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Thursday, September 11 2008 |
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Disbarment hounds
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Seat of Vicente Roxas declared vacant by court |
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By William B. Depasupil Reporter
Wanted: Justice for the Court of
Appeals. If interested, send resumés to the Judicial and Bar
Council (JBC).
The
successful candidate will replace Associate Justice Vicente Roxas,
who has been sacked from the appellate court for a raft of
improprieties in a case involving the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)
and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Rep. Iggy Arroyo
confirms move to oust
Nograles, says Sec. Puno behind it
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Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo of
Negros Occidental confirmed Wednesday that there is a move to oust
Prospero Nograles as Speaker of the House of Representatives and
that a Cabinet secretary is behind the initiative.
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Oil falls below
$100 but rebounds in Asian trade
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SINGAPORE: World oil prices
rebounded in Asian trade Wednesday, after the OPEC oil group
announced it had agreed to cut real output by 520,000 barrels a day,
dealers said.
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Lawmaker blames
politics for verdict
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The Sandiganbayan verdict came as
a “big surprise,” Rep. Rodolfo Valencia of Oriental Mindoro said
Wednesday. The case against him that he noted had dragged for 14
years was “politically motivated.”
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Doing business in
RP gets harder – Survey
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Doing business in the Philippines
got harder over the last year, the International Finance Corp.
disclosed Wednesday, citing an international survey it did with the
World Bank.
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McCain-Palin
message like ‘lipstick on a pig’
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NORFOLK, Virginia: Democrat
Barack Obama late Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) launched a vitriolic
attack on his Republican White House rivals’ reformist
credentials, likening their promise of change to putting “lipstick
on a pig.”
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‘Marce’ may
bring landslides
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Typhoon Marce maintained its
strength and continued to move north-northwest on Wednesday morning,
the national weather bureau said.
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US govt given poor
grades on war vs. terror
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WASHINGTON: Seven years after the
September 11 attacks, the US government gets mediocre grades for
work to prevent a future attack involving weapons of mass
destruction, a bipartisan panel said.
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