| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Girl, 4, abducted, released in Basilan |
| ZAMBOANGA CITY – Barely a week after the release of a 17-year-old nursing student by Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Basilan, another victim – a 4-year-old girl from Lamitan City – was abducted, but later freed. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Difficult year, but RP will survive |
| MANILA, Philippines – The impact of the United States recession and the crash of major financial markets around the world will be felt by the country in 2009, business and political leaders in Northern and Central Luzon agree. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Rains dampen fireworks sales in Quezon |
| LUCENA CITY – If there’s anything that fireworks vendors fear most, it is not a government crackdown on firecrackers or a campaign to discourage the use of fireworks. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| German feels at home in rites for Rizal |
| DAGUPAN CITY – At first glance, retired German police officer Manfred Ollik looks every bit a foreign guest every time the city government commemorates the death anniversary of national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, on Dec. 30. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Newsbriefs |
| BAGUIO CITY -- A former official of the defunct Cordillera Executive Board was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen near his house in Bangued, Abra, on Monday, police said. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| A ‘lumad’ exodus every holiday season |
| DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Every night since the first week of December, the public gymnasium of Barangay Mintal in Davao City’s Calinan District smacks of a flee market: One must holler to be heard or force oneself to get through the crowd of more than 5,000 Manobo and Bagobo peoples, mostly children. |
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| 12/21/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Mayors vow to rid Benguet of marijuana |
| LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET—Hurt by the tag that their towns are sources of marijuana in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Kibungan and Bakun officials vowed they would prioritize the eradication of marijuana plantations next year. |
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| 12/21/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Naga City reaps academic awards |
| NAGA CITY—Aside from being a consistent topnotcher in regional achievement tests for three consecutive years, the Department of Education’s city division has plenty of other reasons to consider 2008 as one of the most successful in its history. |
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| 12/21/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Regions |
| Water lilies offer hope for farmers |
| CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines—Water lilies that have rotted for centuries in the Liguasan Marsh, graveyard for combatants in an unending rebellion for self-rule by Moros, are offering farmers a glimmer of hope in their search for an end to their dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. |
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