INQUIRER.net: Senate turns down Napoles postponement plea

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Senate turns down Napoles postponement plea Nov 5th 2013, 04:17 MANILA, Philippines—A panel investigating the alleged P10 billion "pork barrel" scam immediately turned down on Tuesday Janet Lim-Napoles' request to postpone her scheduled appearance in the chamber on Thursday. "The Senate blue ribbon committee has decided to proceed with the hearing as originally scheduled on November 7,2013," Senator Teofisto Guingona III, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, said in a statement. "To afford the protection of her (Napoles) constitutional rights, the Senate blue ribbon committee has made the necessary arrangements with the Public Attorney's Office to provide Janet Lim-Napoles with lawyers during the said hearing," Guingona added. ... Keep on reading: Senate turns down Napoles postponement plea Media files: napoles-letter.jpg (image/jpeg)

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