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Werner Wallert, held hostage with his wife and son and several other foreigners by the Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines two years ago, accused Estrada and his adviser Robert Aventajado of jacking up the ransom payment of the hostages and then skimming part of it off. 


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                    [Summary] => So many days and so much "suspense" were consumed by all that fuss over the so-called "Jose Valhalla" bank account. But when the sealed envelope was finally opened yesterday, there was no Valhalla, only "Joe Velarde" and not much else. The Prosecutors are now griping that the Equitable-PCIBank documents must have been "doctored." What about the stubborn objections put up by the Defense panel of the President? Just a moro-moro?


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Abu Sayyaf rebels holding 21 hostages in Jolo, Sulu repeated yesterday their
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being held by a vigilante group in the island-province. 

An Abu Sayyaf spokesman told a Western Mindanao radio station the rebels also
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being held by a vigilante group in the island-province. 

An Abu Sayyaf spokesman told a Western Mindanao radio station the rebels also
wanted military operations against the extremists suspended as another
condition for the release of 57-year-old German woman Renate Wallert, who is
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Estrada shrugs off charges he pocketed Abu ransom

August 17, 2002 - 12:00am

Former President Joseph Estrada shrugged off charges by a former German hostage that he and his former top adviser skimmed off part of a ransom payment made to the Abu Sayyaf Muslim kidnap group. Werner Wallert,...

Headlines

No smoking gun after all, just a puff of smoke! - BY THE WAY by Max V. Soliven

December 21, 2000 - 12:00am

So many days and so much "suspense" were consumed by all that fuss over the so-called "Jose Valhalla" bank account. But when the sealed envelope was finally opened yesterday, there was no Valhalla, only "Joe Velarde"...

Opinion

Aventajado says he had only two ‘conversations’ with ‘Robot’ about money - BY THE WAY By Max V. Soliven

December 14, 2000 - 12:00am

Televiewers waited in vain till late last night for the anticipated "bombshell" to be detonated by Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson in the Senate impeachment trial. At this writing, of...

Opinion

Abu swapping German for Janjalani's relatives

By Jerry Botial | May 14, 2000 - 12:00am

Abu Sayyaf rebels holding 21 hostages in Jolo, Sulu repeated yesterday their demand to swap an ailing German captive for the relatives of their leader still being held by a vigilante group in the island-province....

Headlines