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Abalos resigns |
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Chairman says he’s innocent,will file P20-M perjury
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Five months remained before retirement, but
Chairman Benjamin Abalos of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)
resigned Monday amid the raging controversy surrounding the national
broadband deal.
An emotional chairman, surrounded by his family
and thousands of supporters, said he decided to resign to spare the
Comelec from being dragged into the controversy. There were
allegations that he brokered the $330-million National Broadband
Network project and offered bribes to a Cabinet member and the son
of the House Speaker.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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President surprised by resignation
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President Gloria Arroyo was surprised by the
resignation of Chairman Benjamin Abalos of the Commission on
Elections (Comelec), but Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the
Palace respects his decision.
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Impeachment moot, Senate to continue probe
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The resignation of Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. of the Commission of
Elections (Comelec) renders his impeachment case moot and academic,
but the Senate will continue its investigation into the
controversial broadband deal.
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Rise and fall of Chairman Abalos
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Benjamin S. Abalos Sr. was born into a poor
family in Pangasinan on September 21, 1935. The Abalos family
subsisted on farming up to the war years, and then moved to Manila
to seek better fortunes, which unfortunately never came easy.
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GMA flies to China to repair frayed ties
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President Arroyo will try to repair the damage
created by the National Broadband Network project controversy as she
visits China this week, a senior official said.
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Doble: Wiretapping ‘routine’
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Retired army Sgt. Vidal Doble again found
himself alone on the Senate’s witness panel, where he elaborated
on an earlier statement that wiretapping is routine work at the
Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp),
of which he was a member.
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SPECIAL REPORT To pardon or not to pardon
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Pardon of Estrada too early, ill-advised says
prosecutor
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The government prosecutor in the trial of former
President Joseph Estrada feels that a presidential pardon is too
early to be considered and ill-advised.
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