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September 30th, 2010

P-Noy to be Excommunicated?

President Benigno Aquino III was threatened to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church for providing free contraceptives to poor couples.

Excommunication, the highest form of punishment in the Catholic Church, was brought up by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The church deems birth control as highly immoral and even equated it to abortion.

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September 12th, 2010

Newborn Baby Found in Manila Airport

Police found a newborn baby boy inside a garbage bag that was unloaded from a plane that landed from Middle East last Sunday.

The baby, still covered in blood and wrapped in tissue paper, was bought to the airport clinic to be examined and cleaned. The nurses gave him a bottle of milk and wrapped him in cloth. According to the doctors the baby boy’s vital signs are okay.

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September 10th, 2010

Oktoberfest 2010 Starts Tonight

SM MALL OF ASIA – a big crowd of beer lovers flock to the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds as this year’s San Miguel Oktoberfest is being launched right at this moment.

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August 24th, 2010

Philiipines gets #4 spot at Miss Universe 2010!

The 4th runner-up in this year’s Ms. Universe has truly proven her worth as she gave honor to the Philippines in this years competition. She almost didn’t make it this far as she was stripped of her crown because of inconsistencies in her birth record. She fought hard and her hard work paid off. Congratulations to the newest addition to the roster of Filipina beauty queens who brought honor to the Philippines and to all Filipinos all over the world, Venus Raj!

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August 23rd, 2010

Quirino Grandstand Hostage Taking Analysis

Today is really a sad day. It’s all over the news. An almost 12-hour hostage taking happened in the Quirino Grandstand and the hostages are the Chinese tourists whose flight back home was supposedly today, and I say it, I am really disappointed with what happened. Everything turned out to be a joke!

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August 18th, 2010

Bus crash in Baguio kills 41, 8 wounded

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The death toll from the passenger bus that fell into a ravine in Benguet province on Wednesday has risen to 41, police said.

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August 18th, 2010

Krista preparing for a grand wedding here in the Phil?

MANILA, Philippines – Newlyweds Krista Ranillo and Jefferson Nino Lim are planning to hold a grand wedding ceremony in the Philippines next year.

Ranillo told ABS-CBN North America News Bureau that they are considering the possibility of getting married here.

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August 16th, 2010

Krista Ranillo 2 months pregnant on her wedding

Last minute preparations for the wedding prevented most of the couple’s guests from Manila from coming over to witness the event. The original plan was for a big church wedding within the year where all of Nino’s and Krista’s friends and family from home will be invited.

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August 15th, 2010

Kris Aquino to judge Miss Universe 2010?

MANILA, Philippines – The camp of controversial actress-host and presidential sister Kris Aquino finally reacted to reports saying Aquino was invited to judge this year’s Miss Universe tilt to be held in Las Vegas.

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August 14th, 2010

New Breed of GMA 7 Female Artists Unfolds

GMA 7 introduces three equally fresh and lovely faces to watch out for in the television and movie scene — new Belo beauty Gwen Zamora, Cebuana covergirl and internet celebrity Ellen Adarna, and FM radio’s prettiest Andi Manzano.

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