+ Follow DEFENSE UNDERSECRETARY EDGARDO BATENGA Tag
DEFENSE UNDERSECRETARY EDGARDO BATENGA
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[Title] => Solon files measure penalizing crimes against humanity
[Summary] => Negros Occidental Rep. Apolinario Lozada Jr., chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, has filed House Bill No. 6298 penalizing crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes and other international crimes.
Lozada cited a survey from the United Nations that shows 90 percent of the casualties of armed conflict in modern times are civilians, mostly women and children, who bear the burdens of hostilities, violence and displacement as observed in Kosovo and East Timor.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Camp Crame joins UN campaign vs ‘small arms’
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About 300 rifles and handguns were destroyed in Camp Crame as the Philippines joined the United Nations (UN)-sponsored international observance of the Small Arms Destruction Day yesterday.
The day also formally marked the opening of the "UN Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its aspects," in New York City.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-10 00:00:00
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[Title] => Mayon evacuees refuse to return home due to threat of lahar flows
[Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY  Fearing lahar flows the heavy downpour could unleash, evacuees refused to return to their communities despite volcanologists’ advice they could do so as Mayon Volcano’s seismic activities have died down.
Volcanologist Ed Laguerta and Cedric Daep, Albay’s public safety head, said they even hopped from one evacuation center to another to help municipal officials explain the actual situation to the evacuees.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Mayon evacuees refuse to return home due to threat of lahar flows
[Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY — Fearing lahar flows the heavy downpour could unleash, evacuees refused to return to their communities despite volcanologists’ advice they could do so as Mayon Volcano’s seismic activities have died down.
Volcanologist Ed Laguerta and Cedric Daep, Albay’s public safety head, said they even hopped from one evacuation center to another to help municipal officials explain the actual situation to the evacuees.
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[Title] => Ombudsman throws out K-9 graft case vs Mercado
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman has junked for lack of evidence a graft complaint against former Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado and three other ranking defense officials in connection with the alleged overpricing of anti-terrorist K-9 dogs bought by the military.
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto approved the dismissal of the case as recommended by Deputy Ombudsman for the military Orlando Casimiro based on the result of an investigation conducted by a prosecution team led by Eugene Ricardo Parrone.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ombudsman throws out K-9 graft case vs Mercado
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman has junked for lack of evidence a graft complaint against former Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado and three other ranking defense officials in connection with the alleged overpricing of anti-terrorist K-9 dogs bought by the military.
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto approved the dismissal of the case as recommended by Deputy Ombudsman for the military Orlando Casimiro based on the result of an investigation conducted by a prosecution team led by Eugene Ricardo Parrone.
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August 14, 2003 - 12:00am
