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THINK ABUNDANCE IN A TIME OF WANT. Every year on May 15, residents of Lucban, Quezon, go to town decorating the façades of their homes with every bounty that comes from their farms—vegetables, fruits and the rice paper "kiping' in the colors of the rainbow. This is how the farmers say thanksgiving on the feast day of their patron saint, San Isidro de Labrador, the patron of farmers. The fiesta has become a favorite tourist destination since the late 1960s. JOSE HARESH TANODRA

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NOV. 2, 2006 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo poses for a souvenir photo taken by a woman from ZTE at the Shenzhen golf course while then Speaker Jose de Venecia and another ZTE official look on. This picture was provided by Iloilo Vice Gov. Rolex Suplico.

ARMM AUTOMATION. Commission on Elections Chairman Jose A.R. Melo and Leo Querubin, a representative for Avanti International Technologies, Inc., officially signed the contract that will ensure the automation of the elections in the Autonomous Regions in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Avanti will be providing the Optical Mark Reader technology for the August 11 elections in Mindanao. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Katherine Evangelista

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NEW CHR CHAIR. Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno signs the oath of office of newly installed Commission on Human Rights chair Leila De Lima after she took her oath of office on Thursday at the Supreme Court's dignitaries lounge. De Lima, who has a 7-year term, said she will bat for prosecutorial powers for the CHR. INQUIRER.net/JOHN ALLIAGE MORALES, CONTRIBUTOR

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DEMOLITION. The Parkview Building in Gamboa St., Makati City, which is being demolished, is sealed off Thursday after a section collapsed. INQUIRER.net/ABIGAIL KWOK

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NO APPARITION. A person appears to be talking to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during a round of golf at the Shenzhen Golf Club in China. Behind her at golf cart No. 25 are ZTE officials. The Philippine Daily Inquirer received the photo from its source with the figure blackened out.

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