Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Philippines)

First gentlemen shoved a finger in Joey de Venecia III’s face, and told him to back off the NBN deal, JDV’s son said under oath yesterday.(Sun.star file photo) REP. Antonio Cuenco declared “war” against lawyer Elias Espinoza and all lawyers defending businessmen Peter and Wellington Lim. Cuenco made the statement after Espinoza questioned his proposal to the House committee on dangerous drugs to give congressional witness Bernard Liu a monthly allowance. Espinoza is the complainant in the case of importation of shabu against Liu. The lawyer earlier said that giving P5,000 a month to Liu has no basis. [full story]