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‘TIMES’ MOTORING COLUMNIST BAGS TOP JOURNALISM AWARD THE Manila Times motoring columnist and Top Gear Phils. Editor in Chief Vernon Sarne received the first Automotive Journalism


Achievement Award given in the 2010 Henry Ford Awards (HFA) by Ford Group Phils. Sarne’s pieces also took the plum in the Ford Special Feature and Online Feature categories. He has won in 14 various categories in the 10 years that the HFA has been held. In his acceptance speech, Sarne cited Ford’s commitment in handing out the HFA, saying the awards remind him that “one’s voice—no matter how faint—can make a difference if uttered or written with conviction.”


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Govt fight against graft ‘ineffective’


BY DARWIN G. AMOJELAR SENIOR REPORTER HE level


of corruption in the Philippines


worsened in the past three years as government’s action in the fight against corruption was “ineffective,” according to a Transparency International (TI) survey.


■ Graftbusters place “moles”—a reference to former President Gloria Arroyo, who has one on her face—on portraits of Supreme Court justices during a press


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conference in Quezon City on Thursday. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ


3,000 AFP, PNP PERSONNEL FACE HUMAN RIGHTS RAPS Palace recovery plans


from SC blow readied BY CHIT ESTELLA VERA FILES


MORE than 3,000 military and police personnel have been accused of hu- man rights violations since 2005, with a “very dismal” rate of conviction. Figures from the Commission on


PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd on Thursday said that lawyer Magdangal Elma, a former chairman of the Presidential Com- mission on Good Government (PCGG), is joining his legal team to study a recent Supreme Court decision on Executive Order


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Human Rights (CHR) show that from 2005 to July 2009, a total of 3,196 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) had been the subject of cases of alleged human rights violations filed with the commission.


Of the number, 2,408 were policemen and 788 were military personnel. Human Rights Commissioner Loretta Ann Rosales said that the aver- age rate of conviction was 16 percent, which she described as “very dismal.” The biggest number of PNP re-


spondents was registered at the Na- tional Capital Region, with 756 police- men figuring in various cases of hu- man rights violations. This was fol- lowed by Region VI (Western Visayas) with 254 policemen, and Region IX


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BY BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZON AND CRIS G. ODRONIA REPORTERS


THE Chinese government “appreciates” the boycott by the Philippine govern- ment of the awarding of the Nobel


Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo. A Malacañang official on Thursday said that the Philippines skipping the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Liu was no big deal. Earlier, the Aquino administration


was accused of succumbing to Chinese pressure to snub the ceremony. “We will say that the move of the Philippines indicates understanding toward the ban of the Chinese govern- ment and people. I appreciate the un-


derstanding shown by the Philippine government of the Chinese people and the Chinese government,” Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said during a chance interview at the Department


Ampatuans made sure victims dead


BY JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA AND ROMMEL C. LONTAYAO REPORTERS


Beijing pleased with Manila boycott of Nobel ceremony House to probe spat between Pacquiao aides, media US Congress OKs bill to help young illegal immigrants


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BY RUBEN D. MANAHAN 4TH REPORTER


THE leadership of the House of Rep- resentatives has ordered an investiga- tion of an ugly row between members


of the media and the security aides of Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao of Sarangani.


House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte


Jr. gave the order after a confrontation took place between reporter-camera-


man Dave Llavanes of IBC 13, cam- eramen Noel Añonuevo of ABS-CBN and Kenneth Escala of UNTV and a security aide, who allegedly tried to draw his gun in front of reporters and several members of the lawmaker’s


■Alejandro Mañalac, vice chairman of National Real Estate Association, during an exclusive roundtable with The Manila Times on Thursday. PHOTO BY JESSIE LAURETA


Builders welcome new accounting standards


BY KRISTA ANGELA M. MONTEALEGRE REPORTER


A CHANGE in accounting standards will transform the landscape of the country’s real estate industry, according to a ranking official of the National Real Estate Association (NREA). Alejandro Mañalac, NREA vice chairman, said that the country would be adopting IFRIC Interpretation 15, Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate in


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THE US House of Representatives on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) passed a measure to give tens of thou- sands of young illegal immigrants a path to legal status.


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(From left) Sen. Francis Pangilinan, Coca-Cola Foundation President Cecile Alcantara, Coca- Cola Far East Ltd. President and General Manager Guillermo Aponte and President Benigno Aquino 3rd look on as Maanichar Centennial Batch Association of Ifugao President PochoJoan Sheelah Nalliw holds her Coke Barkada Award during the 8th TAYO Awards.


By a tally of 216 to 198, the House


voted to pass the so-called Dream Act, an abbreviated name for the Develop- ment, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.


If passed, the measure would pro- vide a path to citizenship for undocu- mented immigrant children who were brought to the United States before turning 16 years old, have lived con-


Auto sales shoot up


BY BEN ARNOLD O. DE VERA REPORTER


VEHICLE sales in the first 11 months of the year continued to grow amid squabbles in an industry association. The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) and the Truck Manufacturers Association in a report released on Thursday said that sales of 19 car companies as of


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GUNMEN who took part in the gruesome killing of 57 indi- viduals in Maguindanao on November 23, 2009 made sure that none of the victims survived the carnage, based on an autopsy report made by a medico-legal officer of the Philippine Na- tional Police (PNP).


Prosecution witness and Chief Inspector Dr. Dean Cabrera, a member of the medico-legal team of PNP-Crime Laboratory in Camp Crame, Quezon City (Metro Manila) that conducted the autopsy on the massacre victims, took the witness stand on Thurs- day and detailed to the court the kind of injuries sustained by


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staff in an apparent attempt to intimi- date the reporters.


The altercation happened inside


Pacquiao’s office at the Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City


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tinuously in the country for at least five years and graduated from high school or gained an equivalency degree if they joined the military or attended college


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