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Day 5 of impeachment trial: List down your witnesses now AFTER A week-long absence from the impeachment trial, Senator-judge Miriam Defensor Santiago erupted with a blistering scolding of her colleagues as well as lawyers for both defense and prosecution panels and demanded to know how many witnesses and documents they intend to present during the trial. Santiago said it was about time both parties made clear how many witnesses they intend to present, with a summary of the testimonies they will make. "Huwag na tayo pa-epal dito," (Let us not grandstand) Santiago said. "Justice delayed is justice denied." "Nawawalan na ng gana ang mga nanunuod. To shorten the proceedings, how many witnesses do you intend to present," Santiago asked the prosecution and defense counsels. Santiago said that to be fair to all concerned, "and to determine the length of the trial," the two parties should present in writing a list of witnesses they intend to present, a summary of their testimonies that they will present, and a list of documents to be submitted. Confronted by Santiago, lead prosecutor Niel Tupas asked for three days to come up with their list. Lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas in turn said they expect to present at least 15 witnesses to prove the innocence of Corona. Santiago said she wanted to correct the "misimpression" by many people, including her colleagues, that the impeachment was either political or judicial in nature. "It is both quasi judicial and quasi political, it ...

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MANILA, Philippines -- Manny Pacquiao's strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza has reportedly bolted out of the fighting congressman's training camp as the Filipino boxer prepares for his June 9 title defense against Timothy Bradley. Pacquiao's co-trainer Buboy Fernandez told ABS-CBN News correspondent Jen Nievera that Ariza left the City of Pines at 6:30 am on Saturday. Manny Pacquiao's strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza. Fernandez could not say the reason for the conditioning coach's sudden departure from the team. Ariza has been an integral part of Team Pacquiao as he oversees the Filipino's conditioning, nutritional and supplemental needs during training. He engineered Pacquiao's successful ascent to several weight classes, while maintaining the Filipino champion's trademark speed and punching power. While Fernandez is confident that they can continue the fight preparations even without Ariza, he could not say who will take the place of the conditioning coach. Ariza is known to have bad relations with Pacquiao's Canadian adviser Michael Koncz and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. Pacquiao's brother, Bobby, said one of the reasons for Ariza's departure is that the conditioning coach also needed to take care of his other clients. Among Ariza's priority clients is middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who has an upcoming fight against Andy Lee. Ironically, Ariza's exit took place a day after Pacquiao's surprise birthday party for the fitness coach. After ...

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Councilor Shalani Soledad finds "home and happiness" in Congressman Roman Romulo Karen A. Pagsolingan Sunday, January 22, 2012 09:25 PM "You are my home. You are my happiness..." This was part of Shalani Soledad's wedding vow, which she recited late this afternoon, January 22, at the St. Benedict's Church in Ayala Westgrove, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. For his part, the groom told his bride, "I waited 44 years before God gave me this favor..." And with some 500 guests as witnesses, Shalani Soledad was officially pronounced wife of Congressman Roman Romulo at around 6:45 pm One of the highlights of the ceremony, which began a little past 5:30 pm, was the homily of His Eminence Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales. Cardinal Rosales stressed that it was love that brought the couple together, and not "economic welfare" or "political status." He also advised the couple to be "kind," "patient," "understanding," "not to be jealous," and "do what God calls you to do." SIDELIGHTS. The wedding was the first time Shalani saw her father, Adolfo Aguirre, and her mother, Evelyn Soledad-Yumol, together. But the bride walked down the aisle alone. The background music, "If It's Love," "Fields of Gold," and "Just The Way You Are," was sang by Gail Blanco. Celebrities in attendance were Senator Bong Revilla and wife Lani Mercado, Richard Gomez and wife Lucy Torres, Mariel Rodriguez, Migz Zubiri and wife Audrey, Valerie Concepcion, Marco Alcaraz and girlfriend Lara Quigaman. Reception was held at the Evoliving ...

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Impeachment court subpoenas SC clerk of court, 12 others KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMA News January 18, 2012 10:03am (Updated 11:25 am) The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, has subpoenad the Supreme Court clerk of court and 12 others to testify during the imepachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. In a phone interview with GMA News Online, impeachment spokesperson Valentina Cruz confirmed that they served on Monday the subpoenas for the SC clerk of court and 12 other witnesses who will be presented by the House prosecution team later in the day. "Sinerve namin kahapon [yung subpoenas] for those who were [asked] to appear today [Wednesday]," Cruz said. The House prosecution team had asked the impeachment court to subpoena Supreme Court clerk of court Atty. Enriqueta Esguerra-Vidal and bring with her copies of Corona's Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth from 2002 to 2011. Also asked to testify were the registers of deeds and city assessors of Quezon City, Marikina City, Makati City, Taguig City, Pasay City, and Paranaque City. The House prosecution team earlier asked the Senate to ask these government employees to bring with them documents related to the properties supposedly obtained by the chief justice and his family. The 13 witnesses will be made to testify on Article II of the Articles of Impeachment, which accuses Corona of failure to disclose his SALN. In connection with this, the prosecution had also earlier revealed that Corona allegedly owns 45 ...

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As the USA and the Philippines carry out joint military exercise in the South China Sea, the tension in the region mounts. Russia finds itself being drawn into the territorial dispute between China and its neighbours On April 18 the Armed Forces of the USA and the Philippines began a big joint military exercise near the disputable regions of the South China Sea claimed by China. Despite the assurances of the US Military Command that these maneuvers are not aimed against the PRC, experts consider these exercises to be part of a new Asia-Pacific doctrine of Washington aimed at suppression of the growing impact of Beijing. For the first time Russia also found itself involved in the rising disputes over the belonging of the South China Sea regions that are rich in energy resources. The Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) exercise that started on the Palawan Island and its surrounding areas will last till April 27. About 7 thousand men of the US and the Philippines military forces will be repelling mock terrorist attacks who will try to seize oil and gas facilities located in the sea. Besides the American and Philippine armedforces personnel, the military of Australia, Japan and South Korea will also take part in this exercise. "There is no reason to believe that our actions may threaten anyone. Our task is learning to react to emerging threats and challenges," Curtis Hill, a representative of the US Command, stated while answering the question about whether Beijing may perceive ...

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Day 16: 'Fake-ful reproduction' of bank records, no short lady and a tall tale 13-Feb-12, 9:23 PM | Abigail Kwok, Joseph Holandes Ubalde, Karl John Reyes, InterAksyon.com MANILA, Philippines -- Day 16 of the Corona impeachment trial opened and ended with extreme tension. It started with senator-judges severely scolding and threatening a contempt citation on defense lawyer for their Sunday night "bombshell" that Palace officials were offering P100 million each to senators to sway the impeachment court. And it ended with the senator-judges warning the prosecution they will be liable if it is confirmed they used fake documents to get the court to issue subpoenas on the Chief Justice's bank accounts. Amid a meandering testimony marked by confused responses from a bank branch manager on the peso deposits of Chief Justice Corona, senator-judges were startled when the witness said the purported bank documents attached to the prosecution request for a subpoena were "fake" and could not have come from the Katipunan branch of Philippine Savings Bank. The prosecution cause sank deeper into a quagmire after Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III reported that the court-ordered investigation by the Senate Sergeant- at-Arms did not turn up any sight of the "little lady" that House prosecutor Rep. Reynaldo Umali claimed had given him the questioned documents in a folder the other Thursday. Heeding the TRO The tension that accompanied the last few moments before adjournment simply mirrored ...

