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                    [Title] => US court drops Nora’s drug raps
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                    [DatePublished] => 2007-10-03 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1415410
                    [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak
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                    [Title] => Lawyer denies Nora Aunor arrested in LA
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WASHINGTON – Nora Aunor is back at the top of her game, her Filipina lawyer Claire Espina said, dismissing as "false" reports that the so-called superstar of Philippine cinema was arrested in Los Angeles recently for violating the terms of her probation.

[DatePublished] => 2007-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329221 [Title] => Ate Guy to enter drug rehab in LA [Summary] => LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Philippine movies’ "superstar" Nora Aunor pleaded guilty to drug possession but escaped jail after agreeing to enter a drug rehabilitation program, a court official said Thursday.

The 52-year-old Aunor, popularly known to her fans as "Ate Guy," was arrested at the Los Angeles airport in March 2005 when security agents discovered eight grams of methamphetamine in her handbag.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 326333 [Title] => Nora Aunor allowed to leave LA drug court for new program [Summary] => LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nora Aunor, one of the country’s most popular film and music stars, has left Los Angeles county’s drug court treatment program and will enroll in a different program that allows her to travel for concerts, officials said.

"The woman was in full compliance" during her time in drug court, said Aunor’s attorney, Claire Espina. "She tested clean every time."
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"Nora will be going through a program requiring much introspection and discipline," her lawyers from the law firm Edelberg & Espina said in a statement released here yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299600 [Title] => Nora Aunor’s drug trial in LA set Dec. 16 [Summary] => WASHINGTON — The Los Angeles trial of movie star Nora Aunor, arrested on March 30 on drug possession charges, has been set for Dec. 16.

At the pre-trial hearing Friday, Aunor’s lawyer Sherwin Edelberg requested a continuance of the proceedings to Nov. 10. He plans to file a motion to suppress statements the actress may have made to police who questioned her without reading her the Miranda rights and without a Filipino interpreter present.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296749 [Title] => Fans ni Nora nabalaka [Summary] => Daghang Pinoy sa Amerika ug dinhi sa nasud ang nahadlok sa outcome kabahin sa kaso ni Nora Aunor nga illegal drugs possession didto sa Califronia. Ubos sa California Law ang superstar may posibilidad kini nga mabilanggo sulod sa 18 ka buwan kung mapamatud-an nga sad-an. [DatePublished] => 2005-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096555 [AuthorName] => Brenda Batuto [SectionName] => Banat Kalingawan [SectionUrl] => kalingawan [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295337 [Title] => Toni, gustong maging mayor! [Summary] => Bata pa pala ay hyperactive na si Toni Gonzaga. Gusto ng ama, lagi itong naka-rubber shoes at nakasuot palagi ng medyas kaya naging maganda ang mga paa nang lumaki.

Ten years old pa lang ang TV host ay nagtuturo na ito ng Bible study sa mga bata sa kanilang lugar at laging emcee noong konsehal pa ang kanyang daddy. Nang ayaw na nitong (ama) tumakbong muli ay pinakiusapan si Toni ng barangay captain para tumakbong kagawad dahil kasalukuyan nang gumagawa ng pangalan si Toni noon sa Eat Bulaga.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135830 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1306733 [AuthorName] => Emy Abuan Bautista [SectionName] => PSN Showbiz [SectionUrl] => showbiz [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 288467 [Title] => US court finds probable cause vs Nora Aunor on drug charges [Summary] => WASHINGTON — Movie star Nora Aunor will go on trial for felony drug possession charges after a Los Angeles court found probable cause that she may have been carrying methamphetamine when she was arrested nearly four months ago.

Aunor, Nora Cabaltera Villamayor in real life, was held over for arraignment and trial when a judge at a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on Monday ruled that there was probable cause to proceed with the case.

Aunor was arrested March 30 when airport screeners stopped her on her way to Oakland.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284015 [Title] => Ate Guy’s US drug trial delayed anew [Summary] => WASHINGTON — The case of film actress Nora Aunor, charged with illegal possession of methamphetamine in Los Angeles, has been delayed for the third successive month to July 25.

A preliminary hearing of the case had been set for June 27, but her lawyers asked for and were granted a continuance to July 25. No reason for the request was given.

A legal assistant at the law firm defending Aunor said her chief defense counsel Claire Espina was currently on holiday.
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