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Friday, August 19, 2005 (Philippines)
THE camp of the defeated vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said Thursday they are studying the filing of robbery charges against the policemen and intelligence agents who staged an alleged "illegal" raid on the house of a former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) handwriting expert in San Mateo, Rizal last Tuesday that resulted in the confiscation of "prefabricated" election returns (ERs).
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2 agencies to probe 'escape' of wanted ex-poll exec
THE Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) and the Air Transportation Office (ATO) will conduct separate investigations on how former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Virgilio Garcillano managed to leave the country amidst the wiretapping scandal that linked him and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to election fraud.
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Express counter for dengue victims set up in gov't hospitals
HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque III Thursday ordered all government hospitals nationwide to put up a fast lane that will attend to dengue victims as the number of cases of the mosquito-born disease continues to rise.
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Senate to act on 3 economic proposals
REFUTING Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Juan Ponce Enrile's claims that the Senate is not tackling significant pieces of legislation because of constant quibbling on political issues, Senate President Franklin Drilon said they would start to discuss at least three major economic reform bills that will help solve the country's fiscal problems.
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