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Monday, August 31, 2009

 

AFP to stay neutral in 2010 polls  

 
By Jefferson Antiporda, Reporter
 
Victor Ibrado, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has assured that the military will not be used in favor of certain candidates in the 2010 presidential elections.

He gave the assurance over the weekend in reaction to recent statements of Danilo Lim, the jailed former commandant of the Scout Rangers, that the AFP could be used again to ‘cheat’ in next year’s polls.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges against three former top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in connection with allegedly anomalous firearms contracts they entered into 19 years ago.

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Rep. Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo of Ca­­-ma­rines Sur is pushing for the crimi­nalization of economic espionage.

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CONTROVERSIAL businessman Jaime Paule, the alleged bagman and witness in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam, has again asked the Department of Justice to lift the Hold Departure Order (HDO) issued against him for being unlawful and unconstitutional.

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President Gloria Arroyo will engage African states in her trip to Libya and will discuss the Somalia piracy, overseas Filipino worker (OFW) deploy­ments and the Mindanao peace process. She was scheduled to leave for Tripoli today.

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DEAR PAO
By Persida Acosta

Dear PAO,

In 1992, my mother executed a General Power of Attorney (GPA) in the US, naming me as her attorney-in-fact.

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