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Monday, March 24, 2008

 

Lawmaker urges judge
to inhibit self from case

Rep. Padilla noted that the Appeals Court stopped Judge Austria from ­­enforcing questionable decision

A veteran lawmaker over the weekend urged a controversial Batangas City Regional Trial Court judge to inhibit herself from the rehabilitation case of Steel Corporation of the Philippines (SCP) even as he noted that the Court of Appeals has already stopped the judge from enforcing a management committee to act on the complaints of the steel company.

Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Carlos Padilla Jr.. said Judge Maria Cecilia Austria of Branch 2 of the Batangas Regional Trial Court should now seriously consider inhibiting from the rehabilitation case even as an associate justice in the Court of Appeals had already inhibited himself in response to a petition by lawyers of SCP.

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Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has sought the assistance of police authorities, the coast guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in preventing the hunting and slaughter of thresher sharks in the Verde Island Passage in Batangas.

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The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) asked PNP chief Avelino Razon Jr. to investigate some police officials who are running an illegal numbers game in Nueva Ecija using the results of the Keno onLine games of PCSO.

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ILOILO City: The “city that never sleeps” will get a taste of the world-famous Dinagyang Festival. This city’s premiere festivity has been invited to perform in New York City during the Philippines’ Independence Day celebration there this June, said Mayor Jerry Treñas.

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