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• Pulse Asia survey shows voters prefer bets who support family planning
  This could give the presidential candidates a change of heart on the Reproductive Health bill.
• Most Filipinos fail to complete medication-DoH
  Most Filipinos fail to complete their prescribed medication despite the availability of cheap generic and branded drugs, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said Friday.
• Teodoro dismisses kin's support of Aquino-Roxas team
  Administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro brushed off Friday reports that a cousin from the powerful Cojuangco clan is supporting the Aquino-Roxas tandem, and even warned that this kind of politics “smack of patronage politics” that has beset the country.
• Former world champ Diaz picks Pacquiao to win by KO
  GRAPEVINE, Texas - For a long time, David Diaz dreaded seeing video footages of Manny Pacquiao's fights. The Chicago native knows that, invariably, his knockout loss to the pound-for-pound king on June 28, 2008 would be highlighted.
• Pacquiao registers 146 lbs, Clottey still overweight
  It wasn't only natural hard work ethic after all. When Ghanaian Joshua Clottey was spotted doing a very early morning run at the lobby of the Gaylord Texan Hotel on Monday, he was not just trying to keep in tip-top shape. He was actually trying to lose extra poundage.
• New Army chief confident he won't get "illegal orders'
  Lieutenant General Reynaldo Mapagu, newly installed Army chief, expressed Friday his confidence that he would not get “illegal orders” from his superiors.
• Masbate police intensifies drive vs unlicensed firearms
  NAGA CITY - With Elections Day less than two months away, the Philippine National Police in Masbate has intensified its campaign against undocumented firearms in the island province.
• San Miguel Purefoods raising P5B from shares relaunch
  San Miguel Purefoods Co. Inc., the food unit of the San Miguel group, plans to raise about P5 billion from the sale of new shares through either a public offering, private placement or a combination of these within this year.
• Actress Plinky Recto hurt in QC road mishap
  Actress Plinky Recto sustained minor injuries when her vehicle was rammed by a dump truck near the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Friday afternoon, police said.
• Teodoro buoyed by no. 2 rank in poll, vows to become no. 1
  Buoyed by a recent survey result showing him at number two, the highest he has gotten so far in various surveys, administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro vowed to stay on and become number one up until election day.
• Juday is pregnant-husband
  (UPDATE 2) Judy Ann Santos is pregnant, according to her jubilant husband Ryan Agoncillo who made the announcement Friday on GMA Network's noontime show “Eat Bulaga.”
• Asia stocks mixed as China tightening fears linger
  HONG KONG - Lingering fears China may introduce new credit-tightening after higher-than-expected inflation data were offset Friday by calls from Japan's premier for a weaker yen, leaving Asian stocks mixed.
• Mt. Pulag off limits to trekkers to prevent forest fires
  Mt. Pulag National Park is off limits to campers and other visitors to prevent forest fires and allow burnt forest patches to heal, officials of Kabayan town have declared.
• Militiaman killed in Negros Occidental clash
  A militiaman was killed and another wounded when suspected members of the New People's Army ambushed members of the Philippine Army in the province of Negros Occidental Thursday night, police said on Friday.
• Oil prices above $82 a barrel
  SINGAPORE - (UPDATE) Oil prices rose in Asian trade Friday, lifted by signs of stronger demand as the world economy recovers from recession, analysts said.
• $657M compensation deal for Ground Zero workers
  NEW YORK - More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totaling $657 million for health problems under a settlement reached Thursday.
• RP stocks down on PLDT cash dividends, BSP relief measures
  Local stocks fell sharply on Friday largely due to the cash dividend payment of telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and the unwinding of monetary relief measures by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
• 9 hurt, traffic snarled as 4 buses collide in Makati
  (UPDATE) Nine people were hurt after the four public buses they were riding in figured in a chain collision along the southbound lane of Edsa, police said.
• Woods' workout sparks talk of return to golf
  Speculation was mounting Thursday that Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf within the next month, but just where and when remained a mystery.
• Top management, banks, audit firm blamed for Lehman fall
  A court-appointed expert blamed Thursday the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers on its top management as well as audit firm Ernst & Young and banks Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.
