Iloilo mayor sued for trip paid for by Taiwan firm
by David Israel Sinay
ILOILO CITY—Environmental groups and anti-coal plant advocates yesterday filed criminal and administrative charges against Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas for going on a trip to Taiwan sponsored by a company that wants to build a coal-fired plant in the city.
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Party-list exec linked to Palace held for extortion
by Marlon Ramos
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna—Agents of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested an alleged ranking official of a party-list group who conned two police applicants during an entrapment operation in Noveleta, Cavite on Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.
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Papers on overpriced computers missing
by Jolene Bulambot
CEBU CITY—The bidding documents of the controversial P23-million computer units bought by the Lapu-Lapu city government in 2005 were reported missing yesterday, an antigraft official said.
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More village poll violence expected
DAGUPAN CITY—A candidate for village chief was shot dead in front of his furniture shop in Tayug, Pangasinan, on Tuesday even as more areas were placed under police watch in the run up to the barangay and youth elections on Oct. 29.
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War on ‘jueteng’ in Pampanga starts
by Tonette Orejas
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—“E ta na tataya (Let’s stop betting).” Text messages with this call started circulating in Pampanga this week as the Pampanga Against Gambling Council (PAGC) launched a campaign to stop the illegal numbers game jueteng in Pampanga.
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