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Monday, January 29, 2007 |
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Bishops urge
completion
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CATHOLIC bishops, bewailing the
spilling of farmers’ blood in the countrysides, urged the
government to ensure the completion of agrarian reform in the
country.
Even as
bishops reminded the government of its obligations to fulfill
Filipinos dreams for social justice, they also slammed the military
and communist rebels for trapping rural folk in their long-running
war.
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Government
steps up legal drive vs. Sison, other Red leaders
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NEW witnesses could help the
government convict top communist leaders for murders linked to an
internal purge in the guerrilla movement and vendetta against former
comrades, according to National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales.
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Palace
pushes antiterror bill anew
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MALACAÑANG on Sunday pushed
the Senate anew to fast track approval of the proposed antiterror
bill, noting that recent successes prove the government is equipped
to responsibly run after extremist groups.
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Puno seeks bounty
for judge killers
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CHIEF Justice
Reynato Puno, alarmed at the murders of judges in the country, wants
the government to raise a bounty for killers of magistrates and
assign marshals to protect those with sensitive cases.
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House
opposition may not join ‘fact-finding mission’ to Germany
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THE House Committee on Ethics
will fly to Germany this week to check on an opposition lawmaker’s
claim that the President’s husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, has bank
accounts in the HypoVereinsbank.
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CA
junks appeal of ‘tiangge’ operator for lifting freeze
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THE Court of Appeals junked
the plea to lift the freeze order for the assets of suspected drug
lord Amin Boratong with his illegal drug activities in Pasig City
“shabu tiangge.”
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Conference tackles
RP’s top killer disease
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Close to 10
percent of the country’s population, or around 7.7 million
Filipinos, have elevated blood pressures and several millions have
other risk factors like abnormal cholesterol and diabetes.
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PNP
to honor outstanding police officers of 2006
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THE Philippine National
Police will honor its finest personnel, including two police
officers who fended off attacks from the New People’s Army and
secessionist rebels.
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