Star -GMA News
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Abu Sayyaf frees Fil-Sino trader
Malaya
ABU Sayyaf bandits yesterday released a Filipino-Chinese engineer they kidnapped in Jolo, Sulu in April last year. Carlos Tee Tiam was freed in downtown Jolo around 3 a.m. with no ransom paid, said Col. Jose Johriel Cenabre, commander of the 2nd ...
Abu Sayyaf releases Tsinoy trader in JoloPhilippine Star
Kidnapped businessman in Sulu freed after 14 monthsABS CBN News
Kidnapped DOTC engineer in Sulu freed — militaryGMA News
New Straits Times -Mindanao Examiner -Cebu Daily News
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:28 PM PDT

PAGASA: Monsoon rain over Luzon, Visayas on June 12
GMA News
Southwest monsoon to bring rain to western side of PHL. PAGASA satellite image shows the southwest monsoon affecting the western sections of Luzon and the Visayas PAGASA. Rain from the southwest monsoon may fall over parts of Luzon and Visayas on ...
PAGASA sees rainy Independence Day afternoonSolar News
Rains forecast on Independence DayCebu Daily News
Climate change and job lossesPhilippine Star
Rappler
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Cavite Customs men suspended
Manila Standard Today
Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Gerard Mosquera suspended two Customs collectors in Cavite for alleged extortion. Customs operations officer III Romeo Alicaya and operations officer I Rodel Arciga were placed under preventive suspension without pay for ...
2 Customs officials in Cavite suspended over extortionABS CBN News
Ombudsman suspends 2 customs officers for alleged extortionCebu Daily News

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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:40 PM PDT

Aquino: Unite now amid threats to PH
Cebu Daily News
"Now is the time to unite our hearts, unite our minds and our voices," Aquino said in Filipino during the celebration of the 115th anniversary of Philippine Independence Wednesday. "Now is the time for us to move as one nation for the fulfillment of our ...
Drilon leads Independence Day rites at Aguinaldo ShrineABS CBN News
Militants disrupt Independence Day ceremony in CaviteGMA News
US, Australia hail PH reforms under AquinoInquirer.net
Sun.Star -Philippine Star -BusinessWorld Online Edition
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:08 PM PDT

Arrested rookie cop shot dead
Tempo
LIPA CITY, Batangas - A rookie cop who was earlier nabbed for possession of illegal firearms and illegal drugs, here, was killed when he grabbed the firearm of one of his police escorts in his attempt to escape on Monday afternoon, police said. PO1 James ...
Detained cop shot dead by police escortsABS CBN News
Arrested cop killed by escorting copsMalaya

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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:19 AM PDT

3 MMDA men caught in act of gas pilfering
ABS CBN News
MANILA – Three employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Mandaluyong City were arrested Tuesday for alleged gas pilferage. Roderick Gutang, Luis Bitangcol and John Tuplado, all members of the MMDA Metro Parkway ...
Pilfered-fuel sellers nabbedManila Standard Today
MMDA probes 3 workers caught selling stolen dieselPhilippine Star
MMDA men in 'paihi' fuel theft; boss pissedCebu Daily News
Solar News
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Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:58 PM PDT

Vegetable prices go up in NCR as rainy season starts
GMA News
Prices of some vegetables went up in some markets in Metro Manila Wednesday, even as vendors said the rain may be partly to blame for it. At the Mega Q Mart in Quezon City, prices of some vegetables went up by as much as P10 per kilo, radio dzBB ...
Cope with the growing metropolisTempo

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