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                    [Title] => Letter To The Editor: Mayor Ramirez reacts to TF editorial
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 Please allow me to respond to your newspaper’s editorial on January 3, 2011 regarding the incident in Medellin.

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Medellin Mayor Ricardo Ramirez was held by the police as suspect in last week’s killing of municipal employee Edelberto Abao.

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MANILA, Philippines – A forensic expert has urged investigators probing the shooting of Ted Failon’s wife to look for other means of determining who really shot the victim.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-17 10:10:13 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270543 [Title] => Unreliable evidence [Summary] => We often read in the papers about suspects in shooting incidents being subjected to paraffin tests in order to determine whether they are positive or negative for powder burns. This particular case tells us about the probative value of a paraffin test. It is a case which happened in a barrio at a carinderia owned by spouses Bert and Cita. Usually, the couple not only prepares and serves the food but also entertains their customers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244162 [Title] => TOXIC TAPERS [Summary] => I read with interest your article on the toxicity of paraffin candles. Because I had a lot of beautiful scented candles on stock, I continued using them in my home. I figured I would finish them first before buying the beeswax and soy candles that you recommended in place of the paraffin scented ones. Big mistake! After a big dinner party the other day where I lit my house with 101 scented candles to give that "Shangri-La" effect, my 11-year-old son developed the worst case of upper respiratory infection coupled with asthma. [DatePublished] => 2004-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135486 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1739282 [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202975 [Title] => 2 ex-PNP agents refuse to take paraffin tests [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Two former confidential agents of the regional police, linked to last Sunday’s gunslaying of a businessman in Lapu-Lapu City, have refused to undergo paraffin tests.

Wilson Diabordo and Emerlito Reyes, prime suspects in the killing of trader Edwin Pavia, have invoked their constitutional right to self-incrimination.

Lapu-Lapu City police homicide chief Geoffrey Baguio said they could not compel the suspects to undergo paraffin tests for fear that they would violate their constitutional rights.
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 Please allow me to respond to your newspaper’s editorial on January 3, 2011 regarding the incident in Medellin.

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Medellin Mayor Ricardo Ramirez was held by the police as suspect in last week’s killing of municipal employee Edelberto Abao.

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MANILA, Philippines – A forensic expert has urged investigators probing the shooting of Ted Failon’s wife to look for other means of determining who really shot the victim.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-17 10:10:13 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270543 [Title] => Unreliable evidence [Summary] => We often read in the papers about suspects in shooting incidents being subjected to paraffin tests in order to determine whether they are positive or negative for powder burns. This particular case tells us about the probative value of a paraffin test. It is a case which happened in a barrio at a carinderia owned by spouses Bert and Cita. Usually, the couple not only prepares and serves the food but also entertains their customers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244162 [Title] => TOXIC TAPERS [Summary] => I read with interest your article on the toxicity of paraffin candles. Because I had a lot of beautiful scented candles on stock, I continued using them in my home. I figured I would finish them first before buying the beeswax and soy candles that you recommended in place of the paraffin scented ones. Big mistake! After a big dinner party the other day where I lit my house with 101 scented candles to give that "Shangri-La" effect, my 11-year-old son developed the worst case of upper respiratory infection coupled with asthma. [DatePublished] => 2004-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135486 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1739282 [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202975 [Title] => 2 ex-PNP agents refuse to take paraffin tests [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Two former confidential agents of the regional police, linked to last Sunday’s gunslaying of a businessman in Lapu-Lapu City, have refused to undergo paraffin tests.

Wilson Diabordo and Emerlito Reyes, prime suspects in the killing of trader Edwin Pavia, have invoked their constitutional right to self-incrimination.

Lapu-Lapu City police homicide chief Geoffrey Baguio said they could not compel the suspects to undergo paraffin tests for fear that they would violate their constitutional rights.
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