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Military prepares for unrest, threats

Military prepares for unrest, threats
Philstar.com - Sunday, July 5

MANILA, Philippines – While confident that the President’s State of the Nation Address before Congress on July 27 will be peaceful, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not letting its guard down as it revealed massive preparations to quell any unrest and security threats.

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  • Sanctions mulled vs bar-hopping flu patient

    Philstar.com - Sunday, July 5

    MANILA, Philippines – The Valenzuela City government is studying possible sanctions on a 20-year-old Filipino-Malaysian hotel and restaurant management student who went bar-hopping in Quezon City while still infected with A(H1N1) flu virus.

  • Erap: Something fishy in TIM-Smartmatic pact

    Erap: Something fishy in TIM-Smartmatic pact

    ABS-CBN - Sunday, July 5

    Former President Joseph Estrada thinks Filipino firm Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) was paid off or was given concessions to remain a partner of Dutch company Smartmatic in the automation of the 2010 elections.

  • Cops, activists clash on Fil-Am Day

    Cops, activists clash on Fil-Am Day

    ABS-CBN - Sunday, July 5

    MANILA - Confrontation ensued on Saturday between policemen and demonstrators calling for the abolition of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Marking July 4, Filipino-American Friendship Day, a handful of activists jogged to the US embassy in Manila to demand a stop to the agreement and all military exercises with the US.

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  • Military prepares for unrest, threats

    Military prepares for unrest, threats

    Philstar.com - Sunday, July 5

    MANILA, Philippines – While confident that the President’s State of the Nation Address before Congress on July 27 will be peaceful, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not letting its guard down as it revealed massive preparations to quell any unrest and security threats.

  • DENR moves to protect 'feng shui tree'

    Philstar.com - Sunday, July 5

    MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has launched a crackdown on the illegal transport of the so-called feng shui tree or the igem dagat that thrives only in Taiwan and Cagayan province, particularly in Cala­yan Island.

  • Obama: US needs 'unyielding spirit'

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, July 4

    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen.