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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned former president Joseph Estrada on Thursday, setting aside his conviction and life sentence on charges of plunder.

Critics said Arroyo had rushed through the pardon just six weeks after Estrada’s conviction to curry favour with the opposition and to deflect mounting charges of corruption within her own administration. The anti-graft court earlier convicted him of receiving funds from illegal gambling and taking commissions from the sale of shares to government pension funds.

(Ref: reuters)

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