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The 68-year-old fortune teller, once dubbed as the Dean of Psychics in Asia, Oceania, says the President will remain in office unless Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, the prime witness in the trial, would reveal a "most potent secret."


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"Like all conflicts, this one broke out when the demand for jueteng profits oustripped the supply, resulting in a vicious turf war. It is a case of one erstwhile partner in the jueteng empire resisting the expansionist designs of another," the solons said in a joint statement.


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Don’t forget Edgar Bentain

February 20, 2001 - 12:00am

Long before Salvador "Bubby" Dacer disappeared, there was Edgar Bentain. Remember the 36-year-old former video technician of the Phi-lippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.? On Jan. 16, 1999, just six months...

Opinion

A day at the carnival : Seer sees Estrada’s acquittal but...

By by Junep Ocampo | December 25, 2000 - 12:00am

Prosecutors in the ongoing impeachment trial of President Estrada may not like what she has to say. Yet, Cely dela Cruz, a veteran seer, unabashedly predicts that the President will not be impeached. The 68-year-old...

Metro

Call national referendum on resignation issue - ROSES AND THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces

October 28, 2000 - 12:00am

Undoubtedly the question most in the mind of the people today is whether President Estrada should resign or not. The people in the palace say that if there were a snap election, President Estrada will win overwhelmingly...

Opinion

A fight over jueteng spoils, solons say

October 6, 2000 - 12:00am

Opposition congressmen said yesterday the fight between Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson and presidential friend Charlie "Atong" Ang "is basically a division of the jueteng spoil gone...

Headlines