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OAKLAND (AP) – The swine flu outbreak fell short of a full-blown international crisis, but revealed the precarious state of local health departments, the community bulwarks against disease and health emergencies in the United States.

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Lacson faces arrest, Pelaez said, if he fails to pay her damages arising from a 1996 handcuffs supply contract she had with the Philippine National Police (PNP).

She claimed Lacson blocked payment for the handcuffs contract after she refused to follow his instructions, issued in 1999, to fabricate charges against three former interior and local government secretaries and 123 PNP officers whom he considered his enemies.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202279 [Title] => California judgment can mar Lacson bid [Summary] => A California court’s civil damage ruling against Sen. Panfilo Lacson is endangering his presidential bid. Filipinos in the US who intend to vote in absentia in 2004 are thus avidly following the developments to find out this early whom to elect.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161015 [Title] => The big breakthrough in the Philippine landscape [Summary] => The recent capture of several kidnappers caught the attention of Dr. David Murphy who, day by day, reads the news in Philippine newspapers from faraway America. He noticed that quite a number of good things are now happening in the Philippines. "The peso is getting stronger. The poor seem to feel their lot is improving." he said. "The pessimists will need to work harder to maintain their negative attitudes if this sort of thing keeps happening."
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                    [Title] => Flu scare reveals strapped local health agencies
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OAKLAND (AP) – The swine flu outbreak fell short of a full-blown international crisis, but revealed the precarious state of local health departments, the community bulwarks against disease and health emergencies in the United States.

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Lacson faces arrest, Pelaez said, if he fails to pay her damages arising from a 1996 handcuffs supply contract she had with the Philippine National Police (PNP).

She claimed Lacson blocked payment for the handcuffs contract after she refused to follow his instructions, issued in 1999, to fabricate charges against three former interior and local government secretaries and 123 PNP officers whom he considered his enemies.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161015 [Title] => The big breakthrough in the Philippine landscape [Summary] => The recent capture of several kidnappers caught the attention of Dr. David Murphy who, day by day, reads the news in Philippine newspapers from faraway America. He noticed that quite a number of good things are now happening in the Philippines. "The peso is getting stronger. The poor seem to feel their lot is improving." he said. "The pessimists will need to work harder to maintain their negative attitudes if this sort of thing keeps happening."
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