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(2nd UPDATE) Oil firms to cut diesel prices by P1.50/liter

abs-cbnNEWS.com - 7/20/2008 2:06:40 PM

Oil companies have agreed to slash the prices of diesel by P1.50 per liter in an attempt to give relief to the public amid high fuel and food prices.

In a press conference, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza announced that the price reduction will take effect Sunday midnight.

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Kidnap: Facing Death

Last of three parts

For the first days, my cell phone, with Smart as the service provider, was used by our captors to contact my family, and for their own use as well. By the third or fourth day, the battery of my cell phone was used up. They transferred my SIM card to one of their phones and continued to use my line. The group would send a messenger from time to time to charge the phone, I assumed, to a nearby village.
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First part: Kidnap: Days of captivity in the depths of Sulu Second part: Kidnap: Ransom and guns
Days of captivity in the depths of Sulu
KIDNAP, the documentary on the abduction in Sulu of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her crew by the Abu Sayyaf Group, will be replayed on ANC on:

Saturday, July 19, 3.30 pm
Sunday, July 20, 10.30 pm

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a documentary on the abduction in Sulu of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her crew by the Abu Sayyaf Group, will be aired on ABS-CBN (Channel 2) on Sunday, July 13, 10:05pm.

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Filipino caregiver can stay in Canada

A cancer-stricken Filipina caregiver has won her battle to stay in Canada.

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau learned that Canadian Immigration authorities have decided to grant the wish of Juana Tejada for permanent residency on humanitarian grounds.

Her lawyer, Rafael Fabregas said, “Juana is very happy, she’s in very high spirits because of this news. She’s a fighter and after this, she believes she can beat this disease.”
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At 2 p.m. today, a Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 110 kms east northeast of Northern Mindanao (10.3°N 126.5°E) embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Bicol region, Visayas and Mindanao.

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