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Arroyo off to Kuwait to save Pinay worker
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President Gloria Arroyo is to visit Kuwait on Sunday to seek
clemency for a Filipina maid sentenced to death for killing her
employer, a senior aide said on Friday.
The President, who is winding up a European
tour, is scheduled to call on Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad
al-Sabah and return to Manila later Sunday, presidential spokesman
Ignacio Bunye told reporters.
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Smuggling case filed vs.
Teves, execs
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A multimillion-peso large-scale and syndicated
smuggling suit was filed on Thursday against Finance Secretary
Margarito Teves for allegedly causing the government to lose at
least P373 million in tax revenues.
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Lapses cited in govt case vs. mutineers
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The government’s rebellion case against suspected mutineers hit
apparent snags on Friday.
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RP bags 3 silvers, 4 bronzes in Games
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NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand: While waiting for
the elusive second gold medal, the Philippines raked in three
silvers and four bronzes in the second day action of the 24th
Southeast Asian Games here.
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Palace puts Sumilao farmers on hold
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After walking some 1,700 kilometers to Manila
from Mindanao, the Sumilao farmers were allowed to get within
several meters of the Presidential Palace on Friday—and were told
to be more patient.
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Bali meet unlikely to secure binding pledges
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia: A United Nations conference trying to lay the
groundwork for a new climate change pact is unlikely to win any
binding pledge by America to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Court sides with Lucio Tan against PCGG
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THE Supreme Court has declared as null and void
and of no legal effect the writs of sequestration issued by the
Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against shares of stock of taipan Lucio Tan in Allied Banking
Corp., Foremost Farms Inc., Fortune Tobacco Corp., and Shareholdings
Inc.
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