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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 05:46 AM PDT

Traffic nightmare: New normal?
Inquirer.net
INTREPID bystanders put up a makeshift "bridge" for a fee in a flooded portion of Recto Street in Manila. Heavy rains inundated parts of Metro Manila on June 13, causing heavy traffic and stranding thousands of commuters. Edwin Bellosillo. Most Filipinos ...
Mayors, MMDA to help SBP in FIBA hostingPhilippine Star
Palace: programs in place to address losses from trafficGMA News
Metro truck ban extended until JanuaryBusiness Mirror
BusinessWorld Online Edition -Sun.Star
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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:04 AM PDT

Aquino not yet convinced to change Constitution
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - President Benigno S. Aquino III's position against changing the Constitution remains unless somebody could convince him on the pressing need to do it at this time, a senior government official said today. In an interview over ...
Palace: PNoy still open to Chacha, but questions urgencyGMA News
Palace justifies Aquino's move to appeal death sentence of Filipino drug mulesSun.Star
Congress urged to tackle investment policyManila Standard Today

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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:39 PM PDT

Binay: Saving overseas Filipinos from execution is government duty
Sun.Star
ADOPTING a hands-off policy whenever there is a Filipino facing execution in other countries is impossible, Vice President Jejomar Binay said Sunday, as the government is mandated to aid any distressed citizen. "The Philippine government cannot turn its ...
Palace: No conflict between appeals for lives of Pinoys on death row abroad and ...GMA News
Gov't urged to stop helping convicted drug mulesABS CBN News
Philippines urged to stop aiding jailed drug mulesGulf Today
Manila Standard Today -Asian Correspondent
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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 06:44 PM PDT

US State Department issues travel warning for the...
The Global Dispatch
Following in the steps of Canada and Australia earlier this week, The US Department of State has issued a travel warning to the Philippines Friday. Image/ Eugene Alvin Villar http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Seav. State department officials warn U.S. ...
US issues new travel warningPhilippine Star
US warns against travel to MindanaoABS CBN News
US warns against travel to southern PhilippinesStraits Times
GMA News -Gulf Today -MENAFN.COM
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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 06:15 AM PDT

PAOCC nabs two human traffickers, rescues 130 potential victims in Zambo
Business Mirror
OPERATIVES of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 130 would-be victims in two separate operations in Zamboanga City on Wednesday. In an e-mail to the Philippines News ...
Human trafficking victims bound for Sabah rescuedABS CBN News
Zambo cops nab two traffickers , rescue 130 victimsGMA News
132 victims of human trafficking rescuedTempo

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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 01:43 AM PDT

DENR raid yields dead mynahs, parrots, crocs
Business Mirror
AUTHORITIES stormed a house in Tondo, Manila, on Wednesday night where hundreds of wildlife species are being kept by illegal traders of wildlife. The raid, led by Environment Undersecretary Ernesto Adobo, head of the newly created Philippine ...
Philippines finds huge hoard of endangered speciesChannel News Asia
Philippine gov't declares all-out war against wildlife species' poachersXinhua
Endangered animals found dead in Tondo raid, four suspects arrestedGMA News
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Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:53 AM PDT

P1.2B worth of illegal drugs seized in 6 months
Sun.Star
MANILA -- The anti-narcotics agents have confiscated P1.2-billion worth of dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECS) during the first semester of this year, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Saturday.
Agent hits PDEA chiefsManila Standard Today
Philippine gov't confiscates 27.6 mln USD worth of illegal drugs in H1Xinhua

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