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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
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‘It was Mike
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JdV’s son unmasks the broadband ‘mystery man’
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By Efren L. Danao Senior
Reporter
Businessman Jose “Joey” de
Venecia 3rd said the “mystery man” who tried to bully him into
backing off the controversial broadband deal is none other than the
President’s husband, Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo.
De Venecia testified at a Senate
blue-ribbon committee hearing on Tuesday. He is the cofounder and
major shareholder of Amsterdam Holdings Inc. (AHI), which vied but
failed to land the $330-million national broadband network project
that was given to ZTE Corp. of China.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GMA tells Mendoza
to explain to Tribunal
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President Gloria Arroyo ordered
Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza to
explain the controversial broadband deal to the Supreme Court,...
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Govt posts another
budget surplus
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For the third consecutive month
in August, the government has posted a budget surplus as a result of
increasing revenues from the Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and
of Customs.
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Foreign
funding to Abu Sayyaf dries up—bandit leader
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf
has stopped receiving funds from abroad, as its members remain on
the run from authorities.
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‘Orgy of
extrajudicial killings’ in RP: report
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PARIS: “An orgy of
extrajudicial violence” is prevailing in the Philippines, says an
international report, adding that the number of labor activists
being killed is on the rise in the Philippines and elsewhere around
the world.
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eBay stops auction
of Belgium
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BRUSSELS: Belgium going once,
going twice … gone? Not quite, eBay said.
Internet auction website eBay withdrew an unusual secondhand sale
item, the country of Belgium, which had attracted an offer of $13.9
million.
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