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CA upholds verdict
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By Jomar
Canlas, Reporter
The Court of
Appeals has junked the motion for reconsideration filed by six young
men convicted of rape and homicide in what is better known as the
1991 Vizconde massacre.
Voting 3-2,
the Special Former 10th Division of the appellate court, affirmed
the life sentence handed down by former Parañaque Regional Trial
Court Judge Amelita Tolentino on Hubert Webb, Antonio Lejano,
Michael Gatchalian, Hospicio “Pyke” Fernandez, Miguel Rodriguez
and Peter Estrada.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Comelec to decide
poll automation, says Claudio
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The poll
automation law is part of President Arroyo’s 10-point agenda and
not a ploy to set up a failure of the May senatorial and local
elections that would be conveniently blamed on the Commission on
Elections (Comelec).
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Admin asks
opposition to stop using no-el as campaign gimmick
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President
Arroyo’s supporters in the House of Representatives said on Sunday
that the opposition should stop spreading stories that the May 14
elections would be scrapped. House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles...
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For $5,700
Australian sells life on eBay site
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SYDNEY: A
24-year-old Australian surfer who sold his life, including baggage
from a painful breakup, on eBay says he is still not quite sure why
he did it.
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GMA pals decry
unity ticket bid
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More
administration lawmakers have spoken out against a “unity
ticket” that would include opposition defectors and pressed for a
caucus to settle the issue.
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CBCP asks
grassroots to ensure clean polls
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Warning
the nation could not longer afford another “controversial
electoral exercise,” the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines (CBCP) on Sunday urged a massive grassroots mobilization
to ensure the holding of clean and honest polls in May.
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Dissenting
justices say Alfaro story ‘incredible’
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DOCUMENTARY
evidence must prevail over the incredible testimony of star witness
Jessica Alfaro, according to dissenting Court of Appeals justices
who believe the Vizconde massacre accused should be acquitted.
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REPORT
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Comelec blames
Supreme Court
for delay in election automation drive
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A too
intrusive Supreme Court derailed what could have been the
Philippines’ proud march to poll automation and electoral
efficiency comparable to that of the United States, according to
Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos.
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