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A TEAM of international health experts will be dispatched to the Philippines to look into the cases of ebola reston virus that infected several swine farms in the country.

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THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be accepting payments on the holidays through its accredited bank in Manila.

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Current tableaus of the Nativity scene which have the shepherds take to the far wings to clear the center stage for the climactic offering by the three kings of their gifts for the Babe on the manger hallow out the core theological message that the Luke wanted to express in his birth narrative of Jesus the Christ.

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“DAYO sa Mundo ng Elementalia” is the first full-length animated film that entered the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

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AT LEAST 909 travelers were prohibited from leaving the country in the first 11 months of the year.

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FOUR suspected kidnappers were killed in a shootout with the policemen in Valenzuela City early Tuesday morning.

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POWER retailer Manila Elecric Company (Meralco) has put in place its contingency measures to ensure that no untoward incident will occur as the country celebrates the holiday season especially the coming 2009.

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EIGHT suspected robbers were killed after they engaged the policemen in a running gun battle in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija Sunday night, a police official said Monday.

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THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Monday released the pay rules for the regular holidays on December 25 (Christmas Day), December 30, 2008 (Rizal Day), and January 1, 2009 (New Year’s Day), as well as the special non-working days on December 26, 29, and 31, 2008.

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THE number of families experiencing hunger at least once in the past three months has reached a record-high of 23.7 percent or 4.3 million households since 1998 following an increase in hunger in Metro Manila and Mindanao.

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