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Police arrest Jun Lozada |
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Whistleblower won’t post bail for perjury
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Whistleblower Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. was arrested on
Wednesday on perjury charges and detained at the Manila Police
District (MPD) headquarters after refusing to post the P6,000 bail
for his temporary liberty.
He was picked up by police at La Salle
Greenhills in San Juan City (Metro Manila) around 2:45 p.m. Clad in
a black shirt with a portrait of National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal on it,
Lozada was accompanied by Sister Mary John Mananzan and other nuns
from the Order of Saint Benedict from the school to the jail.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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PORK ‘SAFE TO EAT,’ EVEN AS FLU CRISIS RAGES–GOVT
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An official from the Agriculture department’s Bureau of Animal
Industry assured that pork was safe to eat, even as the Labor
department reported that the swine flu would not slow down the
deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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Swine flu spreads, reaches Germany
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MEXICO CITY: The global swine flu outbreak spread further on
Wednesday as Germany became the latest country to confirm cases on
its soil, while Mexico desperately tried to keep the lid on the
virus.
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President’s sons, friends, foes get major Public Works deals
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First of two parts
Before she bids good-bye as President—an event
that is supposed to happen next year—Gloria Arroyo had planned to
spend P2.03 trillion ($42.7 billion) on...
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Court says Legacy’s
preneed ‘insolvent’
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A Makati City court issued an order declaring the preneed firm
Legacy Consolidated Plans Inc. (LCPI) insolvent on Wednesday, when
the Justice department also prepared three syndicated esfafa cases
against the owner and executives of the Legacy group of companies.
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SPECIAL REPORT: PACQUIAO-HATTON FIGHT
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Pacquiao can be president, says Arum
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With his immense popularity nationwide, Filipino boxing icon Manny
“PacMan” Pacquiao can take a shot at Malacañang, at least
within the next 10 years, according to a top boxing promoter.
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Pagasa warns vs. dengue, leptospirosis
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With the swine flu virus threatening the Philippines, officials from
the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (Pagasa) on Wednesday warned Filipinos against dengue
and leptospirosis that a possibly early rainy season may bring.
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