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                    [Title] => 19 Betti Sy killers get life terms
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Seventeen men and two women convicted of kidnapping and killing Coca Cola executive Betti Chua Sy six years ago were meted the maximum penalty of life in prison without parole yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5120/gen6thumb.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 531682 [Title] => Quezon City court to rule on kidnap-slay of Coca-Cola executive [Summary] =>

A Quezon City regional trial court judge is set to hand down on Tuesday his decision on the case of a Coca-Cola executive who was abducted and later found shot dead in Parañaque six years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 507388 [Title] => 5 men get life for doctor's kidnap [Summary] =>

A Mandaluyong City judge sentenced five men to serve life terms for kidnapping a doctor six years ago and forcing her family to pay P500,000 for her ransom.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340447 [Title] => Congress OKs repeal of death penalty law [Summary] => In two landmark votes yesterday, the Senate and the House of Representatives abolished the death penalty — 12 years after it was reimposed by Congress as the maximum punishment for heinous crimes. [DatePublished] => 2006-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339815 [Title] => Villar sees speedier abolition of death penalty [Summary] => It’s all systems go for the passage in the Senate of a bill seeking the abolition of capital punishment after it was certified as urgent by President Arroyo, Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. said yesterday.

"We recognize the urgency of enacting into law the bill proposing the abolition of death penalty. This, even if we are swamped with priority bills that we have to pass before adjournment next week and of course, the budget, we manage to fast-track this important measure as well," said Villar, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337696 [Title] => Senate bill abolishing death penalty nears approval [Summary] => The Senate bill abolishing the death penalty is on its way to being approved after several years of delay.

Senate committee on justice and human rights chairman Joker Arroyo said a committee report on the proposed bills abolishing capital punishment would be out sometime in the next 14 days.

Arroyo said the report would consolidate the three bills filed by Senators Manuel Villar Jr., Sergio Osmeña III and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., which all seek the abolition of the death penalty.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337885 [Title] => Senate bill abolishing death penalty nears approval [Summary] => The Senate bill abolishing the death penalty is on its way to being approved after several years of delay.

Senate committee on justice and human rights chairman Joker Arroyo said a committee report on the proposed bills abolishing capital punishment would be out sometime in the next 14 days.

Arroyo said the report would consolidate the three bills filed by Senators Manuel Villar Jr., Sergio Osmeña III and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., which all seek the abolition of the death penalty.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278150 [Title] => No executions during GMA’s term [Summary] => President Arroyo is likely to continue staying the execution of death convicts during her term despite strong calls for her to impose capital punishment on hardened criminals.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said Mrs. Arroyo, a devout Catholic, believes the death penalty is not a deterrent to the commission of crimes.

"The President feels that the implementation of capital punishment is not imperative," Bunye said in a press briefing. "What is crucial (in fighting crime) in her view is law enforcement and strengthening of the criminal justice system." [DatePublished] => 2005-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278050 [Title] => Palace defends reprieve for death cons [Summary] => Malacañang justified yesterday its move to grant reprieves to 21 convicts who are facing execution by lethal injection for heinous crimes such as rape, murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said while there is a law imposing the death penalty, the President — under the 1987 Constitution — has the prerogative to stay the executions if it is deemed necessary.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277874 [Title] => 21 death convicts granted reprieves [Summary] => President Arroyo has granted reprieves to 21 inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City who are facing execution by lethal injection for offenses including rape, murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking.

In a one-page endorsement letter dated April 27, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita informed Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez that Malacañang had decided to move the 21 inmates’ execution date from April 21 to later this year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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