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                    [Title] => Pagcor bosses face tough plunder case
                    [Summary] => FOCUS ON WOMEN: In case the menfolk have not noticed, March is National Women’s Month. This will explain the flurry of activities honoring women and showing appreciation for what they have been doing for the rest of us.


This might also explain why Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo T. Reyes has a special press release paying tribute to women in public service.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-03-13 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136322
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804858
                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
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                    [Title] => Pagcor officials face plunder raps after polls
                    [Summary] => Officials of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) will face plunder charges after the May 10 elections.


Members of Plunder Watch and Action Against Corruption and Tyranny Now have accused them of "wholesale looting" of the state-run gambling firm.


The charges will be filed after the elections to show that the case is not politically motivated, they added.


Carol Araullo, convenor of Plunder Watch, said they are also seeking the resignation of Pagcor chairman Ephraim Genuino.


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                    [Title] => GMA, 3 others face Ombudsman raps over Erap’s ‘villa arrest’
                    [Summary] => Lawyers and anti-corruption activists filed a criminal complaint with the Ombudsman yesterday against President Arroyo and at least three other government officials for allegedly allowing detained former President Joseph Estrada to spend time in his villa.
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [Title] => Erap sa civil society: Maging makatao naman kayo!
                    [Summary] => Kinondena ni dating Pangulong Estrada ang mga maling impormasyon na ipinakakalat ng civil society group na Plunder Watch ukol sa kanyang "house arrest" sa kanyang villa sa Tanay.


Ayon kay Estrada, naturingan anya tayong isang bansang Katoliko, pero may mga Pilipino na hindi naman makatao.   


"This is supposedly a Catholic country. Why is it that some of our countrymen do not even have compassion?" sabi ni Erap.


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                    [Title] => Erap to tell Sandigan today if he still wants US trip
                    [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada will appear today before the Sandiganbayan special division to clarify whether he still intends to go to the United States on Jan. 23 for knee surgery.


"(The justices) are really confused over what he really wants," said lawyer Renato Bocar, special division spokesman.


"That’s the reason why he has been summoned to clarify, from his own mouth, what he really wants because he keeps on changing his declarations in the media," Bocar said.


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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [Title] => Charges filed over road scam
                    [Summary] => Graft charges were filed yesterday before the Sandiganbayan against 26 government officials and a private contractor after the Office of the Ombudsman found they had connived to overprice the 5.1-kilometer President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard (PDMB) in Parañaque City.


Government lawyers said officials of the Public Estates Authority (PEA) conspired to unlawfully pay contractor Jesusito Legaspi, president of the J.D. Legaspi construction firm, the total amount, which was "clearly improper, illegal and without the requisite presidential approval."


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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [Title] => Cops break up anti-gov’t rally
                    [Summary] => They came to join the EDSA II celebration but were greeted with blasts from water cannons and the business end of nightsticks and rattan truncheons.


Militant and people’s organizations that played a pivotal role in the ouster of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001 were prevented yesterday from reaching a shrine to commemorate people power II.


Party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo, who was with the militant groups that marched to the Our Lady of Peace shrine at EDSA and Ortigas Avenue, denounced the dispersal. 


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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1746585
                    [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo and Non Alquitran
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                    [Title] => Cabinet official: Arroyo in favor of house arrest for Estrada
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo favors placing her deposed predecessor Joseph Estrada under "house arrest" in his suburban San Juan mansion while he is being tried for corruption, a Cabinet official said yesterday.


Mrs. Arroyo said, however, the decision should be made by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court trying Estrada and not by Malacañang, Housing Secretary Michael Defensor told reporters.


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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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                    [Title] => Erap, Loi lusot sa contempt
                    [Summary] => Lusot na sa kasong contempt sina dating Pangulong Estrada, Sen. Loi Ejercito at tatlong iba pa matapos ibasura ng Sandiganbayan ang petisyon ng Plunder Watch dahil sa kawalan ng merito.


Sinabi ng Special Division na walang basehan ang kahilingan ng Plunder Watch sa pangunguna ni Fr. Jose Dizon na parusahan ang mga akusadong sina Estrada, Sen. Loi, Jinggoy Estrada, Attys. Rene Saguisag at Raymond Fortun.


