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                    [Title] => ‘Political detainees can only be released on order by courts’
                    [Summary] => Forty-nine political detainees, including 20 suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front members accused of involvement in the Dec. 30 terrorist bombings in Metro Manila, can only be released on orders of a competent court, Malacañang said yesterday.


Executive Secretary Renato de Villa told reporters he had sent a memorandum to President Arroyo recommending freedom for the 49 detainees after a "special committee" had reviewed their cases.

The special committee is comprised of the secretaries of national defense, justice, and interior and local government.
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Speaking during the inauguration of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.’s new building in Makati City, the President said she would support the recommendation of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to empower the monetary authority to handle such problems.

Mrs. Arroyo said she will take up the matter during the forthcoming meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 105362 [Title] => ‘Political prisoners to be released by batches’ [Summary] => Executive Secretary Renato de Villa said yesterday the government will order the release of more than 200 political prisoners by batches to show that the administration is willing to talk peace with the communist movement.

De Villa said concerned government agencies, particularly the departments of national defense, interior and local government, and justice and the Office of the President, agreed to review the cases of the detainees and eventually recommend their release.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 125865 [Title] => Natagpuang bangkay sa Bukidnon di si Dacer - PNP/DOJ [Summary] => Pinabulaanan kahapon ng pulisya at ng Department of Justice na ang nawawalang public relations man na si Salvador "Bubby" Dacer ang natagpuang bangkay ng lalaki sa Malaybalay, Bukidnon.

Sinabi ni PO2 Noel Salvacion ng Malaybalay Police Station na, mula alas-9:00 ng umaga hanggang alas12:45 ng tanghali, pawang negatibo ang ulat na natatanggap nila hinggil kay Dacer.

Wala anyang bangkay na natagpuan sa Malaybalay bagaman may nakitang isa sa Manolo Fortich sa naturang lalawigan. "Pero hindi ito si Dacer," sabi pa ni Salvacion.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89643 [Title] => Palace to oil firms: Don’t raise prices [Summary] => Malacañang appealed yesterday to local oil companies to reconsider their plan to raise fuel prices anew amid the current economic crisis.

This developed as presidential chief of staff Renato Corona said the Arroyo administration will not allow any unjustified increase in the prices of gasoline and other oil products.

"It should be justified. Prices can’t just keep going up without justification," Corona said.

He also warned that the government would be on alert against any attempts at price manipulation.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89632 [Title] => Sto. Tomas is labor secretary [Summary] => Former Civil Service Commissioner Patricia Sto. Tomas is the new labor secretary of the Arroyo admi-nistration.

President Arroyo formally appointed Sto. Tomas yesterday, replacing Bienvenido Laguesma.

Sto. Tomas headed a screening committee that made recommendations to the President about possible Cabinet appointees.

Mrs. Arroyo also appointed yesterday Rene Bañez as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Bañez was a deputy BIR commissioner during the Ramos administration.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89601 [Title] => Charges against Estrada will be pursued — De Villa [Summary] => The government will pursue charges against ousted President Joseph Estrada even if he goes on exile, Executive Secretary Renato de Villa said yesterday.

But Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin refused anew to take a stand on the issue, which he said would only divide the country.

In a radio interview, De Villa said the ousted leader would still be required to return to the Philippines and go to court when charges are filed against him.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89604 [Title] => GMA willing to go on US visit [Summary] => President Arroyo said yesterday she is willing to squeeze into her busy schedule a possible state visit to the US if proper arrangements can be made.

The President said she really has no plans of traveling abroad at this time, and would only do so if the destination is Washington.

"That is probably the only trip I will make at this time. We’ll still have to see about President (George) Bush’s schedule," she said following a meeting with former US Rep. Stephen Solarz yesterday in Malacañang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 125812 [Title] => Mark Jimenez tetestigo vs Estrada? [Summary] => Tetestigo umano ang negosyanteng si Mark Jimenez sa kasong graft and corruption laban sa kaibigan niyang si dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada.

Ito ang nabatid sa isang mapapanaligang impormante na nagsabing nakipagkita umano si Jimenez sa mga opisyal ng Department of Justice noong Biyernes at pumayag na isiwalat ang nalalaman niya hinggil sa napatalsik na dating Pangulo.

Sinabi pa ng impormante na pumayag magsalita si Jimenez nang magbanta ang DOJ na magsasampa ito ng kasong plunder laban sa kanya.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89568 [Title] => Bugging devices found at Palace [Summary] => Electronic surveillance gadgets were found hidden in the offices of junior undersecretaries of new President Arroyo, one of the officials said yesterday.

Press Undersecretary for Operations Roberto Capco said security personnel discovered one of four bugging devices in a chandelier of his office.

