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Del Monte, Bayer to be summoned by probers
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Board of Marine Inquiry to probe the two firms over
non-declaration of pesticide shipment as ‘toxic and dangerous’
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THE Board of Marine Inquiry on Friday said it
will summon officials of Del Monte Philippines Inc. and Bayer
Philippines in its investigation of the June 21 MV Princess of the
Stars sea tragedy.
Board chairman, Rear Admiral Ramon Liwag, said
officials of the two companies are to be summoned in light of the
pronouncement of Sulpicio Lines Inc. that the two firms misdeclared
the endosulfan cargoes in the ill-fated vessel.
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La Niña now over
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La Niña is over for the Philippines, according to the Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysicial and Astronomical Services Administration,
which issued Friday its tenth and final bulletin on the weather
phenomenon.
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Adaza, four others charged before
Justice dept for hatching coup
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THE Department of Justice on Thursday filed charges of proposal to
commit a coup, among other charges, against former assemblyman
Homobono Adaza and four retired police and military officers before
a Quezon City court.
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Police manhunt on for
other PUP rape suspects
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The Manila Police District (MPD) is conducting manhunt operations on
five to six more Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)
students who allegedly raped a 16-year-old student. Police earlier
nabbed three suspects, including a girl in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
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Court-annexed mediation
gaining momentum–Puno
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COURT-annexed mediation, which the Supreme Court has adopted to
de-clog cases in the lower courts, is gaining momentum, according to
Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
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Makati court moves Trillanes’
pre-trial to August
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A Makati court Friday ordered to move the pre-trial hearing of
detained Senator Antonio Trillanes 4th and other Magdaló members on
their rebellion case stemming from the failed uprising at the Manila
Peninsula hotel late last year.
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Palace distances itself from Bolante case
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Malacañang distanced itself from the Court of Appeals order
freezing the accounts of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn
“Joc-Joc” Bolante and several others believed to be involved in
the P728-million fertilizer fund scam in 2004.
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