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...alleged corruption. The high court is appointed by the legislature, and the dismissals were linked to political maneuvering in anticipation of national elections next November. After five new Justices were sworn in by a defiant Assembly, Suazo Cordova reportedly issued arrest orders for all of them; authorities detained Ramon Valladares Soto, who had been appointed Chief Justice, and charged him with treason. At week's end a Western observer described the situation in Tegucigalpa as "very fragile...
...part of the punishment given the firm for burying 254 drums of toxic and flammable waste and dumping pollutants into Los Angeles sewers. The company also had to pay $40,000 in fines and cleanup costs. The two jailed officials: President Carl De La Torre and Vice President Ramon Garroba...
...their destination, the offices of two Manila lawyers, they listened with rapt attention to the secret testimony of Ramon Balang, 28, a Philippine Airlines ground mechanic who had been present at Manila International Airport on the day of the shooting. Balang's revelations were galvanizing: he was the first airport witness to give testimony under oath that is contrary to the military version of the event. His story raised grim new questions about the Marcos regime's contention that Aquino had been killed by Rolando Galman, a hired gun with alleged Communist ties. Said Juan David, a representative...
...asset, its human capital. At stake, too, is simple human dignity. If wolves and bears and birds take meticulous care of their young, why are human beings subjecting theirs to whippings and punches and sexual perversion? Children, with their unrestrained love and unquestioning trust, deserve better. Says Sergeant Dick Ramon, head of the sex-crimes unit of the Seattle police department: "Child abuse is the ultimate crime, the ultimate betrayal." -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Meg Grant/Los Angeles and James Wilde/New York
...separatists who resist accepting English have won laws and court cases mandating provision of social services, some government instructions, even election ballots in Spanish. The legitimizing effect of these decisions can be seen in the proliferation of billboards, roadside signs and other public communications posted in Spanish. Acknowledges Professor Ramon Ruiz of the University of California at San Diego: "The separatism question is with us already." The most portentous evidence is in the classrooms. Like its political cousins, equal opportunity and social justice, bilingual education is a catchall term that means what the speaker wishes it to mean...