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                    [Title] => House leaders ask Singson to resign
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Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson, who is facing charges of drug trafficking in Hong Kong, should resign to spare the House of Representatives from embarrassment and save himself from the humiliation of being expelled from the chamber, administration and opposition lawmakers said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 552897 [Title] => Going back to 16th-century Spanish colonialism [Summary] =>

Traversing the Orient magazine, which is printed in Bangkok and circulated in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Manila, features interesting and unique places found in different countries.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135486 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1513632 [AuthorName] => Mayenne Carmona [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346925 [Title] => Erap seeks hold-departure order on Joelle’s mom [Summary] => A lawyer for ousted President Joseph Estrada called yesterday on Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez to issue a hold-departure order against the mother of a former beauty queen who had accused Estrada of involvement in money-laundering.

Former immigration commissioner Rufus Rodriguez, one of Estrada’s lawyers, said a Makati court had convicted Blanquita Pelaez of frustrated estafa and had ordered her arrest.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332338 [Title] => Erap testifies anew, denies accepting gambling payoffs [Summary] => Deposed President Joseph Estrada, who was accused of taking illegal gambling payoffs totaling P545 million, returned briefly to the witness stand yesterday to repeat his claim that the charges against him are all lies.

"Those are all lies," the former president said. "I never received a single cent from illegal gambling. I never consented to any form of illegal gambling, particularly jueteng, even when I was mayor... I never conspired with anyone, especially jueteng lords."
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327669 [Title] => Ping: Erap coddled jueteng operations [Summary] => Sen. Panfilo Lacson virtually accused former President Joseph Estrada of coddling jueteng operations in the country during his stint as Philippine National Police (PNP) chief.

Lacson also revealed yesterday in an interview with ANC that he had declined an invitation to testify for Estrada because this could compromise the defense of his former boss.

Lacson said he was not sure if his testimony would contribute to the defense of Estrada in his plunder case before the Sandiganbayan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221261 [Title] => Serapio pinayagang magpiyansa [Summary] => Si dating Pangulong Estrada na lamang ang maiiwang nakakulong sa mga akusado ng P4.1 bilyon plunder case matapos payagan kahapon ng Sandiganbayan Special Division na makapaglagak ng P500,000 piyansa si Atty. Edward Serapio na nakakulong sa Camp Crame ng mahigit sa dalawang taon.

Sinabi ng korte sa 29-pahinang desisyon na nabigo ang whistle-blower na si dating Ilocos Norte Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson na tukuyin si Serapio bilang kolektor ni Estrada ng pera mula sa jueteng.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176329 [Title] => Chavit aide confirms P16-M jueteng haul [Summary] => The bagman has let his cat out of the bag.

A police security escort of former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson yesterday said he collected a total of P16 million in jueteng protection money from suspected Central Luzon gambling lord Rodolfo "Bong" Pineda and another P899,000 from former San Juan Mayor Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada on four occasions between 1999 and 2000.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167105 [Title] => Chavit’s secretary testifies she delivered P5 M to Erap at Malacañang [Summary] => A prosecution witness in the trial of the plunder case against deposed President Joseph Estrada testified yesterday that she delivered P5 million in illegal gambling bribes to Malacañang sometime in 2000 when he was still in power.

Emma Lim, a personal secretary of former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson who blew the whistle on Estrada’s alleged involvement in jueteng operations, said then presidential secretary Malou Florendo received the P5 million contained in a black bag.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 121422 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Ningas-kugon muli sa jueteng [Summary] => Dahil sa jueteng kaya napatalsik si dating President Estrada na pinasabog ng kanyang matalik na kaibigang si Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson. Sumiklab ang People Power 2 at tuluyang naguho si Estrada. Marami ang sumabit sa illegal na jueteng. Kawing-kawing ang katiwaliang nabulgar. Maging si San Juan Mayor Jinggoy Estrada at dating First Lady Loi Ejercito (ngayo’y senador na) ay naakusahang tumanggap ng lagay mula sa jueteng. [DatePublished] => 2001-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89887 [Title] => GMA dismisses Lacson’s jueteng raps vs Singson [Summary] => Mere election bravado.

This was how President Arroyo dismissed yesterday the claim of former police chief Panfilo Lacson that Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Singson allegedly met with jueteng operators to find a means to legalize the game.

"Well, he is running for senator," said Mrs. Arroyo with raised eyebrows when asked to comment on Lacson’s charges against Singson, who blew the whistle on the gambling connections of former President Joseph Estrada.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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