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The Philippines' biggest warship was locked in a standoff yesterday with two Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, reigniting tensions in a decades-long dispute over the resource-rich waters. The Philippine government said the Chinese ships were blocking efforts by its navy flagship vessel to arrest Chinese fishermen that were found on the weekend to have illegally entered its territory. In a dramatic day of diplomacy, the Philippines summoned the Chinese ambassador in Manila and lodged a formal protest, but China insisted it had sovereign rights over the area and ordered the Philippine warship to leave. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said he was looking to end the standoff through diplomatic means. "No one will benefit if we have violence," he told reporters. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said both sides wanted a peaceful resolution, but also cautioned that negotiations were at an "impasse" and his country was ready to defend its territory. "If the Philippines is challenged, we are prepared to secure our sovereignty," del Rosario said. The standoff was occurring at Scarborough Shoal (斯卡伯群島), just 124 nautical miles (220.6km) from the Philippines' main island of Luzon. China insists it has sovereign rights to all of the South China Sea. The Philippines says it has sovereign rights over areas of the sea within its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, and that its position is supported by international law. Taiwan, Malaysia ...

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Please donate to Philippine Red Cross: www.redcross.org.ph More than 650 dead in Philippine floods, hundreds still missing by: AFP THE death toll from mammoth floods unleashed in the Philippines by tropical storm Washi has climbed to 652 with 808 others missing, the Red Cross said . The devastated port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in Mindanao island accounted for most of the deaths, the agency said. It said 652 people were dead and 808 remained missing after the storm hit the south late Friday but more fatalities were likely to be confirmed in the coming days. ''The affected area is so wide and huge and I believe they have not really gone to all areas to do a search. Also, many of the houses were washed out so that means the houses and the bodies were displaced,'' said Gwen Pang, secretary general of the Philippine National Red Cross. ''We are only counting the actual dead bodies that were sent to funeral parlors,'' she said, warning many more bodies could still be found. Heavy rain from Washi on the southern island of Mindanao led to flash floods, swollen rivers and landslides, with the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan particularly hard hit. ''This thing happened so fast, it was very overwhelming. It happened in the evening when people were sleeping,'' said Pang. ''People were saying they were really unprepared. They didn't know it would hit them to this extent,'' she said. Fortunately, the waters receded quickly, in contrast to floods in the northern ...

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Victim irked by younger brother RJ's sale of pickup By Marlon Ramos, Penelope P. Endozo Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:25 am | Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 WOMAN IN RED VEIL An immigration officer positively identifies the woman recorded in a monitoring center at the Bureau of Immigration in Intramuros, Manila, as Maria Ramona Bautista, a suspect in the murder of her own brother, Ramgen Bautista. Ramona left for Hong Kong on Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.BI CCTV /RICHARD REYES A production assistant of Ramgen Bautista on Monday said the rift between his slain employer and Ramon Joseph "RJ" Bautista, Ramgen's younger brother and a suspect in the murder, stemmed from a dispute over cars and allowance. Ronaldo Angcajas said the conflict started when RJ, 18, sold his practically new Mitsubishi Strada for P800,000. The vehicle was often used by Ramgen, 23, who was killed on October 28 at the family residence in BF Homes Parañaque City. Feeling shortchanged that the car was sold far below its actual value, Ramgen (Ram Revilla in show biz) reported the matter to their father, former Senator Ramon Revilla Sr., which in turn earned the ire of the younger brother. Angcajas said Ramgen had asked RJ to buy back the car but it was too late. The production assistant added that even if Ramgen had his own car, he often used the vehicle. "From then on, they hardly talked to each other. RJ said Ram was meddling too much," said Angcajas. RJ used the money from the ...

