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Bell rings for Palace race
On the eve of the start of the campaign period  for national posts in the May 2010 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday warned candidates that any violation of campaign rules would cost them disqualification from the balloting.
Villar chastised for political ads BY CRIS G. ODRONIA Reporter

THE presidential candidates for the May 10 elections took turns at hitting rival Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. during a presidential debate held Monday at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where former President Joseph Estrada was a no-show.
First Super Bowl win MIAMI: Inspired by a city still rebuilding from the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Saints captured their first Super Bowl crown on Sunday (Monday in Manila) by rallying for a 31-17 triumph over Indianapolis.
First woman president SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Laura Chinchilla thanked supporters for electing her Costa Rica’s first female president and only the fifth ever in Latin America late Sunday (Monday in Manila), as her opponents accepted defeat.

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On the eve of the start of the campaign period  for national posts in the May 2010 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday warned candidates that any violation of campaign rules would cost them disqualification from the balloting.

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New Orleans wins first Super Bowl

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MIAMI: Inspired by a city still rebuilding from the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Saints captured their first Super Bowl crown on Sunday (Monday in Manila) by rallying for a 31-17 triumph over Indianapolis.

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Govt eyes OFW money to plug fiscal gap

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BY CHINO S. LEYCO Reporter

THE government plans to tap small  investors, particularly overseas  Filipino workers (OFW), to help finance its record budget deficit this year, according to the Bureau of Treasury.

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Groups to press Arroyo to sign Senior Citizen Act

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BY IRA KAREN APANAY Senior Reporter

Despite their old age, the elders said on Monday they are planning to go back to Mendiola on Wednesday to press President Gloria Arroyo to sign the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (ESCA).

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