Another three devices were found in a lamp, an airconditioner and an electrical socket in the office of Press Undersecretary for Broadcast Serge Remonde.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => ‘Political detainees can only be released on order by courts’
                    [Summary] => Forty-nine political detainees, including 20 suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front members accused of involvement in the Dec. 30 terrorist bombings in Metro Manila, can only be released on orders of a competent court, Malacañang said yesterday.


Executive Secretary Renato de Villa told reporters he had sent a memorandum to President Arroyo recommending freedom for the 49 detainees after a "special committee" had reviewed their cases.

The special committee is comprised of the secretaries of national defense, justice, and interior and local government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89670 [Title] => Gov’t eyes measures vs irregular banking practices [Summary] => The government is intent on implementing measures that would curb irregular banking practices like money laundering, President Arroyo announced yesterday.

Speaking during the inauguration of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.’s new building in Makati City, the President said she would support the recommendation of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to empower the monetary authority to handle such problems.

Mrs. Arroyo said she will take up the matter during the forthcoming meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 105362 [Title] => ‘Political prisoners to be released by batches’ [Summary] => Executive Secretary Renato de Villa said yesterday the government will order the release of more than 200 political prisoners by batches to show that the administration is willing to talk peace with the communist movement.

De Villa said concerned government agencies, particularly the departments of national defense, interior and local government, and justice and the Office of the President, agreed to review the cases of the detainees and eventually recommend their release.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 125865 [Title] => Natagpuang bangkay sa Bukidnon di si Dacer - PNP/DOJ [Summary] => Pinabulaanan kahapon ng pulisya at ng Department of Justice na ang nawawalang public relations man na si Salvador "Bubby" Dacer ang natagpuang bangkay ng lalaki sa Malaybalay, Bukidnon.

Sinabi ni PO2 Noel Salvacion ng Malaybalay Police Station na, mula alas-9:00 ng umaga hanggang alas12:45 ng tanghali, pawang negatibo ang ulat na natatanggap nila hinggil kay Dacer.

Wala anyang bangkay na natagpuan sa Malaybalay bagaman may nakitang isa sa Manolo Fortich sa naturang lalawigan. "Pero hindi ito si Dacer," sabi pa ni Salvacion.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89643 [Title] => Palace to oil firms: Don’t raise prices [Summary] => Malacañang appealed yesterday to local oil companies to reconsider their plan to raise fuel prices anew amid the current economic crisis.

This developed as presidential chief of staff Renato Corona said the Arroyo administration will not allow any unjustified increase in the prices of gasoline and other oil products.

"It should be justified. Prices can’t just keep going up without justification," Corona said.

He also warned that the government would be on alert against any attempts at price manipulation.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89632 [Title] => Sto. Tomas is labor secretary [Summary] => Former Civil Service Commissioner Patricia Sto. Tomas is the new labor secretary of the Arroyo admi-nistration.

President Arroyo formally appointed Sto. Tomas yesterday, replacing Bienvenido Laguesma.

Sto. Tomas headed a screening committee that made recommendations to the President about possible Cabinet appointees.

Mrs. Arroyo also appointed yesterday Rene Bañez as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Bañez was a deputy BIR commissioner during the Ramos administration.
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But Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin refused anew to take a stand on the issue, which he said would only divide the country.

In a radio interview, De Villa said the ousted leader would still be required to return to the Philippines and go to court when charges are filed against him.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89604 [Title] => GMA willing to go on US visit [Summary] => President Arroyo said yesterday she is willing to squeeze into her busy schedule a possible state visit to the US if proper arrangements can be made.

The President said she really has no plans of traveling abroad at this time, and would only do so if the destination is Washington.

"That is probably the only trip I will make at this time. We’ll still have to see about President (George) Bush’s schedule," she said following a meeting with former US Rep. Stephen Solarz yesterday in Malacañang.
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Ito ang nabatid sa isang mapapanaligang impormante na nagsabing nakipagkita umano si Jimenez sa mga opisyal ng Department of Justice noong Biyernes at pumayag na isiwalat ang nalalaman niya hinggil sa napatalsik na dating Pangulo.

Sinabi pa ng impormante na pumayag magsalita si Jimenez nang magbanta ang DOJ na magsasampa ito ng kasong plunder laban sa kanya.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89568 [Title] => Bugging devices found at Palace [Summary] => Electronic surveillance gadgets were found hidden in the offices of junior undersecretaries of new President Arroyo, one of the officials said yesterday.

Press Undersecretary for Operations Roberto Capco said security personnel discovered one of four bugging devices in a chandelier of his office.

Another three devices were found in a lamp, an airconditioner and an electrical socket in the office of Press Undersecretary for Broadcast Serge Remonde.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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