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To mark the ninth death anniversary of V-P Salvador H. Laurel, his widow Celia Diaz re-launched Nick Joaquin's “Doy Laurel in Profile” and opened the Salvador H. Museum and Library in San Pedro, Laguna.

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Mayor Feliciano Belmonte jr. accepted the symbolic key, scroll of certificate of transfer from Undersecretary Manuel Gaite of the Office of the President following wreath-laying rites at the shrine yesterday to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
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Laurel faces graft charges in connection with the P9.6-billion Expo Filipino scam when he was still chairman of the National Centennial Commission. He is accused of unilaterally increasing the budget for the construction of the ampitheater in the 1998 Centennial Expo, located in Pampanga, from P248 million to P1.165 billion.
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The anti-graft court’s fifth division said government prosecutors "deprived" Laurel, former chairman of the National Centennial Commission, of his right to file an appeal because he was only given a copy of their decision on the same day he was indicted.
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In a five-page motion, Laurel said he received a copy of the Ombudsman’s resolution last March 21, the same day government prosecutors charged him in court.

Laurel, former chairman of the National Centennial Commission, said the act alone proved that government was bent on pinning him down by not giving him the chance to file an appeal.
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Sa apat na pahinang kasong inihain ng anti-graft body, kinasuhan si Laurel ng graft dahil sa hindi nito pagpapadaan sa bidding sa pagpapagawa ng naturang kontrobersiyal na Freedom Ring.

Nabatid na itinaas ni Laurel ang halaga ng pagpapagawa ng Freedom Ring mula P248 milyon sa P1.165 bilyon ng walang pondo mula sa gobyerno.
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Ordered shut down by Ramos’ successor, former President Joseph Estrada, the 60-hectare Expo Pilipino will be taken over by the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) next month in a bid to make profitable as a world-class theme park.
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With this warning, the Supreme Court hammered the last nail yesterday on former Vice President Salvador Laurel’s efforts to stop the Ombudsman from indicting him for alleged anomalies in the construction of the Expo Pilipino’s P1.165-billion "Freedom Ring."
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To mark the ninth death anniversary of V-P Salvador H. Laurel, his widow Celia Diaz re-launched Nick Joaquin's “Doy Laurel in Profile” and opened the Salvador H. Museum and Library in San Pedro, Laguna.

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Mayor Feliciano Belmonte jr. accepted the symbolic key, scroll of certificate of transfer from Undersecretary Manuel Gaite of the Office of the President following wreath-laying rites at the shrine yesterday to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215792 [Title] => Court extends Doy’s stay abroad [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan allowed yesterday former Vice President Salvador Laurel to extend his stay abroad until Aug. 15 and seek a second opinion on initial findings that he is suffering from a "certain type of lymphoma."

Laurel faces graft charges in connection with the P9.6-billion Expo Filipino scam when he was still chairman of the National Centennial Commission. He is accused of unilaterally increasing the budget for the construction of the ampitheater in the 1998 Centennial Expo, located in Pampanga, from P248 million to P1.165 billion.
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The anti-graft court’s fifth division said government prosecutors "deprived" Laurel, former chairman of the National Centennial Commission, of his right to file an appeal because he was only given a copy of their decision on the same day he was indicted.
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In a five-page motion, Laurel said he received a copy of the Ombudsman’s resolution last March 21, the same day government prosecutors charged him in court.

Laurel, former chairman of the National Centennial Commission, said the act alone proved that government was bent on pinning him down by not giving him the chance to file an appeal.
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Sa apat na pahinang kasong inihain ng anti-graft body, kinasuhan si Laurel ng graft dahil sa hindi nito pagpapadaan sa bidding sa pagpapagawa ng naturang kontrobersiyal na Freedom Ring.

Nabatid na itinaas ni Laurel ang halaga ng pagpapagawa ng Freedom Ring mula P248 milyon sa P1.165 bilyon ng walang pondo mula sa gobyerno.
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Ordered shut down by Ramos’ successor, former President Joseph Estrada, the 60-hectare Expo Pilipino will be taken over by the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) next month in a bid to make profitable as a world-class theme park.
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With this warning, the Supreme Court hammered the last nail yesterday on former Vice President Salvador Laurel’s efforts to stop the Ombudsman from indicting him for alleged anomalies in the construction of the Expo Pilipino’s P1.165-billion "Freedom Ring."
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