Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (Philippines)

Cenon Alboladora, 92, receives from Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia the deed of absolute sale for his lot in Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City during a ceremonial distribution at the Cebu International Convention Center yesterday. Alboladora was among the 569 beneficiaries of Ordinance 93-1 lots who received the documents after they have fully paid the amount for the purchase of the property. (Sunstar photo/Allan Cuizon) THE Senate and Malacañang are in collision course as former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante arrives at 11 tonight from the US where he was detained for two years for an immigration offense. Senate President Manuel Villar ordered yesterday Gen. Jose Balajadia Jr., the Senate sergeant-at-arms, to implement the warrant of arrest the Senate issued in December 2005 against Bolante, the alleged mastermind in the multi-million-peso fertilizer fund scam. “They have a specific instruction to arrest Bolante on sight and bring him to the Senate,” Villar said. [full story]