• Climate change pushing bird species "extinction'-US
  Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.
• Web 'critical' revenue source for NY Times-publisher
  Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come," publisher Arthur Sulzberger said Thursday.
• Rain comes to Metro Manila, but it's still El Niño-Pagasa
  (UPDATE) After weeks of scorching heat, rain has finally come - at least in parts of Metro Manila - due to a cold front in Luzon. But the government-run weather bureau quickly doused hopes of cooler days, saying the showers were merely “transient” and that the country was still experiencing El Niño.
• Pacquiao has perfect game plan for Clottey
  Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao puts his World Boxing Organization title on the line Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) against Ghana's Joshua Clottey as they headline the first fight card at Cowboys Stadium.
• Binay: I'm ready to take over from Estrada
  Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino vice presidential candidate Mayor Jejomar Binay said Thursday he'll be ready to take over in the event both he and former President Joseph Estrada win and Estrada opts to cut short his six-year term.
• Legarda stands by claim Roxas offered her a deal
  Vice-presidential candidate Loren Legarda is standing by her claim that her closest rival, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, had approached her with a deal to make her withdraw from the race.
• QC judge faces raps for finding Villarosa guilty
  The Department of Justice (DoJ) has ordered the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office to charge Judge Ma. Theresa de la Torre-Yadao with “knowingly rendering unjust judgment” when she convicted former Occidental Mindoro Rep. Jose Villarosa for the murder in 2006 of brothers Michael and Paul Quintos.
• Ailing Filipino sailor rescued from vessel off Taiwan
  The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Thursday thanked the Taiwanese air force for helping in the rescue of a Filipino seaman who was feared to have suffered a heart attack on a Hong Kong-registered freighter that was plying the waters of southern Taiwan last month.
• Canned fish exporter ups stake in NZ food firm
  Canned fish exporter Alliance Tuna International Inc. has jacked up its stake in New Zealand's second largest smoked salmon processor Prime Foods NZ Ltd. as part of its overseas expansion.
• Stop adopting politicos, military asked
  The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) should put an end to its practice of adopting politicians as part of insulating the military from politics, a congressman said Friday.
• US stocks climb on bank cheer
  US stocks staged an 11th hour rally Thursday after the head of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, said he was sure the major bank was on track for a sustainable recovery, lifting sentiment.
• Keep off politics, Catholic clergy told
  The top Catholic prelate in the country Thursday reminded the religious to refrain from endorsing candidates in the May 10 elections.
• Indian national rescued in abductors' hideout
  Authorities on Thursday rescued an Indian national who was abducted by armed men in the province of Laguna, the provincial police chief said on Friday.
• Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in
  A 7.2-magnitude aftershock and four other tremors rocked disaster-hit Chile Thursday, triggering a tsunami alert just minutes before billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president.
• Kris Aquino joins Noynoy campaign in Zamboanga
  Talk show host Kris Aquino joined her brother, Liberal Party presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, for the first time since the official campaign started in a campaign sortie in Zamboanga City Wednesday.
• Largest Greek download site shut down by police
  ATHENS-Police in Greece have shut down the country's largest download site and arrested six people after a complaint from a private copyright group, authorities said on Wednesday.
• Detonators, weapons seized in Indonesia anti-terror raids
  JAKARTA-Indonesian police said Wednesday they had seized three remote-controlled bomb detonators at the Internet cafe on Jakarta's outskirts where fugitive militant leader Dulmatin was killed.
• 'Lost Boys' star Corey Haim dies after apparent overdose
  LOS ANGELES-Corey Haim, a 1980's heartthrob whose Hollywood career was derailed by wild parties and drug abuse, died Wednesday aged 38 in Los Angeles after an apparent overdose, police said.
• Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan killing six aid workers
  PESHAWAR-Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.
• Pacquiao primed for title clash against Clottey
  DALLAS, Texas, United States-Manny Pacquiao, who is making his first defense of his WBO title, says he is confident he can maintain his speed and power as he moves up in class to fight bigger and stronger opponents.