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Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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JdV dares President:
Lead moral revolution |
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By Maricel V. Cruz Reporter
There seems to be no stopping
Speaker Jose de Venecia from telling President Gloria Arroyo to
shape up.
Hours after challenging the
President to end corruption in the government, de Venecia on Tuesday
night asked her to lead a “moral revolution” that will
“dramatically reduce political corruption in the country.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Palace doing
enough against corruption
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President Gloria Arroyo has done
the things that need to be done to address corruption and is working
hard to further improve the government’s anticorruption drive,
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
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Estrada given 2
days to visit ailing mother
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The Sandiganbayan granted
permission to convicted President Joseph Estrada to attend oral
arguments on his motion to overturn his plunder conviction.
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Borra floats
Joey’s name for Comelec
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It seems that Jose “Joey” de
Venecia 3rd—the whistleblower in the controversial broadband
deal—has won over some admirers at the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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Ombudsman names
graft-prone agencies
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The top five most graft-prone
government agencies—in no particular order—are the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs, Department of Public Works and
Highways, Department of Education...
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Oil eases in Asia
but still above $87 a barrel
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased
slightly in Asia on Wednesday but remained above $87 a barrel in a
market
focused on a potential Turkish incursion into northern Iraq.
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Special
Report
’08 proposed budget
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Civil society:
Illegitimate debts drain national budget
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Editor’s note: In this
three-part series, the first part discussed how the Congress is
taking notice of the need to stop automatic debt servicing,
particularly for those allegedly tainted with corruption.
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