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Miriam: Learn from Erap trial and let public see evidence January 24, 2012 3:54pm Senator-judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday asked the Senate sitting as an impeachment court to be more liberal about accepting pieces of evidence against Chief Justice Renato Corona to let the public know the truth regarding the charges against the chief magistrate. Speaking before the impeachment court for the first time, Santiago urged the other senator-judges to recall what happened during the aborted impeachment trial of former President Joseph Estrada 11 years ago in deciding how to deal with evidence in Corona's trial. "If there is doubt, admit the evidence. That is what the people ruled during the Estrada impeachment trial," she said during Tuesday's lackluster proceedings. MORE... www.gmanetwork.com

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Okay Sen. Santiago, you proved yourself as the best. Once or twice is enough but not everytime you are present in this trial. It is getting annoying now. Imagine how she will perform as international judge with such high temper, uncontrollable emotions and high blood pressure. Maybe she should quit that job. It is not worth dying during the impeachment trial. Like what Enrile said, no one is allowed to walk out of the trial. Hope it will not be her habit of screaming then walking out because of her excuse of having high blood pressure. Just my opinion. =========================== Day 6 Corona Impeachment Trial Leave it to Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago to get the snail-paced impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona moving. Scolding private prosecutor Arthur Lim, Santiago said: "Please don't treat me as a mere observer. I am a judge in this proceeding! In any trial court, ... you should not speak, you should not take any behavior at all unless with the consent of the presiding judge. Don't drown me out by screaming in this courtroom! Only I can scream here and my fellow judges!" Thus did Santiago deal a sudden end to the back-and-forth discussion among Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, the presiding officer; lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas, and Lim over whether Internal Commissioner Kim Henares could testify on the income tax returns (ITRs) of Corona and his family. Lim, who entered his appearance at the court for the first time Wednesday, had been assigned ...

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DSWD chief bears brunt of Sen. Santiago's fury By Cathy Yamsuan Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:24 am | Thursday, December 15th, 2011 DSWD Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman What should have been the confirmation hearing of Corazon "Dinky" Soliman as social welfare secretary turned into a theology rant from Senator Miriam Santiago who blasted the Cabinet official's association with a group antagonistic to beleaguered Chief Justice Renato Corona and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. "You know what is good and evil because God says so? Oh, yeah? Did God speak to you, members of the Black and White Movement (BWM)?" Santiago fumed during a Commission on Appointments hearing Wednesday. Soliman is a convenor of the BWM, a group that was launched in mid-2005 to call for the ouster of the then President Arroyo. Last week, the BWM asked Corona to inhibit himself from the Supreme Court cases involving Arroyo, whom Corona served successively as chief of staff and spokesperson when she was vice-president, and as presidential chief of staff, presidential spokesperson and acting executive secretary. Santiago, who is friendly with Arroyo and her allies, has been expressing her irritation for some time over what she said was the BWM's interference in the decisions of President Benigno Aquino III, particularly on matters of government appointments. Guardian of morality "Some insinuations are wrong," the senator said. She is particularly irked by the group's seemingly appointing itself ...

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Part time Senator, full time actor Bong Revilla - only in Philippines! Manny Pacquiao part time Congressman, full time boxer - only in Philippines!

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A rainbow arches over the Philippines' Onuk Island after a rainstorm. Photographer George Tapan "showed a perfect sense of timing and composition in the way he captured the two small human subjects in this beautiful scene, and that really made the shot," noted judge Tim Laman. The "very moody, beautifully composed" image, called "Into the Green Zone," compellingly shows a sense of place via the dark clouds, rainbows, the spot of pink amid a palette of blues and greens, and the woman's flowing hair, said judge Amy Toensing. Peter Essick was also captivated by the detail of the woman's hair. It only "fills a fraction of the picture's real estate, but by capturing the movement at the apex, the photographer has documented a sense of style and flair," he said. Overall, the picture shows that "small things can sometimes make a big difference." photo location Onuk Island, Balabac Palawan, Philippines ngm.nationalgeographic.com blauearth.com

