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...about moviemaking to the art. Film lovers wish Brando had made even more movies, but I doubt they would have had the same impact as his great ones. I believe that Sean Penn now holds Brando's legacy. Who knows who the next genius will be? Jade C. Zaldivar Davao, the Philippines...
...signs of Pacquiao's newfound wealth. Today, hanging out in his rented apartment in the capital, Pac-Man is wearing two fat gold watches - one of which, he notes proudly, cost some $15,000. He owns two houses: one in his hometown of General Santos City, the other in Davao. He owns a Honda SUV, a Ford Expedition and a Toyota Tamaraw. And he has a big - and expensive - collection of admirers. Filipinos tend to have unusually large extended families, but Pacquiao's posse has expanded of late, seemingly at the same rate as his fight purses, which...
...ordered it, he would have been dead already in the first attempt." RODRIGO DUTERTE, mayor of Davao City, Philippines, denying involvement in the murder of journalist Juan Pala who had survived three previous attempts on his life...
...Other talk-radio hosts have faced similar threats?and more?for their outspoken ways. In the mid-'80s, Jun Pala, a firebrand radio host in the southern Philippine city of Davao had his program interrupted when an assailant shot him in the recording booth. The gunman was believed to be a communist insurgent, angry at Pala's vocal anticommunist stance. This year, Pala was shot at again, this time by men in police uniforms. Although Pala escaped unscathed, two of his bodyguards were seriously injured. A fellow Filipino radio broadcaster wasn't so lucky. The same day Pala was attacked...
...Islam was tortured and shot after being taken into custody; police said he died during a gun battle. Thousands of Kashmiris joined a strike in protest at the killing, as lawyers in the region called for an investigation. Clash of Faiths Philippines Three Muslim mosques in the city of Davao on the southern island of Mindanao were attacked soon after a bomb at a ferry terminal killed 16 people and injured more than 50. The blast followed one at Davao airport last month, which killed 23 people and was blamed by authorities on Muslim separatist guerrillas. Police threw a security...