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Friday, March 10, 2006 (Philippines)
| A Davao City jail inmate peers out of the gate of the detention area, while three other inmates check on the food they are cooking. The jail, designed to accommodate 350 inmates, has over a thousand, including minor offenders who are in a separate area. (Sun.Star Davao/Stella A. Estremera) |
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BAYAN Muna Representative Joel Virador branded Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales as "unjust and inhuman" for the continued detention of his fellow leftist lawmaker Crispin Beltran.
"If something bad happens to Anakpawis Representative Crispin 'Ka Bel' Beltran, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez will answer before the law and to the people's movement whom he has been perennially persecuting," Virador said in a statement.
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Traders, agri department butt heads over corn
SOME Mindanao-based businessmen met with officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) Thursday afternoon to thresh out the brewing controversy over importation of corn.
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Davao lawmaker hits senator on bill approvals
DAVAO City Representative Prospero C. Nograles called on the senators to stop imputing malice to the action being taken by the House of Representatives in approving several administration measures intended to provide relief for the people.
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25 families evacuate due to continuous rain
A TOTAL of 25 families left their homes in Lizada, Toril after the eater level at the Lipadas river rose due to continuous rain on Wednesday -- a week after 76 families were evacuated due to a flashflood in Marilog, Calinan, Tugbok, Tamugan and Toril.
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