Daniel Ponce de Leon (right) of Mexico and Gerry Peñalosa trade blows during the fifth round of their WBO 122-pound boxing match in Las Vegas. Ponce de Leon won by unanimous decision. (AP photo)
MANILA -- Detained Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo said Sunday he will resist attempts by the Philippine police to "short-circuit the legal process" in the multiple murder case filed against him.
The police are reportedly planning to transfer the legislator to Leyte, where the case has been filed, Monday.
CEBU CITY -- Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Hermogenes Ebdane said that while he approved the funding for the lampposts bought in preparation for the Asean summit, he “was not involved in the procurement of those items.”
CLARK ECOZONE -- An association of Clark locators and four other business groups called on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently to repeal an order limiting the expansion of air services in the Pampanga airport.
WAIANAE, Hawaii -- Manuel S. Pablo crouched in foxholes to defend the Philippines against invading Japanese soldiers in World War II. He watched a Japanese guard stab one of his comrades to death with a bayonet during the Bataan Death March when the starving prisoner of war dared to ask for another bowl of rice.
