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Sunday, December 16, 2007 (Philippines)
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| Customers buy stuffed toys of different cartoon characters along a sidewalk Saturday at Manila's bargain district of Divisoria. As Christmas draws near, bargain hunters flock to Divisoria to buy goods at cheaper prices as gifts for their loved ones. (AP photo) |
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CEBU CITY -- After scoring in his graft complaint on the P83-million purchase of surveillance cameras, businessman Crisologo Saavedra is aiming his guns at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) once more.
Saavedra recently sent Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. a letter asking him to sponsor a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation on what he said was "overpricing in the construction and disbursement of funds" for the CICC.
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