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                    [Title] => ‘No reason to doubt US explanation on drone’
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Amid sovereignty issues, the government will not question the presence of a US drone found off Masbate, Malacañang said yesterday.

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                    [Title] => 'US respects RP sovereignty on VFA review'
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Embassy in Manila said today it "respects the sovereignty" of the Philippines after the Arroyo government announced this week that it will conduct a review of the controversial 10-year-old visiting forces agreement (VFA) with Washington, which will be the basis for its decision on whether or not to terminate the accord.
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                    [Title] => VFA commissioner nagresign
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Nagbitiw na sa kanyang puwesto si Zosimo Paredes, executive director ng Visiting Forces Agreement Commission, dahil sa umano’y magkaibang posisyon nila ni Pangulong Arroyo sa isyu ng paglilipat kay Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith sa custody ng US Embassy.


"I took a position whch is diametrically opposed to that of the administration, so I cannot sit well anymore with them,’ pahayag ni Paredes.


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                    [Title] => Budget version ng Senado aprub na
                    [Summary] => Ipinasa ng Senado ang kanilang bersiyon sa 2006 budget na nagkakahalaga ng P1.027 Trillion, mababa ng halos P26.3 bilyon mula sa panukala ng Kamara na P1.053 Trillion.


Ayon kay Sen. Manny Villar, chairman ng finance committee, ilalatag na nila ito sa Lunes sa mga kinatawan ng Kongreso at magkakaroon ng bicameral conference para pag-usapan na ang pinal na budget para sa 2006.


Sa budget version ng Senado, tinapyasan ng P42.01M ang DFA, P49.09M sa DOH, P13.68M sa DOLE, P701.84M sa DND, P4B sa DPWH at P2.88B sa DOTC.


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                    [Title] => Comelec: US forces gun-exempt
                    [Summary] => To avoid legal hitches, the Commission on Elections (Co-melec) has exempted from the election gun ban American forces taking part in joint military exercises in various areas in Luzon from April 27 to May 18. 


The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission said the Comelec has required the foreign affairs secretary’s office to furnish its committee on firearms and security personnel the list of actual participants to the "Balikatan 2001," which could number over 3,000. 


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                    [Title] => Homicide raps vs US, Pinoy soldiers junked
                    [Summary] => A criminal complaint filed against Filipino and American soldiers over the death of two Cebuano boys in an explosion at a firing range used in a joint military exercise in Toledo City in August last year, was dismissed after the victims’ families lost interest in pursuing the case.


The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission said prosecutor Gabriel Trocio Jr. dropped the complaint for double homicide with physical injuries through negligence, stemming from the deaths of Rolly Navales and Arnelo Gaviola and the wounding of a third boy, Jordan Villarmea.


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                    [Title] => VFA commish cautions on live fire exercises
                    [Summary] => The use of live ammunition during joint military exercises with the United States will not be allowed unless the Armed Forces can ensure that proper security and safety procedures are in place, the Visiting  Forces Agreement  Commission said yesterday.


In a memorandum, Foreign Affairs Secretary and VFACOM chairman Domingo Siazon Jr. told Navy Admiral Luisito Fernandez to observe such rule after the VFACOM was informed that joint training exercises involving possible live fire procedures will start in Subic, Zambales next week.


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                    [Title] => Cebu blast related to war game — VFACom
                    [Summary] => The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACom) ruled that an explosion at a firing range in Toledo City, Cebu last Aug. 19 was related to the joint military exercise between Filipino and US troops, and that the two governments should compensate the families of the two boys killed and a third teener seriously injured in the blast. 


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                    [Title] => Mauled cabbie to donate any settlement to Church
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CEBU CITY - Any settlement money on the mauling of Cebu City taxi driver
Marcelo Batestil will go to the Church, his lawyer said yesterday.

Batestil forgave and withdrew the case he filed against US servicemen Michael
Keyes, John Lowery and Shanon Towers after they apologized to him in court the
other day, prompting Municipal Trial Court Judge Rosabella Tormis to dismiss
the case.

The three American sailors mauled Batestil after the taxi driver tried to
insist on collecting a P900 fare he said they owed.
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"I took a position whch is diametrically opposed to that of the administration, so I cannot sit well anymore with them,’ pahayag ni Paredes.


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Ayon kay Sen. Manny Villar, chairman ng finance committee, ilalatag na nila ito sa Lunes sa mga kinatawan ng Kongreso at magkakaroon ng bicameral conference para pag-usapan na ang pinal na budget para sa 2006.


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The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission said the Comelec has required the foreign affairs secretary’s office to furnish its committee on firearms and security personnel the list of actual participants to the "Balikatan 2001," which could number over 3,000. 


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The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission said prosecutor Gabriel Trocio Jr. dropped the complaint for double homicide with physical injuries through negligence, stemming from the deaths of Rolly Navales and Arnelo Gaviola and the wounding of a third boy, Jordan Villarmea.


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In a memorandum, Foreign Affairs Secretary and VFACOM chairman Domingo Siazon Jr. told Navy Admiral Luisito Fernandez to observe such rule after the VFACOM was informed that joint training exercises involving possible live fire procedures will start in Subic, Zambales next week.


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                    [Title] => Mauled cabbie to donate any settlement to Church
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CEBU CITY - Any settlement money on the mauling of Cebu City taxi driver
Marcelo Batestil will go to the Church, his lawyer said yesterday.

Batestil forgave and withdrew the case he filed against US servicemen Michael
Keyes, John Lowery and Shanon Towers after they apologized to him in court the
other day, prompting Municipal Trial Court Judge Rosabella Tormis to dismiss
the case.

The three American sailors mauled Batestil after the taxi driver tried to
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