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Top BI officials probed over terrorist’s disappearance |
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By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered an investigation of
former and incumbent top officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI)
for their role in the “highly questionable” deportation of
suspected international right-wing terrorist Vo Van Duc four years
ago.
Duc , 53, alias Nguyen Vin Tan, a US national of
Vietnamese descent, is being sought by US authorities. He is the
alleged leader of the Free Vietnam Revolutionary Group.
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Less demand for homes, cars means less remittances in 2009
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FOR fear of losing their jobs abroad, more Filipinos working
overseas have cancelled orders here for new homes and cars and will
send less money for their amortization, a major trade union group
said yesterday.
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Two public holidays for Muslim festivals this year
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PRESIDENT Arroyo has declared November 27 and 28 as non-working
holidays in connection with the celebration of the Eid’l Adha or
the “Feast of Sacrifice,” the culmination of the Islamic
world’s Harirya Hajj or the pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi
Arabia.
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President leaves for Thailand this week
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PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo leaves for Thailand on Good Friday to attend
the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit on
April 10 to 12 in Pattaya City.
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Lapus is new head of ASEAN education ministers
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EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus was unanimously elected as President
of the Council of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organization (SEAMEO) as Education ministers of Southeast Asian
region expressed confidence on the reforms and innovations being
introduced by Lapus to improve basic education.
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A time to be united is GMA’s birthday wish
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ALL together now to ensure that the nation survives the global
financial downturn, was President Gloria Arroyo’s wish during her
62nd birthday yesterday.
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DEAR
PAO
By Persida Acosta
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How to have dual
citizenship
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Dear PAO,
I applied for a permanent visa to be a resident
of the Philippines under Section 13-A of the Philippine Immigration
Law and the same was granted. However...
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