| They still burn effigies, varying only in procedure and style. As in protests of previous years under the Arroyo administration, the effigy burned is that of the President. And the fire in yesterday's Cebu observance of Labor Day was a lot bigger. (Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña) |
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THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has finally put to rest the legal issue over more than 19.29 million square meters of land covered by the vast Bani-lad Friar Lands Estate.
In a document obtained by Sun.Star Cebu, Solicitor General Agnes Vst Devenadera said her office "no longer intends" to execute a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that lot 727, or a portion of the Banilad Friar Lands Estate contested by Cebu Country Club and the Alonso family, belongs to the Government.
The declaration is aimed to answer numerous inquiries that have deluged the OSG office regarding the legal effect of the Supreme Court decision.
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