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Bolante’s habeas corpus bid dismissed anew

Sep 21, 2008 1:07 PM

A U.S. court dismissed recently former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante’s petition for habeas corpus which, he said, would enable him to challenge the legality of his two-year detention. Judge Charles N. Clevert Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin cited lack of jurisdiction in dismissing Bolante’s petition last Sept. 3.

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Cayetano to summon Bolante to Senate probe

Sep 05, 2008 1:56 AM

SEN. Alan Peter Cayetano will summon former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante to appear before a Senate inquiry when the latter is deported from the United States, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Friday. “If Jocjoc becomes available, I will not hesitate to call him on the aspect of the anomaly on good governance,” Cayetano, who […]

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Escudero wants Bolante at Quedancor probe

Sep 04, 2008 5:35 AM

SEN. Francis Escudero said Wednesday the Senate should invite former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante after he was linked to the P5-billion loan of the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) purportedly for a swine distribution project. “If his name was really mentioned in the Quedancor scam, then the blue ribbon (committee) should give […]

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Bolante asylum appeal denied

Sep 03, 2008 8:20 AM

FORMER Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante could be headed back to Manila soon, now that a United States appeals court has denied his appeal for asylum. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago found that “Bolante has not demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution upon returning to the Philippines,” a decision which upholds two […]

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CHR: Arrest of journalists at Pen unjustified

Sep 02, 2008 4:00 PM

THE Commission on Human Rights has declared as unjustified the arrest and detention of journalists during the six-hour standoff last Nov. 29 at the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati City. There were also violations of “human rights to liberty, security, and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention” during the arrest and processing of journalists following […]

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Trillanes slams Ermita presence at Senate meet on baseline

Sep 02, 2008 4:00 PM

DETAINED Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a resolution seeking to initiate legislative action against Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita’s participation in a recent Senate meeting on bills on the country’s archipelagic baseline. Trillanes and senators Edgardo Angara, Rodolfo Biazon, Juan Ponce Enrile, and Aquilino Pimentel have authored five separate baseline bills.

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Biazon: Gordon committee proper body to probe poll returns switiching

Jul 31, 2008 6:40 AM

SEN. Rodolfo Biazon suggested Wednesday that the Senate electoral reform committee investigate allegations that members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police undertook the switching of 2004 election returns at the Batasan three years ago, Malaya reported today. Sen. Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate electoral reform committee, was not available for […]

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Razon: Probe SAF role in 2004 election fraud coverup

Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM

PHILIPPINE National Police Chief Avelino Razon ordered yesterday Chief Superintendent Leocadio Santiago, director of the Special Action Force, to look into VERA Files two-part report that the elite police unit undertook the switching of 2004 election returns in the Batasan Pambansa. Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, who is also president of the United Opposition, however, […]

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Palace reaction to poll fraud coverup

Jul 28, 2008 3:58 PM

MALACANANG issued today the following press release in reaction to a VERA Files report that several police commandos have confirmed their participation in the switching of election returns at the Batasan Pambansa in early 2005 to make it look like Gloria Arroyo won the 2004 elections: “Don’t believe in the baseless allegation, but, instead, […]

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Pass baseline bill, urge ex-Cabinet members

Jul 14, 2008 6:27 AM

FORMER Cabinet members are asking Congress to pass immediately a law that would define the country’s baseline in keeping with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS. The Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO), in a statement issued on July 11, cited the need to enact a baseline law in […]

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