Former mayor, successor clash over Muntinlupa’s indebtedness

By Ferdinand Fabella
Former Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and present Mayor Aldrin San Pedro are at loggerheads over bank loans, presaging a heated local race in next year’s polls.

Agency backs police medico-legal report

By Joel M. Sy Egco
The Public Attorney’s Office is backing up the Quezon City police pathologists who were accused of doctoring the autopsy report on three suspected car thieves killed on Edsa last month.

High Court: ‘Sweetheart defense’ not for a rapist

The Supreme Court has junked the appeal of a convicted rapist who banked on “sweetheart defense” in asserting his innocence when he molested his aunt in 2000.