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                    [Summary] => The US Embassy is keeping mum over a report that one of the two convicted killers of US Army Col. James Rowe will be released from prison on June 28.


"We don’t have anything official on (Donato) Continente’s release," said Karen Kelley, US Embassy spokeswoman.


Continente has denied any role in the April 21, 1989 New People’s Army (NPA) ambush of  Rowe, whose vehicle was sprayed with bullets near his office Quezon City.


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                    [Title] => ‘Spare my amnesty plan from politics’
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo appealed yesterday to critics of her proposed general amnesty for all rebels and political foes of her administration to give it a chance to come into fruition before shooting it down. 


Mrs. Arroyo reiterated that her proposed general amnesty is in line with her desire to achieve "genuine reconciliation" to unite a deeply divided Filipino people.


The Department of Justice (DOJ), meanwhile, expressed support for the President’s proposal, saying it would not necessarily compromise the country’s laws and legal processes.


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                    [Title] => US opposes pardon for Rowe killers
                    [Summary] => The United States strongly opposes the granting of a presidential pardon for the killers of US Army Col. James Rowe.


The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front have asked the Arroyo administration to free Alex Boncayao Brigade hit men Donato Continente and Juanito Itaas, along with other so-called political prisoners, as part of peace negotiations.


But US Embassy spokeswoman Karen Kelley said yesterday her government opposes presidential pardon for Continente and Itaas.


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                    [Title] => RP panel says no to VFA abrogation
                    [Summary] => Government negotiators rejected yesterday the demand of communist leaders to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) before they take part in peace talks that will start on Friday in Oslo, Norway.


However, chief government negotiator Silvestre Bello III told reporters yesterday the matter may still be discussed at the negotiating table.


The government also turned down a rebel demand to free Donato Continente and Juanito Itaas, the convicted killers of US Army Col. James Rowe.


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                    [Title] => US: No pardon for Rowe killers
                    [Summary] => US authorities have asked President Arroyo not to pardon the two convicted killers of US Army Col. James Rowe.


An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs, who requested anonymity, told The STAR yesterday the US Embassy had sent another diplomatic note requesting that Donato Continente and Juanito "Ka Juaning" Itaas be excluded from the list of political prisoners that Mrs. Arroyo plans to pardon.


Earlier, former US ambassador to Manila Thomas Hubbard reiterated the same position in a meeting with Mrs. Arroyo and foreign affairs officials.


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                    [Title] => US government interfering in Rowe killers’ case?
                    [Summary] => A high-ranking official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the United States government’s position against the grant of pardon to the two convicted killers of US Col. James Rowe might be interpreted as "interference" in the country’s "legislative and executive decision-making."


The DFA official, who requested anonymity, revealed that the US Embassy recently sent another note verbale requesting that convicts Donato Continente and Juanito Itaas be excluded from the list of political detainees whom the Arroyo government would pardon.


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                    [Title] => No pardon for Rowe killers — Palace
                    [Summary] => The convicted killers of US Army Col. Nick Rowe will not be among the more than 100 political prisoners who will be granted amnesty by President Estrada, Malacañang said yesterday.


Press Secretary Ricardo Puno said Justice Secretary Artemio Tuquero has informed the Chief Executive that Donito Continente and Juanito Itaas have pending amnesty applications with the National Amnesty Commission.


"And they (Continente and Itaas) will not be included among the 200 or so political prisoners whose records will be studied one by one," he said.


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CONTINENTE AND ITAAS

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"We don’t have anything official on (Donato) Continente’s release," said Karen Kelley, US Embassy spokeswoman.


Continente has denied any role in the April 21, 1989 New People’s Army (NPA) ambush of  Rowe, whose vehicle was sprayed with bullets near his office Quezon City.


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Mrs. Arroyo reiterated that her proposed general amnesty is in line with her desire to achieve "genuine reconciliation" to unite a deeply divided Filipino people.


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However, chief government negotiator Silvestre Bello III told reporters yesterday the matter may still be discussed at the negotiating table.


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Press Secretary Ricardo Puno said Justice Secretary Artemio Tuquero has informed the Chief Executive that Donito Continente and Juanito Itaas have pending amnesty applications with the National Amnesty Commission.


"And they (Continente and Itaas) will not be included among the 200 or so political prisoners whose records will be studied one by one," he said.


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