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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
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Villar hits ‘kangaroo
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‘Presidentiable’ slams Senate ethics panel
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By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. on Monday said he would not
participate in the proceedings of the Senate Committee on Ethics,
which he called a “kangaroo court,” that is “headed by his
accuser and whose members are mostly presidential aspirants.”
Villar stood on the Senate floor to deny claims
that he was afraid to talk about the charges filed by Sen. Jamby
Madrigal against him before the ethics committee and that he was
letting others speak for him.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Order to NBI: Focus on suicide or parricide in Etong case
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Look only at the suicide or parricide angle in the death of Trinidad
“Trina” Arteche Etong, the wife of ABS-CBN news anchor and
former congressman Ted Failon, the Justice department ordered the
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday.
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DILG suspends police who arrested Ted Failon in-laws
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Secretary Ronaldo Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) on Monday ordered the 30-day preventive suspension
of the Quezon City police officers who arrested the in-laws and
servants of Ted Failon.
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SEC REVOKES LICENSE OF PRENEED firm
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that
it revoked the license of Prudentialife Plans Inc. to sell preneed
plans because it allegedly failed to meet the required fund infusion
into its trust fund for planholders.
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NEDA fears slowest growth in 10 years in Q1
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Economic growth in the first quarter is likely to be the weakest in
a decade because of layoffs here and abroad and lower exports
earnings, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
reported Monday.
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Obama to target govt spending at meeting
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Barack Obama, after a weekend at the
Americas summit in Trinidad, warned of “significant” risk to the
US economy ahead of his first full Cabinet meeting to hash out plans
to cut spending.
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FEATURE
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Even ‘yakuza’ hurting from financial crisis
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TOKYO: They made their money through sex, drugs and gambling but
then invested much of it in high finance. Now Japan’s yakuza have
their back to the wall as the economic crisis takes aim.
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Bishop warns Estrada against seeking presidency in 2010 polls
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A CATHOLIC bishop on Monday warned former President Joseph
“Erap” Estrada against making another Palace bid, even as
Estrada announced that opposition forces would convene in October to
name their presidential bet for 2010.
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Court wants Explanation of Nicole’s recantation
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THE Supreme Court wants an explanation from the lawyers of convicted
rapist US Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith on how they obtained the
recantation of their client’s victim, Suzette Nicolas, more
popularly known as “Nicole.”
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Military ‘keeping pressure’ on Red Cross kidnappers
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The Philippine military on Monday said it was keeping up pressure on
the Islamic militants holding captive a Red Cross worker from Italy
and hopes he would be released “sooner than anticipated.”
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