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Failon’s wife ‘Trina’ dies |
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By Ira Karen Apanay, Senior Reporter
The wife of ABS-CBN news anchor and former congressman Ted Failon
died of multiple organ failure late Thursday, according to
reports.Trinidad Arteche Etong was battling for her life in a Quezon
City hospital, where she was taken after sustaining a gunshot wound
to her temple on Wednesday. Earlier reports said she was “brain
dead,” but on Thursday, doctors reportedly were looking to perform
surgery on her.
She was pronounced dead at 8:50 p.m.
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‘ERAP’ CAN USE ALIAS, SAYS COURT
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FORMER President Joseph “Erap” Estrada could not be charged for
using the alias “Jose Velarde” when he opened an account with
the PCI-Equitable Bank nine years ago, according to the Supreme
Court.
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China sends more ships to Spratlys
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BEIJING: China has dispatched more civilian patrol boats to the
South China Sea, where tensions rose recently over a long-standing
territorial dispute, state press said Thursday.
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Exports fall 39% in Feb., NSO reports
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SALES of Philippine-made goods abroad continued to contract in
February because of a sharp fall in electronic products shipments,
the government reported Thursday.
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Impact of crisis may last until 2012–govt
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The global financial crisis has forced Philippine economic
managers to lower the country’s economic targets from 2009 until
the end of President’s Gloria Arroyo’s term in 2010 and beyond.
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Govt expecting deficit to grow in 2009
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FOR the second time, the government has increased its assumption for
budget deficit for this year given the expectations on lower tax
collections, Development Budget Coordination Committee reported
Thursday.
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Chief Acosta defies Justice chief on Ted
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Persida Rueda-Acosta, chief of the Public Attorney’s Office, stood
her ground against Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, who accused her
of lawyering for ABS-CBN news anchor and former congressman Ted
Failon.
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Filipina gets suspended death sentence for
cocaine trafficking
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NANNING, China: A Filipino woman has been given the death penalty
with a reprieve of two years after being found guilty by a Chinese
court of trafficking cocaine.
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US forces ready to help free Red Cross hostages of Abu Sayyaf
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THE United States is ready to provide “assistance” to end a
hostage crisis in southern Philippines involving two European Red
Cross volunteers, an American official said Thursday.
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