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MANILA, April 23 (PNA) -- The Court of Appeals (CA) has acquitted United States Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith of rape charges filed against him by Suzette "Nicole" Nicolas, thus reversing the earlier ruling of the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) of life imprisonment for the US serviceman.
Three women justices of the CA 11th Division, namely: Associate Justices Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa, Remedios Salazar-Fernando and Myrna Dimaranan-Vidal issued the decision on Smith.
The three CA justices were convinced that no rape was committed.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 21 (PNA) - PhilHealth Bikol vice president and regional director Orlando Iñigo, Jr. announced that members and dependents can now enjoy the New In-Patient Benefit Package effective this month if they are victims of Salmonella and in conditions when hospitalization is needed.
Iñigo noted that the occurrence of the salmonella alarm in several places in and outside the Philippines scares the public as it displays serious conditions caused by severe infections which are dangerous and could be fatal.

MANILA, April 21, 2009-A Catholic Church-based election watchdog lashed at politicians for premature campaigning by taking cover behind commercial advertisements or personal advocacies.
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said political ads on television, radio and other media outlets this early must be stopped.
According to its chairperson, Henrietta de Villa, what some politicians are doing is a complete disregard on the rule against early campaigning.

MANILA, April 21, 2009-A Catholic Church-based election watchdog lashed at politicians for premature campaigning by taking cover behind commercial advertisements or personal advocacies.
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said political ads on television, radio and other media outlets this early must be stopped.
According to its chairperson, Henrietta de Villa, what some politicians are doing is a complete disregard on the rule against early campaigning.

MANILA, April 24 -The 23 Filipino crew of the chemical tanker "M/T Stolt Strength," are now navigating supposedly on safe waters in the Indian Ocean after they were released by Somali pirates on April 20, the Department of Foreign Affairs said today.
The foreign affairs department said that the vessel and its crew even received bunkering assistance.

NAGA CITY, April 20 (PNA) --- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today promised to undertake more approaches to lessen the impact of the global economic crisis on the country.
The President spoke to a jam-packed crowd attending the grand opening ceremonies of the National Private Schools Athletics Association (PRISAA) Games at the University of Nueva Caceres Sports Palace.

The Naga College Foundation, in partnership with the University of the Philippines National Institute for Geological Sciences, Christian Aid, and the Manila Observatory, will be holding a Grand Launching and Fundraising Dinner of the TYPHOON PREPAREDNESS CENTER (TPC) on 30 April 2009, 6:00 p.m., at the NCF compound.

MANILA, April 22, 2009-One of the influential Catholic Church institutions slammed as "unjust" the arrest warrant issued against whistleblower Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada for alleged perjury crimes.
The warrant is "undeserved" for someone who just exposed an alleged anomalous government project, the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) said.
"This order is grossly unjust considering that the charge for which Lozada is being arrested is the crime of perjury or lying under oath," the group said.

MANILA, April 22, 2009-One of the influential Catholic Church institutions slammed as "unjust" the arrest warrant issued against whistleblower Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada for alleged perjury crimes.
The warrant is "undeserved" for someone who just exposed an alleged anomalous government project, the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) said.
"This order is grossly unjust considering that the charge for which Lozada is being arrested is the crime of perjury or lying under oath," the group said.

BANGKOK, April 24 (PNA/Xinhua) -- The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had expressed confidence in Thailand's politics and hoped the Thai government would be able to restore stability, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Friday.
Kasit met with Clinton during his official visit to Washington this week to boost the bilateral tie, the website by The Nation newspaper reported.

VATICAN, April 20, 2009-- "Galileo and the Vatican" is the title of a new book that gathers together the documents of the commission created by Pope John Paul II on the famous Italian scientist and seeks to debunk the black legend and other myths about this case.
In statements to the Mexican news agency Notimex, Cardinal Paul Poupard recalled that John Paul II publicly apologized about Galileo in October of 1992.

LONDON, April 24 -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to attend the next General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, where he will seek full backing of the European Union (EU) to the changed US policy towards Iran.
"We will encourage the EU to state its clear support for the new US approach," Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch-Brown (pictured) said in a written parliamentary statement published Friday.