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Quake kills 52 in Negros Oriental Many still buried in 10 meters of rubble By Alex Pal, Florence Baesa, Inquirer Visayas Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:34 am | Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 42 DUMAGUETE CITY—At least 52 people were killed when a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Negros and Cebu provinces shortly before noon Monday, causing landslides and huge cracks on highways, and violently shaking buildings, officials said. A three-story building collapsed, while seven bridges were rendered impassable, they said. In Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, at least 29 people were feared dead following a landslide in Barangay (village) Planas, Mayor Ernesto Reyes said in a phone interview. He said there could be more fatalities in other barangays. "They were buried in 30 feet (10 meters) of soil. If you had been buried from noon until now (6 pm), I don't expect you to be alive," Reyes said. Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses that collapsed, according to The Associated Press (AP). Ten others died due to a landslide at the Guihulngan national road, Reyes said. Governor Roel Degamo said a 9-year-old girl, Bernadette Raidan, died when a wall collapsed in Tayasan town. Twelve other fatalities were listed by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Eight were from Guihulngan, one each from Jimalalud and Bindoy towns, and two from Tayasan. The earthquake, which struck at 11:49 am, was located 5 kilometers northwest ...

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One reason is that, in our country, liars have no fear of sanctions, much less of perpetual shame. Seppuku is such an unheard of ritual that one has to grudgingly admire Angelo Reyes for committing suicide after his integrity was placed under a cloud. Take retired associate justice Serafin Cuevas, the lead defense counsel in the impeachment trial. He stated in a media interview that "he was approached by someone from Malacañang and asked to leave the defense team" in exchange for withdrawal of the kidnapping case against former NBI director Magtanggol Gatdula. Cuevas subsequently denied having made that accusation [for a reason that one can only speculate on]: "That is not true. I did not say anything like that. I deny that!" His bad luck was that his statement was recorded on tape. His good luck was that the incident happened in the Philippines. Did it matter if the recording suggested that Cuevas was a liar or even a double-liar? After a few scathing commentaries in the media, the whole incident was forgotten. Cuevas is respectable once more. And who can forget the colossal truth told by Miriam Defensor-Santiago about how she had lied about leaping from an airplane? Would she have been expected to commit hara-kiri if she had pulled that embarrassing caper in Japan? But then, that's wishful thinking. The fact is that she made that statement in the Philippines. And, in our country, lying is nothing new. What, in fact, was new was Santiago telling the truth about her lie ...

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STUDENTS PUSH FOR RH VOTE November 25, 2011 Some 3000 students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa pledged thru social media, to urge Congress to vote on the Reproductive Health bill, after 10 years of legislative debates. The students vowed to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media at an assembly sponsored by the Forum for Family Planning and Development featuring Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, author of the RH bill. Santiago was welcomed to Muntinlupa by Mayor Aldrin San Pedro, who was one of the special guests of the university. The campus pledge was led by student leaders Gio Tingson, national chair of the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines, and commissioner-at-large of the National Youth Commission; Migs Angeles of the Coalition for Students' Rights and Welfare; Roby Camagong, president of the Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista; Hazel Perez of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa; JC Tejano, chair of the CSSP Student Council of the University of the Philippines-Diliman; and Juven Navarro, President of the Political Science Society of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa. Santiago was accompanied at the symposium by multi-awarded actress Heart Evangelista, who is an RH advocate. "Tapusin na natin ito!" Santiago said during her speech, provoking a standing ovation from the students. The student leaders said that they are out to prove the so-called youth vote, and to disprove the so-called Catholic vote. While Santiago said that the RH ...

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Please donate to Philippine Red Cross: www.redcross.org.ph More than 650 dead in Philippine floods, hundreds still missing by: AFP THE death toll from mammoth floods unleashed in the Philippines by tropical storm Washi has climbed to 652 with 808 others missing, the Red Cross said . The devastated port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in Mindanao island accounted for most of the deaths, the agency said. It said 652 people were dead and 808 remained missing after the storm hit the south late Friday but more fatalities were likely to be confirmed in the coming days. ''The affected area is so wide and huge and I believe they have not really gone to all areas to do a search. Also, many of the houses were washed out so that means the houses and the bodies were displaced,'' said Gwen Pang, secretary general of the Philippine National Red Cross. ''We are only counting the actual dead bodies that were sent to funeral parlors,'' she said, warning many more bodies could still be found. Heavy rain from Washi on the southern island of Mindanao led to flash floods, swollen rivers and landslides, with the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan particularly hard hit. ''This thing happened so fast, it was very overwhelming. It happened in the evening when people were sleeping,'' said Pang. ''People were saying they were really unprepared. They didn't know it would hit them to this extent,'' she said. Fortunately, the waters receded quickly, in contrast to floods in the northern ...

