Posted by Mai on 29th September 2007
The Manila Times Internet Edition
RP govt bans 500 critics— report
More than 500 people, including a former US attorney general, were on a Philippine government blacklist banned from entering the country because of supposed links to terrorist groups, an international human rights group said Friday.
Human Rights Watch said in a statement it obtained a copy of a Philippine government blacklist banning 504 people from more than 50 countries said to have al-Qaeda or Taliban links from entering the country in July and August.
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Posted by Mai on 29th September 2007
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18 years in slammer for Leyte lawmaker
By Macon Ramos Araneta
THE government’s anti-corruption court yesterday sentenced Leyte Rep. Eufrocino Codilla Sr. to 18 years in jail, after finding him guilty of two counts of graft committed when he was mayor of Ormoc City in 1993 and 1994.
The Sandiganbayan 5th Division also disqualified Codilla, a three-term mayor, from holding public office again.
Upon the request of his lawyer, Codilla was allowed to maintain his P60,000 bail bond for his temporary liberty pending his filing of an appeal and the final court resolution.
At the same time, the Leyte lawmaker was cleared on two counts of misconduct, saying there was not enough evidence.
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Posted by Mai on 28th September 2007
Philippine Star – Articles – -
RP contingency plan ready for Israel-Iran conflict
Friday, September 28, 2007
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said there is a contingency plan for overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East in the event armed hostilities break out between Israel and Iran.
DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal said contingency plans are always in place in countries where there are Filipinos and that diplomatic missions abroad are under instructions to monitor the peace and order situation in their respective areas of jurisdiction.
DFA’s assurance came in the wake of reports of retaliatory strikes being prepared by Iran in case of an attack by Israel. It was Iran’s Air Force deputy chief Gen. Mohammad Alavi who revealed the battle preparations.
Middle East tension heightened following Israel’s alleged intrusion into Syria’s airspace.
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Posted by Mai on 28th September 2007
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Dutch court to issue verdict on Joma’s freedom next month
By Francis Earl A. Cueto, Reporter
JOSE MARIA SISON, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, is not yet off the hook as the Dutch appellate court is yet to decide next month on the petition filed by the prosecution team questioning his release from prison while undergoing pretrial investigation.
On August 28, Sison, the 68-year-old self-exiled communist leader, was hailed to ScheveÂningen Penitentiary in The Hague and spent 17 days in solitary confinement. He was charged with the killing of two former associates, Arturo Tabara and Romulo Kintanar, in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
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Posted by Mai on 28th September 2007
INQUIRER.net
Fraternities ‘surprised’ by UP president’s directive
By Jeannette Andrade
Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — Fraternities at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman were reportedly unprepared for the administrative order issued last week by president Emerlinda Roman directing them to justify their existence within the university system.
University Student Council (USC) president Shahana Abdulwahid told the Inquirer yesterday that representatives of some 13 fraternities met with the head of the Students’ Rights and Welfare (STRAW) committee Tuesday, a day after Roman’s directive was sent to leaders of various Greek letter organizations.
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Posted by Mai on 28th September 2007
ABS-CBN Interactive
Abalos wants JDV to inhibit from impeach proceedings
Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. on Friday said Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. should inhibit himself from the impeachment proceedings filed against him by Iloilo Vice-Gov. Rolex Suplico.
Abalos made the pleading as he believes de Venecia has a hand in what he called a “a sustained and well funded campaign” to destroy him.
“I don’t believe the Speaker doesn’t have a hand on this. For delicadeza, I hope he inhibits himself on this,” Abalos told radio DZMM when asked if his relationship with de Venecia had been severed by the $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal controversy.
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