AFTER the Philippines' House of Representatives voted by three to one to dismiss the impeachment of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she celebrated the resilience of the constitutional order and told her opponents, "I now offer my hand in reconciliation for the national interest".
8 30 P.M. (CBS) SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES The final four castaways compete for the $1 million prize before a reunion show at 10 30.
There were two island-hopping campaigns: the Philippines-bound southern campaign directed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the northern campaign under Adm. Chester Nimitz that targeted Japan.
In the Indonesian hospitals this dropped to around 10% and in one tertiary hospital in The Philippines no administration of corticosteroids was recorded.
Celia W. Dugger (NYT) THE PHILIPPINES: HOSTAGES FREED -- Four days into a military campaign to free 19 hostages held by Muslim rebels, government troops rescued two of them, both French journalists, President Joseph Estrada said.
Erik Eckholm (NYT) PHILIPPINES: EUROPEAN PLEA -- Three European foreign ministers will press the government in person to secure the release of hostages held by Muslim rebels, Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine of France said.
Mayon, Luzon, Philippines 8,077 2,462 1616 The Philippines' most active volcano, Mayon frequently ejects plumes of ash and streams of lava.
(AP) ASIA PHILIPPINES: 7 INDICTED IN BOMBINGS Seven Muslim guerrillas were indicted in connection with a series of five bombings in Manila on Dec. 30 that killed 22 people and wounded more than 120.
Two students from the University of the Philippines-Manila were selected to present issues on shortage and access to clean water at the Children's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Forum last 6-8 June in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
