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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
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No overpricing in
broadband deal – DOJ |
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By William B. Depasupil,
Reporter
THERE was no overpricing in the
controversial $329-million National Broadband Network project that
was entered into by the Philippine government with China’s ZTE
Corp., according to a five-man Department of Justice panel of
investigators.
The panel even recommended that a
graft investigation be initiated by the Office of Ombudsman on
former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and his son Joey de Venecia
3rd, who was one of the whistleblowers on the alleged scandals that
tainted the broadband deal.
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Drilon dares
Malacañang to charge, arrest Palparan
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Former Senate President Franklin
Drilon challenged Malacañang Monday to file criminal charges and
order the immediate arrest of former Army General Jovito Palparan
“to lend credibility...
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Govt critics beat
Lozano in filing ‘genuine’ impeach complaint
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Critics of President Gloria
Arroyo filed early morning Monday their impeachment complaint before
the House of Representatives, beating by a mere 40 minutes Lawyer
Oliver Lozano who filed a suspected...
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Mar fears fund
lack for 2009 budget
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Senator Mar Roxas 2nd warned Monday that the
proposed P1.415-trillion national budget for 2009 approved by the
House might not be funded because it was based on “outdated”
macroeconomic assumptions that were formulated...
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Five Pinoy sailors
freed by Nigerian abductors
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It’s now the turn for Nigerian
rogues to give freedom, as they released five Filipinos seafarers on
October 8, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported Monday.
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Anti-JPEPA groups
petition SC
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CIVIL rights and environmental
groups on Monday sought a last minute intervention from the Supreme
Court to stop the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
from becoming final and binding.
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