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GMA protects Isafp abductors as DoJ chief sacks Burgos prober

2007/07/12

Even as Malacañang came up with the directive to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to present the officers and men identified with the Intelligence Service of the AFP (Isafp) linked to the Jonas Joseph Burgos abduction, the Palace also moved quickly to protect the suspected Isafp officers and men in a bid to whitewash the probe by getting the Justice chief to pull out of the investigation the chief government prober.

A day after Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, head of the task force probing the Burgos disappearance case, received a threat to his life and two days after Velasco tasked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to go after a number of intelligence agents, who.. Full Story »»»

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Toward an independent judiciary

What has become crystal-clear is that most needed in this country under an administration run by a vindictive and highly insecure Chief Executive is a completely independent judiciary to effectively curb an abusive government that moreover makes a mockery of the right to due process and the Rule of Law — given a legislature that looks the other way when abuses are committed by the executive.

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Malacañang sees no need to apologize to Batasan 6

Malacañang yesterday said the Batasan 6 has no right to demand an apology from the Arroyo government despite the final ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday dismissing the rebellion raps filed against the party-list representatives.

This, according to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, who stressed the government does not see the need to apologize to the group of Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran.

When asked if the Palace has apologized to Beltran’s group, Ermita said he sees no need for.. Full Story »»»

Text message in a bottle

Calvin Klein’s new perfume tries to connect to today’s generation

The invitation for the Philippine launch of Calvin Klein’s new fragrance, CK In2U, came in a DVD that played the event details. The disc contained an MTV-ish series of images, mostly ordinary streets scenes in which the words In2U appear most unobtrusively. What was obvious was that Calvin Klein had gone edgy to attract the younger set, the party crowd, for this new perfume. At the hip club Embassy in trendy The Fort, the venue of the launch, the advertising video played constantly. In it two.. Full Story »»»

Feud over properties triggers trader’s killing

Eight bags containing important documents in the care of slain businessman Federico “Rico” Delgado covering millions of pesos’ worth of properties of their father Francisco “Don Paco” Delgado is the logical motive behind the killing last March, the Delgados said.

“We are asking for nothing less than justice. We will not settle for the wrong person going to jail for what happened to our brother,” the victim’s brother Jose Mari Delgado told reporters at a press briefing yesterday.

The .. Full Story »»»

RP-SMC plays Lebanon today

manila invitational

The Philippine cage team, still very much fresh from a stint in Jones Cup, plunges into action today in the four-nation Manila Invitational Championship serving as the Nationals’ final build-up before they fly to Japan for the tough Fiba (International Basketball Federation)-Asia Championship.

The Nationals, playing for the first and last time before local audience, face Lebanon in the main game at 7:30 p.m. at The Arena in San Juan, in one of the preview games of what can be expected in.. Full Story »»»

Rannie and Renz on a roll ‘knee-jerk,’ says Roxas

Economic managers seem resigned to missing a P63-billion budget deficit target this year after Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri, also the National Economic and Development Autority director-general, said the likely deficit figure would be P100 billion by the end of the year.

Finance Secretary Margarito Teves insisted that the target remains attainable by augmenting revenues through sale of state assets and a proposal to raise fees on government services.

Sen. Manuel Roxas II, h.. Full Story »»»

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