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Wednesday, September 24 2008

 

Lacson now obscuring real issues – Joker

 
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is side-stepping the double-entry issue by diverting the battle to the attack 10 years ago of then Makati Rep. Joker Arroyo on then- Speaker Manuel Villar.

“Senator Lacson should rise or fall on the issue of double entry and not obscure it with collateral issues,” Sen. Joker Arroyo said Tuesday, as he refused to react on Lacson’s recital on Monday of Arroyo’s charges against Senate President Manuel Villar that he delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives 10 years ago.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

THE Supreme Court might still reverse its decision meting out various penalties against the five Court of Appeals justices who were found guilty of committing acts of impropriety in connection with the controversial case involving a power utility and the government pension fund.

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AGGRIEVED by the Court of Appeals decision that junked his petition for protection, broadband scandal whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada elevated Tuesday his case to the Supreme Court.

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Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns Thelma Santos confirmed Tuesday the department is eyeing the closure of an ice plant that reportedly supplied ice to an elementary school in Tondo, Manila, where 112 students fell ill last week after eating snacks from its canteen.

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THE subcommittee of the House appropriations committee approved Tuesday the proposed 2009 P10.5-billion budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), while the budget cut on the Commission on Audit’s allocation for the same year was restored.

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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) protested Tuesday that its team was not allowed to visit detained military officers in the Philippine Marine Corps Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

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THE Maritime Industry Authority resumed Tuesday its hearings on the cancelation of the franchise of embattled Sulpicio Lines Inc., whose shipping tradition is apparently dotted with various ‘sea disasters.’

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