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Part of the fallout created by those US-trained militarists, economists and lawyers who perpetrated that harm against their own people was that many small towns and villages – regular people of the land, la tierra – were being caught in the crossfire ... Guatemala and El Salvador....

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Filipina on drug charge gets suspended jail term

Asiatimes 20 Feb 2019

Salvador was stopped by an officer who wanted to inspect her bag, which prompted her to start searching in the bag, saying she needed a candy – instead of handing her bag to the officer ... Salvador’s lawyer pleaded for leniency, saying the defendant was rushing to catch a ferry to Macau as she had to check in an hour later for a flight to Manila....

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NFA 7 employees fear loss of jobs

Sun Star 20 Feb 2019

EMPLOYEES of the National Food Authority (NFA) 7 worry they might lose their jobs following the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law ... 15 ... Lawyer Salvador Diputado, DA 7 director, told Superbalita Cebu that Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol met with all DA regional directors on Feb. 9 to discuss the Rice Tariffication Law....

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House leader ready to ‘enlighten’ Palace officials on Diokno

Journal Online 19 Feb 2019

“The Build, Build, Build Program of the President is in peril. An economic slowdown is imminent. All of these, thanks to Sec. Diokno’s anomalous budget practices,” Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya Jr., the panel chairman, alleged ... This prompted Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo to ask Andaya to stop lawyering for the contractors ... “Sec ... ....

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Andaya ready on Diokno’s ‘budget’

Manila Standard Today 19 Feb 2019

“The Build, Build, Build Program of the President is in peril. An economic slowdown is imminent. All of these, thanks to Secretary Diokno’s anomalous budget practices,” said Camarines Sur Rep ... Camarines Sur Rep ... In Malacañang, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told Andaya to stop lawyering for the contractors ... ....

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Palace: Andaya should stop lawyering for DPWH contractors

Inquirer 18 Feb 2019

"Congressman Andaya cannot be lawyering to these contractors," Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing....

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El Salvador court frees woman jailed for delivering stillborn

Arab News 16 Feb 2019

1550278228591371500 Fri, 2019-02-15 23.31 SAN SALVADOR ... After serving 33 months for aggravated homicide, 20-year-old Hernandez smiled as she was reunited with her parents and a brother in the capital San Salvador ... A hearing has been set for April 4, with a new judge, her lawyer Angelica Rivas said. El Salvador has an extremely strict abortion ban....

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‘Excuse me, Maria’

Manila Standard Today 15 Feb 2019

Meanwhile, the Palace slammed Ressa’s allegations and said she was simply blaming the government for the incompetence and unpreparedness of her lawyers. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, in usual fashion, spewed a mouthful as he denied Mr ... “Excuse me, Maria ... The lawyers and the courts will thresh out the merits of the case ... ....

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ProPublica Named a Finalist for Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics

ProPublica 13 Feb 2019

Marked for deportation to his native El Salvador, and then for death as an informant, he and his lawyer decided that a news story might be a last remaining option to save his life ... In the end, “A Betrayal” didn’t stop Henry’s deportation to El Salvador, but, with the money that ......

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Lawyer: 5 murder suspects not members of armed group

Sun Star 11 Feb 2019

THE lawyer of five alleged murder suspects in Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental clarified on Sunday, February 10, that they are not members of a private armed group ... This is contrary to police reports that they were arrested on February 4 in Barangays Bagong Silang and Bago, all in Salvador Benedicto town....

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10 tagged in lawyer’s ambush

Sun Star 05 Feb 2019

In a press conference on Monday, Del Castillo identified the respondents as Catherine Berioso-Cabuga, also known as Kate Brios, her mother Shirley Berioso and sister Caselyn Berioso, along with their lawyer, former Salvador Benedicto mayor Jose Max Ortiz ... The ambush led to the death of the lawyer’s fiancee, former policeman Efren Palmares....

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Headlines for February 4, 2019

Democracy Now 04 Feb 2019

... Shutdown or Nat'l Emergency over Border Wall FundingEl Salvador Elects Outsider Nayib Bukele as PresidentMexico Denies Entry to U.S Lawyers & Journalists Working with MigrantsIraq....

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The Trump Administration Is Breaking Up Families Because It Can

Truth Dig 31 Jan 2019

A’s lawyers have compiled a stack of evidence to the contrary. They’ve submitted a document from El Salvador’s Ministry of Justice and Public Safety confirming that their client doesn’t have a criminal record. A letter from his former employer, an art supply store in San Salvador where Mr ... A moved his family to another city in El Salvador on Oct....