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Manila invites monks to pray for killed Luneta hostages
The Buddhist monks will pray at the Quirino Grandstand – the site of the hostage drama – for 12 hours on August 9 for the victims and for the greater good of the Philippines

Erap to issue formal apology for 2010 hostage-taking
This is not to go against the stand of President Benigno Aquino III but to have closure on the controversy says the secretary of the Manila city council
Is Manila's night market anti-poor?
Street vendors in Divisoria say the city government s new night market is not a well thought out plan The vice mayor says it s just birth pains for the betterment of the city