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                    [Title] => Palace urges court  to expedite ruling on Dacer case
                    [Summary] => Malacañang called on a Manila court yesterday to expedite the issuance of warrants of arrest against former police officials Michael Ray Aquino and Cesar Mancao II, two of the accused in the abduction and killing of public relations practitioner Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2005-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308590 [Title] => Palace urges court to expedite ruling on Dacer case [Summary] => Malacañang called on a Manila court yesterday to expedite the issuance of warrants of arrest against former police officials Michael Ray Aquino and Cesar Mancao II, two of the accused in the abduction and killing of public relations practitioner Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, five years ago.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306931 [Title] => A new Ombudsman? A woman fits the job [Summary] => BEIJING, China – The designation by President GMA of one of her most trusted Cabinet members, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Merceditas Gutierrez as Ombudsman to succeed "retiring" Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo comes as no surprise. When Marcelo, who was doing a fine job, suddenly announced his resignation for reasons of health, speculation ran rife as to who would be anointed to that vital position of government graft buster.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304708 [Title] => Chief presidential legal counsel eyes Ombudsman post [Summary] => Another Malacañang official is eyeing a new post outside the Palace after Presidential Management Staff chief Rigoberto Tiglao.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Merceditas Gutierrez has said she accepted the nomination to become the next Ombudsman to be able to contribute more to the government’s anti-corruption drive.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299420 [Title] => Bunye: Who buried hatchet in GMA’s back? [Summary] => What "hatchet job"?

Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye stepped up yesterday his attacks against Senate President Franklin Drilon whom he twitted for resorting to name-calling instead of addressing the issue at hand.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299462 [Title] => Palace denies ordering closure of government lawyer’s office [Summary] => Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye denied yesterday that Malacañang ordered the office of Assistant Government Corporate Counsel Efren Gonzales padlocked for defying a presidential order in testifying before the Senate.

He said it will be up to Government Corporate Counsel Agnes Devanadera to determine what action should be taken against her assistant, Gonzales, for appearing before the same Senate inquiry Thursday to testify on alleged anomalies in the $500-million North Railway project without clearance from President Arroyo.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297353 [Title] => Treason vs Sec. Gonzales [Summary] => Sasabit umano sa kasong treason o pagtataksil sa bayan si National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales dahil sa pagpasok nito ng kontrata sa Venable LLP, isang US lobby group, na magiging tulay para makahanap ng pampondo sa Charter change. [DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1624074 [AuthorName] => Nina Lilia Tolentino At Rudy Andal [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296836 [Title] => Imported used cars killing auto industry — dealers [Summary] => Imported secondhand vehicles bought through the Subic Freeport are being sold under questionable circumstances to the detriment of the local automotive industry.

Industry players including manufacturers, car dealers, parts makers and workers in the automotive industry made this claim yesterday as they criticized Malacañang over its flip-flopping statements concerning the lifting of the ban on imported secondhand vehicles.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265061 [Title] => ‘Cabinet members can assume posts’ [Summary] => The government has allowed the latest Cabinet appointees to assume office in an acting capacity pending their confirmation by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Merceditas Gutierrez said yesterday.

Gutierrez told a forum of the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) at the Ristorante La Dolce Fontana in Greenhills, San Juan that the Department of Justice (DOJ) made a study on the appointments even before the issue was raised by opposition lawmakers before the Supreme Court.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263279 [Title] => Austerity measures at DOJ [Summary] => Newly appointed Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday he would support the government’s austerity measures by using his own vehicles and reducing travel and other perks of officials and employees of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its attached agencies.

"I will also limit my backup cars," Gonzalez said. "I don’t believe in having backup cars — only when necessary, maybe — and I don’t like small cars anyway. I have a Hi-ace and a Pajero."
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