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                    [Title] => Testigo sa Yongco-murder gisusi kun apil sa Reynes-ambush
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                    [Title] => Mindanao situation is greatly exaggerated
                    [Summary] => The question on whether Abu Sabaya is really dead or still alive reminds us of an incident that happened during the liberation of Manila. The whole city was full of dead bodies. If they were not buried, they could be the cause of an epidemic. So doctors went around and instructed people to bury the dead. In one instance, a person that was pronounced dead weakly uttered, "I’m still alive!" One of the two persons who were carrying his body said, "There’s a dead guy here who knows more than the doctor."


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                    [Title] => Ecleo’s group not a cult, says follower
                    [Summary] => ILOILO CITY — They are not a cult but an association seeking to help other people without expecting payment in return, Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association Inc. (PBMA) Pototan Chapter missionary Roberto Cabaquil said yesterday.


Cabaquil was reacting to media reports that the PBMA is a cult that has led its 1.4 million followers to believe that amulets, rings and Latin prayers will render them invincible to bullets and other forms of physical harm and that they can be resurrected and made immortal.


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                    [Title] => Malevolent missionaries
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                    [Title] => Biazon: Disarm Ecleo cultists
                    [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) should disarm members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) and charge them with illegal possession of firearms, Sen. Rodolfo Biazon said yesterday.


Biazon, a former military chief, said the PNP should explain how the cult led by murder suspect Ruben Ecleo Jr. was able to amass a massive arsenal that included automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and grenade launchers.


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                    [Title] => Sa mga kaso ni Ecleo: Justice should triumph over evil
                    [Summary] => NAKAKAPANGILABOT at nakapagngingitngit ang nangyaring labanan sa pagitan ng pulisya at ng grupo ng Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) noong nakaraang Martes sa San Jose, Dinagat, Surigao del Norte. Nang matapos ang putukan, 19 na miyembro ng PBMA at isang pulis ang nakitang patay na nakabulagta sa Ecleo mansion sa nasabing bayan.


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                    [Title] => GMA’s new focus
                    [Summary] => Peace and order, according to President Arroyo, will be her next priority after putting her economic house in order. There are Filipinos who will dispute that their financial situation is now in order. There are people who are giving up home air-conditioning for the first time because of the crippling purchased power adjustment or PPA.


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                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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                    [Title] => Amulets didn’t stop bullets
                    [Summary] => The followers of the pseudo-Christian cult called Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) believed with all their heart that amulets such as libretas (booklets) and rings given to them by "Divine Master" Ruben Ecleo Jr. ensured that bullets would do them no harm. 


Tuesday night until yesterday, they were proven wrong. At least 17 of them lay dead following a shootout with the police and military.


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                    [Title] => Where exactly is Ruben Ecleo Jr.?
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — The police claimed they have no idea where the former San Jose,Dinagat Island Mayor Ruben Ecleo Jr.is, and admitted they asked military assistance to effect the alias warrant arrest order. His lawyers and relatives said he is in his hometown San Jose and is not hiding contrary to reports but local media here said, they have never seen the former Mayor in the island town who together with his bodyguard were accused of parricide and murder charges, respective.


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Cabaquil was reacting to media reports that the PBMA is a cult that has led its 1.4 million followers to believe that amulets, rings and Latin prayers will render them invincible to bullets and other forms of physical harm and that they can be resurrected and made immortal.


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