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Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao, caretaker of the lone congressional district of Dinagat Islands, sought yesterday the abolition of the province’s P25-billion pork barrel funds.

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In a nine-page decision, Regional Trial Court Judge Diomedes Eviota said there was insufficient evidence to pin down Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo (first district) and her son Ruben Jr., former mayor of San Jose town and supreme leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, on the illegal logging case.
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Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo and her son Ruben, a former mayor and supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) who is detained in Cebu for his wife’s murder, have been cleared of illegal logging charges.

In a nine-page decision, Judge Diomedes Eviota of the Surigao City Regional Trial Court Branch 32, said the police and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources failed to present sufficient evidence against the Ecleos.
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CIDG deputy chief for the Visayas Ritchie Posadas said they will request sixth district Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz to ask Ecleo’s mother, Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo, to convince her son to surrender.
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Chief city prosecutor Jose Pedrosa urged Alona’s family to file supplemental affidavits which he can use as basis for asking the court to issue a hold departure order for Ecleo.

Ecleo is the leader of the religious sect Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association which his father founded. He was a former mayor of San Jose, Surigao del Norte.
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These new details about Alona’s grisly death were revealed the other day to The Freeman by Enrique Lacerna, chief investigator of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).
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Alona’s husband, Ruben Ecleo, is expected to arrive here anytime with his mother, Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo, to claim the body.

But the idea does not sit well with the Bacolod family, who regards Ruben as a potential suspect in the killing.
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In a nine-page decision, Regional Trial Court Judge Diomedes Eviota said there was insufficient evidence to pin down Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo (first district) and her son Ruben Jr., former mayor of San Jose town and supreme leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, on the illegal logging case.
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Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo and her son Ruben, a former mayor and supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) who is detained in Cebu for his wife’s murder, have been cleared of illegal logging charges.

In a nine-page decision, Judge Diomedes Eviota of the Surigao City Regional Trial Court Branch 32, said the police and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources failed to present sufficient evidence against the Ecleos.
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CIDG deputy chief for the Visayas Ritchie Posadas said they will request sixth district Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz to ask Ecleo’s mother, Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo, to convince her son to surrender.
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Chief city prosecutor Jose Pedrosa urged Alona’s family to file supplemental affidavits which he can use as basis for asking the court to issue a hold departure order for Ecleo.

Ecleo is the leader of the religious sect Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association which his father founded. He was a former mayor of San Jose, Surigao del Norte.
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Alona’s husband, Ruben Ecleo, is expected to arrive here anytime with his mother, Surigao del Norte Rep. Glenda Ecleo, to claim the body.

But the idea does not sit well with the Bacolod family, who regards Ruben as a potential suspect in the killing.
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