Wednesday, March 24, 2004 (Philippines)

REMNANTS OF THE FIRE. Razed houses, debris, other signs of destruction. No sign of Monday night’s confusion and panic among residents of T. Padilla, Cebu City, which included the punching of one firefighter who refused to yield to a frantic homeowner.(SUN.STAR FOTO/AMPER CAMPAÑA) A LOOPHOLE in the law will make it difficult for authorities to prosecute whoever’s behind the importation of 1,700 kilos of a chemical used to make shabu, a top investigator said yesterday. Regional Director Rey-naldo Esmeralda of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 admitted last night that the law does not state any clear limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine that can be imported. [full story]

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