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PHOTO BY PHILIP DUQUIATAN

Prince of peace.Images of the Santo Niño in his various manifestations are carried in a procession around Sto. Niño parish in Tondo at yesterday’s feast day of the Holy Child. Pandacan and Makati were among the other Metro Manila places which joined the festivity.

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Destabilization jitters
Police in M. Manila, 3 regions on red alert

BY RAYMOND AFRICA

THE PNP yesterday placed policemen in Metro Manila and three regions under full alert in preparation for mass actions timed with the seventh anniversary of "Edsa 2" and the Mendiola massacre 21 years ago.

Under the highest alert since 6 a.m. yesterday are police in the National Capital Region, Central and Southern Luzon, Mimaropa (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan), and the Special Action Force.

Authorities have been saying there is a fresh destabilization move which Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez has said would be launched between January 17 and 22 during protest rallies.

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Fewer gov’t crooks or
a sleeping Ombudsman?

BY PETER TABINGO

IS the Office of the Ombudsman getting soft on scalawags in government?

Based on the year-end report of the Sandiganbayan, criminal indictments filed by the Ombudsman against public officials nosedived from 520 in 2006 to 93 last year, the lowest ever in the Ombudsman’s 29-year existence.

Included in the number were eight cases elevated by regional trial courts for appeal at the Sandiganbayan.

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Wednesday Club eyes
Manny-Noli tandem

BY DENNIS GADIL

VILLAR-De Castro for 2010? Or is it De Castro-Villar?

The Wednesday Club, a powerful bloc in the Senate, is discussing a Senate President Manuel Villar and Vice President Noli de Castro tandem for 2010.

Sen. Joker Arroyo, the most senior Wednesday Club member, yesterday said a Villar-De Castro team, or the other way around, has been a regular topic in their last three meetings.

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