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Thursday, June 02, 2005 (Philippines)
| Cuban Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Rey Jimenez during a news conference in Manila asks for the deportation of Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban wanted for an airliner bombing in 1976, from the US to face charges in Venezuela or Cuba. (Sun.Star Manila/Miko Santos) |
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THE Senate committees on games and amusement and on public order and illegal drugs has set for Monday the resumption of its joint inquiry on the illegal numbers game jueteng and jueteng payola allegedly received by legislators and police officials.
This time, the alleged bagmen of presidential son and Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo and Batangas Governor Armand Sanchez, an alleged jueteng operator, have been summoned to appear before the Senate bodies looking into the issue.
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3 jueteng 'bagmen' sue Mayor for libel, false testimony
THREE friends of presidential son and Pampanga Representative Mikey Arroyo filed charges of libel and false testimony before the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday against former jueteng operator Wilredo Mayor who claimed he gave jueteng protection money to the President's son through alleged bagmen.
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Kin of Oakwood mutineers ask Arroyo for lighter penalties
WIVES and relatives of the officers and enlisted personnel involved in the failed Oakwood mutiny in July 2003 Wednesday trooped to Malacañang to ask President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to lighten the penalties, particularly the salary cuts and demotion, meted out against their loved ones.
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Gov't to give educational aid to state workers
BUDGET Secretary Emilia Boncodin announced Wednesday that government workers, including soldiers and policemen, will each get P1,000 as educational assistance in a day or two.
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