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High court lifts TRO on Taguig vote recount

THE SUPREME Court has lifted the temporary restraining order on the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal’s recount of votes cast in the 2007 race for the congressional seat in the second district of Taguig. The court, in a resolution, approved Angelo “Jett” Reyes’ petition for the lifting of the TRO. Reyes asked the HRET for a recount of the votes cast in 170 precincts, being incumbent Taguig Rep. Henry Duenas’ closest rival in the previous election. He has reportedly whittled down Duenas’ lead of more than 1,400 votes to just 32. Duenas had sought the TRO, alleging the HRET was showing partiality toward Reyes. The high court granted the TRO in December 2008. Norman Bordadora

Still no leads on Soneja’s slay attempt

THE POLICE task force investigating the attempt on Transportation and Communication Assistant Secretary Elmer Soneja’s life admitted it is facing a blank wall, considering the number of possible masterminds who might want him dead. Investigators said Soneja had provided the police with a list of possible disgruntled bidders who might be harboring a grudge against him, but the names proved too many to be of any use to them. “There were already more than 100 in one year alone. He said we would all be retired by the time we’ve gone through all of them,” Senior Supt. Mario Soriano, chief of Task Force Soneja, told the Inquirer. DJ Yap

Book on Vinzons to be launched Friday

A BOOK about Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, the hero from Bicol, will be launched Friday, June 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman, Quezon City. The book includes a three-act play, “Bintao: Ang Buhay at Kamatayan ni Wenceslao Q. Vinzons,” by Efren M. Yambot and a brief biography of Vinzons. The book launching will signal the start of preparations for the centennial of Vinzon’s birth anniversary in 2010. Among the speakers at the event are Sen. Richard Gordon, filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik and poet Virginia Moreno. The book launching is sponsored by the Upsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity and the Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association.

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