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Rabusa to file plunder raps on 20 people

Former military budget officer Lt. Col. George Rabusa on Monday said he is set to file plunder against almost 20 individuals, including two former Armed Forces chiefs of staff and two former military comptrollers.

Speaking to reporters at the launch of the "Mabuting Pilipino" anti-corruption campaign of civil societies, Rabusa said he will file his detailed complaint-affidavit before the Department of Justice on Wednesday.

House halts Singson salary

MANILA, Philippines - The payment of the salary and other emoluments to Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson has been suspended starting today even as the House awaits the resignation of the congressman now doing time in a foreign prison.

Gutierrez will be impeached

MANILA, Philippines - Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares is optimistic that more than 94 congressmen will vote in favor of the impeachment complaint filed against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.They added more cases in the second complaint, which includes the police “euro-generals,” the fertilizer fund scam, and the Mega Pacific automated election deal."No Ombudsman can stay in office after such record of deliberate inaction," Colmenares said.

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago dismissed as "alarmist talk" proposals to give President Aquino emergency powers amid fears of an oil crisis because of the wave of unrest in Arab countries, including Libya.   Santiago, a former chair of the Senate's foreign relations committee, said that the Philippines does not import crude from Libya in the first place.   "We get our oil mainly from Saudi Arabia, so where's the emergency?" she told reporters on Monday.   

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