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MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) was asked to junk appeals of various groups on its Feb. 11 decision upholding the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in connection with the issue of custody of US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, the American serviceman convicted by a trial court of raping a Filipina in Subic in 2005 but was acquitted by the Court of Appeals (CA) last April. 23.

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A group claiming rights over the coconut levy funds asked the Supreme Court yesterday to compel San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to reveal whether these funds were used to purchase shares in the Manila Electric Co. and Petron Corp. and other recent acquisitions.

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Rape victim “Nicole,” two former senators and five cause-oriented groups asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to order the immediate transfer of convicted rapist US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to Philippine custody.

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The 44-page petition was filed by Salonga, Tañada, retired Court of Appeals (CA) justice Jose de la Rama, lawyer Emilio Capulong, international law professor Harry Roque Jr., University of the Philippines law professor Florin Hilbay and Makati Judge Benjamin Pozon.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) was asked to junk appeals of various groups on its Feb. 11 decision upholding the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in connection with the issue of custody of US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, the American serviceman convicted by a trial court of raping a Filipina in Subic in 2005 but was acquitted by the Court of Appeals (CA) last April. 23.

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A group claiming rights over the coconut levy funds asked the Supreme Court yesterday to compel San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to reveal whether these funds were used to purchase shares in the Manila Electric Co. and Petron Corp. and other recent acquisitions.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443631 [Title] => 'Nicole' asks Supreme Court: Reverse Visiting Forces Agreement ruling [Summary] =>

Rape victim “Nicole,” two former senators and five cause-oriented groups asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to order the immediate transfer of convicted rapist US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to Philippine custody.

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The 44-page petition was filed by Salonga, Tañada, retired Court of Appeals (CA) justice Jose de la Rama, lawyer Emilio Capulong, international law professor Harry Roque Jr., University of the Philippines law professor Florin Hilbay and Makati Judge Benjamin Pozon.
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