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                    [Title] => Rebellion raps filed vs Metro bomb scare suspects
                    [Summary] => The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed rebellion charges yesterday against lawyer and dismissed police officer Roberto Camarista and several other people for attempts to destabilize the government through assassinations and bombings in Metro Manila.


Camarista was indicted before the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) along with Benjamin Sim, Dante Fuertes and Antonio Mercader. They are all detained at the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group jail at Camp Crame.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255843 [Title] => Montayre linked to ‘no proc,’ slay plot [Summary] => A known supporter of former President Fidel V. Ramos was linked to a plot to stop the proclamation of President Arroyo through the assassination of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and other well-known personalities, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.

During a press briefing, acting Secretary Mereceditas Gutierrez disclosed that Roberto Camarista, a lawyer and dismissed police officer, implicated Linda Montayre of the People’s Consultative Assembly as one of those leading the plans to disrupt Mrs. Arroyo’s inauguration today.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255696 [Title] => Ex-cop in Metro bomb scare yields [Summary] => A dismissed police officer and another suspect have been detained in connection with a plot to stage bombings ahead of the inauguration of President Arroyo tomorrow, the defense department said yesterday.

Former police superintendent Roberto Camarista surrendered Friday night to Assistant Defense Secretary Ricardo Blancaflor in Malolos City in Bulacan through a third-party intermediary.

Camarista has confessed to "masterminding the planting of improvised bombs in Metro Manila," Blancaflor told reporters.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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