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                    [Title] => Mag-amang Estrada haharap sa Sandiganbayan
                    [Summary] => Inaasahan na dadalo ngayon sa pagdinig ng Sandiganbayan Special Division sina dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada at San Juan Mayor Jinggoy  Estrada para sa kasong indirect contempt na isinampa sa kanila ng Plunder Watch.


Nilinaw naman ni Atty. Renato Bocar,spokesman ng Special Division na walang ipinalalabas na banta ang korte laban kay Sen. Loi Estrada sakaling mabigo itong makadalo ng hearing ngayong umaga.


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PLUNDER WATCH

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                    [Summary] => FOCUS ON WOMEN: In case the menfolk have not noticed, March is National Women’s Month. This will explain the flurry of activities honoring women and showing appreciation for what they have been doing for the rest of us.


This might also explain why Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo T. Reyes has a special press release paying tribute to women in public service.


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                    [Title] => Pagcor officials face plunder raps after polls
                    [Summary] => Officials of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) will face plunder charges after the May 10 elections.


Members of Plunder Watch and Action Against Corruption and Tyranny Now have accused them of "wholesale looting" of the state-run gambling firm.


The charges will be filed after the elections to show that the case is not politically motivated, they added.


Carol Araullo, convenor of Plunder Watch, said they are also seeking the resignation of Pagcor chairman Ephraim Genuino.


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                    [DatePublished] => 2004-03-10 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [Title] => Erap sa civil society: Maging makatao naman kayo!
                    [Summary] => Kinondena ni dating Pangulong Estrada ang mga maling impormasyon na ipinakakalat ng civil society group na Plunder Watch ukol sa kanyang "house arrest" sa kanyang villa sa Tanay.


Ayon kay Estrada, naturingan anya tayong isang bansang Katoliko, pero may mga Pilipino na hindi naman makatao.   


"This is supposedly a Catholic country. Why is it that some of our countrymen do not even have compassion?" sabi ni Erap.


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                    [Title] => Erap to tell Sandigan today if he still wants US trip
                    [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada will appear today before the Sandiganbayan special division to clarify whether he still intends to go to the United States on Jan. 23 for knee surgery.


"(The justices) are really confused over what he really wants," said lawyer Renato Bocar, special division spokesman.


"That’s the reason why he has been summoned to clarify, from his own mouth, what he really wants because he keeps on changing his declarations in the media," Bocar said.


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                    [Focus] => 0
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [Title] => Charges filed over road scam
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Government lawyers said officials of the Public Estates Authority (PEA) conspired to unlawfully pay contractor Jesusito Legaspi, president of the J.D. Legaspi construction firm, the total amount, which was "clearly improper, illegal and without the requisite presidential approval."


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                    [Title] => Cops break up anti-gov’t rally
                    [Summary] => They came to join the EDSA II celebration but were greeted with blasts from water cannons and the business end of nightsticks and rattan truncheons.


Militant and people’s organizations that played a pivotal role in the ouster of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001 were prevented yesterday from reaching a shrine to commemorate people power II.


Party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo, who was with the militant groups that marched to the Our Lady of Peace shrine at EDSA and Ortigas Avenue, denounced the dispersal. 


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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [Title] => Cabinet official: Arroyo in favor of house arrest for Estrada
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo favors placing her deposed predecessor Joseph Estrada under "house arrest" in his suburban San Juan mansion while he is being tried for corruption, a Cabinet official said yesterday.


Mrs. Arroyo said, however, the decision should be made by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court trying Estrada and not by Malacañang, Housing Secretary Michael Defensor told reporters.


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                    [Title] => Erap, Loi lusot sa contempt
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Sinabi ng Special Division na walang basehan ang kahilingan ng Plunder Watch sa pangunguna ni Fr. Jose Dizon na parusahan ang mga akusadong sina Estrada, Sen. Loi, Jinggoy Estrada, Attys. Rene Saguisag at Raymond Fortun.


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                    [Title] => Mag-amang Estrada haharap sa Sandiganbayan
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Nilinaw naman ni Atty. Renato Bocar,spokesman ng Special Division na walang ipinalalabas na banta ang korte laban kay Sen. Loi Estrada sakaling mabigo itong makadalo ng hearing ngayong umaga.


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