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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 

Paper firm scores SC 
ruling on mining contracts

High court’s decision paves way for ZTE Corp. to explore Diwalwal Gold Rush area

By William B. Depasupil Reporter

THE Supreme Court Third Division’s ruling cancelling all mining
contracts within the Diwalwal Gold Rush Area may have handed the common ownership of Filipinos over natural resources to small groups of “tribesmen.”

In a 37-page manifestation, with an urgent appeal for referral of its case to the High Court en banc, a paper manufacturing firm, the Picop Resources Inc., urged the Court en banc to take a second look at November 29, 2006 ruling of the High Court’s Third Division, which, it claimed, radically altered long-standing principles of law and legal doctrines.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday that the “callboy” who inserted the perfume canister in the rectum of a homosexual patient who was videotaped while being operated...

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CALINOG, Iloilo: Mayor Salvador Divinagracia Jr. of Calinog , called on the public to help preserve the culture and traditions of the Panay Bukidnon because they serve as asset of the town,...

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Davao City: The Bureau of Customs has ordered some 120, 000 boxes of pineapple platelets from Guatemala condemned after the Bureau of Quarantine found out that it was contaminated with a plant disease.

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CEBU CITY: Cebu City, which was earlier named one of the Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future, made it to the top 20 list of “Best Places to Live” in the country of business magazine MoneySense,...

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CABANATUAN CITY: What can a police website offer?
Pictures taken by professional photographers are, yes, among them.

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FEATURE

SULU ISLAND: The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), in a resolution, has criticized Nur Misuari and branded him as a dictator and someone no longer effective in running the group.

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