Posted by Mai on 31st October 2007
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Study impeachment rules, Malacañang tells critics
10/31/2007
Malacañang yesterday told the opposition to do its homework in its plan to file a new impeachment case against President Arroyo as it expressed confidence the new complaint will not be entertained by the House of Representatives.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, during a press briefing, reminded the opposition to check on the rules of impeachment before it files a “strong†impeachment case against the President.
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Posted by Mai on 31st October 2007
INQUIRER.net
Arroyo-Estrada alliance possible, says Ermita
By Michael Lim Ubac, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Inquirer
Last updated 05:14am (Mla time) 10/31/2007
MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita on Tuesday raised the possibility of a political alliance between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and deposed President Joseph Estrada following her decision to free the convicted plunderer.
Ermita said on his return from the United States, where he defended the administration’s human rights record, that he expected a “realignment of forces,†specifically the “forces of President Estrada going along with the President.â€
He said such a marriage of political forces would be crucial to not only putting an end to bickering but also uplifting the lives of poor Filipinos.
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Posted by Mai on 31st October 2007
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NBI seizes fake Tide products
The National Bureau of Investigation confiscated an estimated P9 million worth of fake detergent in Tondo, Manila, dzMM reported.
The raid was conducted against the Chung Cham Trading located at No. 2956 Dagupan Extension, Gagalangin, Tondo and a certain Demetrio dela Cruz.
Efren Meneses, chief of the NBI-Intellectual Property Rights Division said the raid was based on the complaint of Proctor and Gamble against the trading company and dela Cruz.
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Posted by Mai on 31st October 2007
The Manila Times Internet Edition
US Senate dramatically
hikes military, eco aid to RP
Amidst calls for a deeper probe of where its aid to the Philippines goes, and widespread apprehensions that it funds military and paramilitary groups allegedly used in human rights violations and extrajudicial killings, the United States Senate has voted to increase Washington’s military and economic aid to Manila to $60 million next year.
Philippine officials described it as the virtual vote of confidence by American legislators in the Arroyo government’s sustained efforts to combat international terrorism and address the issue of unexplained killings in the country.
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Posted by Mai on 31st October 2007
Philippine Star – Articles – -
Pinay arrested over death of 2 Americans
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong police arrested a Filipino prostitute who was in the luxury hotel room where two American businessmen were found dead of possible poisoning last week, an investigator said Tuesday.
Police are investigating whether the two Americans – identified only by their first names, Paul, 45, and Richard, 51, – were drugged at the five-star Grand Hyatt hotel last Friday.
The 20-year-old Filipino woman, Michelle Balingit Callejas, was arrested Friday night and appeared in court Monday, charged with immigration violations, a police investigator said. She remained in police custody.
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Posted by Mai on 30th October 2007
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Opposition leaders, FVR start unity talks vs Estrada pardon
10/30/2007 | 12:39 PM
The Genuine Opposition (GO) admitted Tuesday that some “factions” of the opposition are talking with the camp of former President Fidel Ramos, following the granting of pardon to deposed President Joseph Estrada.
In an interview on dzEC radio, GO spokesman Adel Tamano did not name the opposition figures talking with Ramos, but said these figures were among those “dismayed” with the circumstances surrounding the pardon grant to Estrada.
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