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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

 

Dirty money watch peaks as polls near

By Maricel E. Burgonio, Reporter

The Antimoney Laundering Council (AMLC) said on Monday that it has intensified the watch on dirty money with the expected surge in suspicious transactions before the May elections.

Vicente Aquino, AMLC executive director, said suspicious money could be laundered through bank accounts and end up as campaign funds for unscrupulous politicians.

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US Ambassador to Manila Kristie Kenney said on Monday that relations between her country and the Philippines were back at a high after two of the most wanted Islamic militants here were killed.

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WASHINGTON: More Americans are dunking their children in Chinese immersion classes and hiring Mandarin-speaking nannies in the hope of giving them a competitive edge as China imposes itself as an economic giant.

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More than one million Filipino workers ranging from domestic helpers to doctors, engineers and pilots joined the growing army of Filipinos employed overseas last year, according to official data.

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Members of the first all-female team set to climb Mount Everest Monday staged a 20-kilometer run to spur the passage of the Renewable Energy Bill in the Senate.

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CHIEF Justice Reynato S. Puno on Monday urged police authorities to expedite their investigation into the January 19 murder of Judge Nathaniel C. Pattugalan.

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President Arroyo on Monday ordered a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Nigeria following the kidnapping of six seafarers over the weekend.

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THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has summoned Batangas Vice-Governor Richard “Ricky” Recto in relation with a foiled slay try on Batangas Gov. Armando Sanchez that killed two of his bodyguards.

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