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                    [Title] => Sandigan defers arraignment of BI officers in ‘pastillas scam’
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                    [Title] => EDITORYAL - Bantayan, mga katiwalian sa tanggapan ng pamahalaan
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                    [Title] => Palace: Dismissal of BI personnel shows there are no 'sacred cows' in government
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                    [Title] => DOJ fires 18 Immigration personnel over 'pastillas' scheme
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                    [Title] => Ombudsman indicts 43 immigration personnel over 'pastillas' bribery
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                    [Title] => EDITORYAL - ‘Pastillas 2’
                    [Summary] => NANGANGAMOY ‘‘pastillas’’ na naman sa Bu­reau of Immigration makaraang ibulgar ng isang Pinay overseas worker na nagbayad ang kanyang recruiter ng P50,000 sa mga tauhan ng BI para makapagtrabaho sa abroad. Pero sa halip na sa United Arab Emirates siya makapagtrabaho, sa Damascus, Syria siya humantong na kasalukuyang mayroong nagaganap na civil war. 
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                    [Summary] => NANGANGAMOY ‘‘pastillas’’ na naman sa Bu­reau of Immigration makaraang ibulgar ng isang Pinay overseas worker na nagbayad ang kanyang recruiter ng P50,000 sa mga tauhan ng BI para makapagtrabaho sa abroad. Pero sa halip na sa United Arab Emirates siya makapagtrabaho, sa Damascus, Syria siya humantong na kasalukuyang mayroong nagaganap na civil war. 
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