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=Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao vs. the Philippines' Reproductive Health Bill 5/18/11=

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The Philippines is currently having an issue with the large population of poor people. They believe that birth control methods will help the poor recieve more money without having to worry about kids being around. What is making it such an issue is the argument Manny Pacquiao is putting up against birth control methods.=====

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Manny uses biblical references in his argumant. He says, "God said, 'Go forth and multiply.' He did not say 'Go and have just one or two childern.'" With about 92 million poor peole of the Philippines only making $1.35 per day, there is really no decision on this bill, but is still being decided. If Manny manages to sway the population to no reproductive health bill then the population will continue to grow and the poor will continue to get poorer.===== =Philippines Says China Executes Three Filipinos 3/30/11=

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On March 30th 3 Filipinos were executed for drug traffiking into China causing sadness and outrage in the Pilippines. Ms. Villanueva, one of the convicts, was told to have been used as an unwitting drug courier, but that never stopped Chinese officials. The Philippines were outraged because the Chinese would not have listened to the evidence that was presented the day before the execution of Ms. Villanueva.=====

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These three Filipinos have been neglected by the government until last minute and the have never had a chance to avoid execution. The Chinese have not only 72 drug traffiking Filipinos on death row, but also have at least 200 Filipinos imprisoned there as well. China has also the largest amount of executions in 2010 than in any other country.===== =Gunman and 8 Hostages Dead in the Philippines 8/23/10=

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A gunman held a public bus full of tourists, all from Hong Kong, for 12 hours. The standoff was broadcasted live on television which the gunman was also watching inside the bus allowing him to know what was happening outside the bus. The gunman is a 55 - year old man who had been accused of robbery and extortion and was fired in 2009 and was armed with an M - 16 assult rifle.=====

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The gunman, Mr. Mendoza, had intentions for this standoff, but they were never found out. He did communicate with the police with demands for the media to come to him and if they were not meet, he would start shooting. By the time Mr. Mendoza had been killed he had managed to kill eight of the hostages. We come to believe that what Mr. Mendoza's resoning for this was against the Chinese people.===== =Philippines: Aquino vs. Homegrown Terrorists 6/22/10=

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When Benigno Aquino III won the presidential election last year, the terroist group Abu Sayyaf gunman kidnapped three Christian Loggers﻿. They were kidnapped and beheaded hours after with no demand for ransom. The Abu Sayyaf are know for their ambushes and beheading their victims.=====

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Aquino is hoping that during his presidency that new plans will be divised to capture and stop the Abu Sayyaf. With the terrorism being 'homegrown' it will take many years before the entire Abu Sayyaf group is destroyed. For the meantime Aquino is devising his own plan and is continuing with the military's operation on the issue and waiting to see if it will become more efficient.===== =Philippine Landslide Leaves Dozens Missing 4/22/11=

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A landslide buried bunkhouses and entryways to gold-mining tunnels killing one miner and leaving 40 missing. Five men and a woman have been rescued from the landslide in a tunnel in a remote village. Many backhoes, buldozers, and air force helicopters have been deployed to find the missing people.=====

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Most of the missing miners that were caught in the landslide were illegal gold miners with their families that have been warned about the landslide prone area. These areas were closed off by the government in hope to stop illegal mining. But one thing about a gold miner is they will do anything to get their gold.=====