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                    [ArticleID] => 383135
                    [Title] => Leviste rap raised to murder
                    [Summary] => 



The homicide charge against former Batangas Gov. Jose Antonio Leviste, accused of killing long-time aide Rafael de las Alas, was upgraded to murder yesterday by a state prosecutor.


Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco said the murder charge stemmed from his findings that there were "premeditation, element of treachery and cruelty" in the way De las Alas was killed.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382995 [Title] => ‘Gov’t prosecutors in Leviste case overstepping authority’ [Summary] => The defense counsel of former Batangas governor Jose Antonio Leviste accused yesterday government prosecutors of overstepping their authority in the effort to reinvestigate the homicide case against the former local official.

According to Leviste’s defense lawyer Samuel Singson, government lawyers led by Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco violated the privacy of Leviste by conducting illegal search and seizure in the office of the former governor at the 9th floor LPL Tower in Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, where the killing took place.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382802 [Title] => Court junks Leviste motion for reconsideration [Summary] => The Makati City Regional Trial Court denied yesterday former governor Antonio Leviste’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s order seeking a reinvestigation of the killing of long-time Leviste aide Rafael de las Alas.

In an eight-page resolution, Judge Elmo Alameda ruled in favor of De las Alas’ camp who convinced the court that they will suffer direct injury should the homicide case filed against the former governor is tried despite their belief that it was murder.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382643 [Title] => DOJ panel begins probe on Leviste aide slay [Summary] => Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco will start today the preliminary investigation on the killing of Rafael de las Alas, long-time aide of former Batangas governor Jose Antonio Leviste, to determine whether there are other people involved aside from Leviste.

Velasco said that based on the ballistic reports submitted by the Makati City police and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory, only two of the five bullet slugs recovered from the crime scene matched the ammunition of the .380 caliber pistol owned by Leviste.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259574 [Title] => Car theft incidents in Makati down significantly [Summary] => From dealing with an average of four stolen cars a month, the Makati Police Department (MPD) said yesterday that only one case of car theft was reported for the month of July.

The MPD also noted that only three cases of motorcycle thefts were recorded during the same period, compared to the average of 12 a month.

The data was based on the report by MPD chief Senior Superintendent Jovito Gutierrez Jr. and was released by the city government in a press statement.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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