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Saturday, October 02, 2004 (Philippines)
| First debate between Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (left) and US President George W. Bush at the University of Miami near Miami, Florida. Focus of the debate was foreign policy, Iraq and the war on terror. (Afp photo) |
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GOVERNMENT authorities may have a hard time bringing Chinese-Filipino Calvin de Jesus Tan back to the Philippines as the alleged big-time drug financier will have to face trial first before the Hong Kong court.
Also, Hong Kong’s policy prohibiting the imposition of death penalty is another stumbling block for the 29-year-old Tan’s immediate deportation, Rep. Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south district) said yesterday.
Those found guilty under the Philippine drugs law is meted with death penalty.
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PDEA GRIPE: NO FUNDS
THE lead agency in the anti-illegal drug campaign does not get enough funds from the National Government and neither does it receive financial assistance from Capitol or other local government units.
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Waters from lab ‘shabu positive’
WATER from the air conditioning system of the “mega shabu laboratory” in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City and in canals nearby tested positive of drugs.
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Bush, Kerry zero in on security
SEATTLE—Foreign policy was on the agenda, but the first of three presidential debates in the run-up to the US elections on Nov. 2 came down to one thing: Who can make Americans feel safer?
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