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                    [Title] => Sandigan recommends executive clemency for ex-envoy
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The Sandiganbayan has recommended executive clemency for a former Philippine ambassador to Nigeria who was sentenced to 52 years for malversation of public funds.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150329/sandigan-bayan-9.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1437285 [Title] => Ex-envoy gets 52 years for malversation [Summary] =>

A former ambassador to Nigeria was sentenced to a maximum of 52 years in prison for three counts of malversation of public funds.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1430101 [Title] => Ex-envoy gets 17 years for malversation [Summary] =>

The Sandiganbayan sentenced a former ambassador to Nigeria to serve a maximum of 17 years in prison yesterday for misusing $95,856 (approximately P4 million) meant for the repatriation of kidnapped overseas workers in 2007.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 210063 [Title] => 2 Pinoys trapped in Liberia return today [Summary] => Two Filipinos caught in the fighting between government forces and Liberian rebels are expected to return home today.

Henry de Jesus and Diosa Banal are scheduled to arrive this afternoon from Ghana, said Virgilio Angelo, chief of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

A total of eight Filipinos are among the foreigners being held hostage by rebels in the strife-torn West African country, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday.

Angelo said the government has assured the hostages’ families that it is closely monitoring the situation. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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