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Private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre had had enough of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and had the guts to stand up to her. In a hearing marked by high drama, Aguirre covered his ears with his hands while the prosecution panel was receiving yet another a tongue-lashing from Santiago, this time for its sudden decision on Tuesday to rest its case against Chief Justice Renato Corona. For that "contemptuous" behavior, Aguirre earned the ire of not just Santiago but the entire Senate impeachment court, which cited him in contempt on Day 26 of the impeachment trial, ironically a day after the prosecution had rested its case. "I charge this private prosecutor with contempt of this impeachment court! I have evidence right here taken by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, and to say that nasaktan ang tenga ko (my ears hurt) should have been (a cause) for you to walk out of this impeachment court. But you cannot make those contemptuous gestures in front of a judge, and get away with it," Santiago declared. Cayetano himself took the picture using his cellular phone camera. Santiago made the motion to cite Aguirre in contempt soon after the volunteer lawyer candidly admitted to the impeachment court that he did cover his ears. "That's true because my ears already hurt," Aguirre said, while being questioned by Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada. Estrada had inquired into Aguirre's motive for publicly displaying his disdain for Santiago. "It seemed that you don't want to ...

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Robin Lim, an American woman who has helped thousands of poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth, was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night. Through her Yayasan Bumi Sehat health clinics, "Mother Robin," or "Ibu Robin" as she is called by the locals, offers free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid in Indonesia, where many families cannot afford care. "Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet," Lim said during "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and recognized Lim and the other top 10 Many women in the developing world do not have access to contraception or maternal care. According to the United Nations Population Fund, three out of five women giving birth in South Asia do so without a skilled birth attendant on hand. In Indonesia, the average family earns the equivalent of $8 a day, according to the International Monetary Fund. But a baby delivery costs about $70 at a hospital, and a Caesarian section can cost as much as $700. Lim believes Indonesia's high maternal and infant mortality rates are caused in part by these costs, which many women cannot meet. "The situation is bad ... babies are unattended, deliveries have become commercialized, and mothers die from hemorrhage after childbirth because they can't afford ...

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www.interaksyon.com Corona starts forming top-notch defense team By Marlon Ramos, TJ Burgonio Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:02 am | Friday, December 16th, 2011 TO RESIGN OR NOT He thought of resigning, Chief Justice Corona tells government lawyers attending a convention at a Manila hotel on Thursday. LYN RILLON Chief Justice Renato Corona has begun forming the legal team that will handle his defense at the impeachment trial that is to start in mid-January at the Senate. A number of "top-notch" lawyers have offered their legal services to Corona for free, Jose Midas Marquez, the Supreme Court administrator and spokesperson, said Thursday. But Marquez denied reports that veteran lawyer Estelito Mendoza, who occasionally serves as legal counsel of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, would lead the Chief Justice's defense. Earlier Thursday, the Senate formally summoned Corona to respond to the articles of impeachment filed by the House of Representatives against him. Senate Sergeant at Arms Jose Balajadia, accompanied by staff members of the chamber, brought the summons that included a copy of the 57-page verified complaint to Corona's office. Balajadia told reporters that the documents were received by Rogelio Jubilo Jr., a staff member in Corona's office, at 4:10 pm Valentina Cruz, the spokesperson of the impeachment court, said the Chief Justice had 10 days to respond. Senator Edgardo Angara urged his fellow senator-judges to look into the possibility of mediating ...

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