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Friday, October 26, 2007 |
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President pardons Estrada |
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Convicted president expected to make appearance in
San Juan today
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President Gloria Arroyo pardoned her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, on
Thursday just weeks after he was convicted of plunder and sentenced
to life in jail.
Estrada will be free before noon today, Interior
and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said.
The announcement came just days after Estrada
asked President Arroyo to grant him a pardon in what his lawyers
called the “national interest.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Joey implicates GMA in National Broadband
Network deal
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What Romulo Neri refused to disclose about a
conversation with President Gloria Arroyo on the controversial
broadband deal the businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia 3rd
supplied at the Senate hearing Thursday.
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Neri, others deny Joey’s allegations
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Former socioeconomic planning Secretary Romulo
Neri said the testimony of businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia
3rd about his conversation with President Gloria Arroyo regarding an
alleged bribe try is “totally untrue.”
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Govt, MILF agree to resume talks
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Philippine peace negotiators and
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ended two days of talks in
Malaysia, agreeing to resume next month stalled negotiations to end
the more than three decades of fighting.
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Calls for GMA to step down split bishops
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Resign or face a new people-power revolt. This
was the warning given by Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Yńiguez to
President Gloria Arroyo over the corruption controversies rocking
her government.
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UK: Don’t discount terrorism angle yet
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Britain on Thursday warned its citizens in the Philippines to keep a
low profile, saying it is still possible that the Glorietta 2 mall
blast in Makati City last week was the handiwork of terrorists.
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Lucio Tan scores victory vs PCGG
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Lucio Tan scored a victory at the Supreme Court
when it junked a petition of the Presidential Commission on Good
Government (PCGG) for the agency not to produce documents subpoenaed
by the Sandiganbayan.
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