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Kiko, Chiz differ on Juvenile Justice Law
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan, who authored the Juvenile Justice Law, said the law failed to be fully implemented because the Arroyo administration did not allot any funds for it, resulting to what is now
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:54A
Kiko, Chiz differ on Juvenile Justice Law
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan, who authored the Juvenile Justice Law, said the law failed to be fully implemented because the Arroyo administration did not allot any funds for it, resulting to what is now
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:54A
St. Luke's bid to acquire Warren Hospital passes state hurdle
Warren Hospital has been plagued by a debt of $67 million, which includes a foreclosure, defaults on investments, bonds and a fine from the US Department of Justice related to Medicare billing. “The attorney general conducted an exhaustive review of
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:54A
Blackmail trial of Leeds tycoon Simon Morris
A court heard 21-stone Johnathon Ashworth was ordered by Simon Morris to go to the offices of Hedley Manton in Leeds and intimidate him into giving him cash. It is alleged Ashworth told Mr Manton: “If I needed to, I could come over there and stab you.
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:54A
Feds table crime bill despite outcry
The bill, dubbed the "Safe Streets and Communities Act," comprises nine individual justice bills that died during the previous parliamentary session because the then-minority Tory government could not push them through. The new legislation will include
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
Child rapist to get less time than pot grower
Even the government's own Justice Department questions the use of mandatory minimums. "There is some indication that minimum sentences are not an effective sentencing tool," reads a 2010 report from the department. "They constrain judicial discretion
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
Inmate is returned to Fayette jail
In a hand-written letter to a District Court judge, Fayette County jail inmate Trina Hurst had promised to return if she was allowed to attend the trial of the man accused of killing her father.
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
Camera in Starbucks toilet: Father sues coffee chain for 3m damages
Yockey, who visited the Washington last April, "immediately reported this humiliating and disgusting matter" to the manager of the shop, near the White House, said a copy of his lawsuit. Police cordoned off the bathroom and dusted the camera -- tucked
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
Pak govt refuses to defend Saeed in 26/11 US lawsuit
On December 31, 2010, the federal government had announced to defend other parties- including ISI head Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha- against the lawsuit, he added. Through his counsel AK Dogar, Saeed pleaded that he is a citizen of Pakistan and enjoys the
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
No online monitoring in omnibus crime bill
Government officials stressed Tuesday that the sweeping omnibus crime bill was "just the beginning" in a series of criminal justice reforms planned for the new parliamentary session and that further details would be announced in "due course.
Updated: 09/21/2011 04:53A
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