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| | PHNO: Headline News Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Zamboanga City, Feb. 27, 2001 - Residents ratified in a plebiscite last Thursday a law creating the province of Zamboanga-Sibugay from three districts of Zamboanga del Sur. |
 | | Lawyer Helen Aguila-Flores, Commission on Elections regional director, told reporters yesterday that 141,035 out of 201,367 voters favored the law, while 60,332 wanted to remain within Zamboanga del Sur. |
 | | George Hoffer, who authored the bill creating Zamboanga-Sibugay, said the new province would usher in the development of "neglected areas" in Zamboanga del Sur. |
| www.newsflash.org /2001/02/ht/ht001584.htm (122 words) |
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