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The Ombudsman has blamed the Sandiganbayan for the delay in issuing a warrant for the arrest of ousted President Joseph Estrada.

The Philippine government is leaving it to the UN to prevent Afghanistan from using the Taliban to train an estimated 50 Muslim rebels who could be future leaders of the Abu Sayyaf or other Muslim separatist groups, a senior official said.

A United Nations report prominently mentions the Philippines as an example of a country that used recent communications and information technologies to gain political empowerment.

Popular singer-actress Sharon Cuneta has filed a P15 million ($294,000) libel suit against a tabloid columnist who had linked her husband to one of his campaign volunteers during the May 14 elections.

Former president Fidel Ramos should face the Senate defence committee inquiry and clarify what he did about a 1994 report submitted to him by Catholic priest Cirilo Nacorda on alleged collusion bet-ween the military and Abu Sayyaf bandits, a senator said yesterday.