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The Philippines Senate will investigate allegations by a once confidante of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that the leader's husband had received a bribe to lobby for a contract between the government and an unnamed international telecommunications firm.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's National Security Adviser, Roilo Golez, yesterday said the Philippine government is studying whether to acquire high-tech equipment and firearms from abroad in its fight against the Moro extremists in the south.

Transport Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez is facing a P76m ($1.49m) plunder suit before the Office of the Ombudsman for alleged "conflict of interest" involving the construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal III.