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Friday, April 21, 2006 (Philippines)
| Jose Ramos-Horta, speaking in Cebu, lauds President Arroyo’s policy on death penalty. (Sunstar photo/Arni Aclao) |
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The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday ruled that President Gloria Arroyo’s order banning cabinet and military officials from testifying at congressional inquiries is unconstitutional, when they are summoned in aid of legislation.
In a 52-page en banc decision reached during the magistrates’ summer session in Baguio City, the High Court declared invalid several provisions of President Arroyo’s controversial Executive Order 464, which was issued last September.
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6 Ocampo pals vouch he was elsewhere during murder
At least six policemen, including an official from the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), are willing to make formal statements, confirming the claim of SPO1 Marcial Ocampo that he was at the provincial headquarters in the afternoon of Holy Wednesday, the day Elpidio “Jojo” dela Victoria was killed.
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Motorboat capsizes: captain missing, 2 crew men killed
A service motorboat carrying eight crewmem-bers of a cargo vessel capsized off Liloan town, Cebu, Wednesday night, leaving one of the passengers dead and two others missing.
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‘Blind spots’ in terrorism
While many countries have taken steps to fight terrorism, one thing world leaders have failed to do was come up with a universal definition of terrorism.
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