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VOL. 6 ISSUE 132 • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
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CHILD LABOR 101. The pain and burden caused by the heavy bamboo trunk on the shoulder of this 11-year old boy is painted all over his face as he ascends the concrete stairs towards a makeshift shop along Quimpo Blvd. in Davao City yesterday. In order to help their families, many children willingly sacrifice their young bodies to earn a living and disregard their future. Lean Daval Jr.
GRAFT RAPS VS RAMIREZ PSC files charges against former chairman AT A GLANCE: • Case stems from “ghost guards” contract • Butch says he is not aware of the case but he will face it in court
DOJ files plunder, malversation raps against Napoles, 3 senators
By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO and EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
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HE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) filed graft charges against the agency’s former chairman William I. Ramirez for alleged violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act with the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday. PSC legal counsel Atty. Maribel Rodriguez filed the case on behalf of the government sports agency at the Ombudsman office in Quezon City which was docketed as OMB Case No. IC-OC-13-1871. The case stemmed from the alleged “ghost security guards” hired by the PSC during the term of Ramirez as PSC chairman. Also named co-respondent is the Excelgard Security and Research Services Inc., represented by its president Ma. Flordeliza Angel. FGRAFT,10
CROWD DARLING. Volleyball star Fille Cainglet of Ateneo de Manila was one of the most applauded players in last Saturday’s All Star Exhibition match with reigning UAAP champion De La Salle University at the USEP Gym. Lean Daval Jr.
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ANILA-The Dept. of Justice on Monday filed before the Office of the Ombudsman plunder and malversation charges against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, three senators and 34 others in connection with the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam. Napoles, the owner
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REVILLA of JLN Group of Companies, is the alleged “brains” behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam and the P900-million Malampaya fund scam. Aside from Napoles, also charged with plunder were Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.,
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8 CTO employees to be relieved Davao City cops still alert, despite MNLF assurance All-Stars master DLSU belles in exhibition match