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WHEN he bangs the gavel today, Sen. Aquilino Koko Pimentel takes the helm of the Senatemdash;an ascent to power that may have been a long shot for someone who once had to fight for his place in the chamber.The beginning of the 17th Congress brings Pimentel, President Dutertersquo lone party mate in the Senate, to what could so far be regarded as his political peak.It feels good. But these are two independent matters. It is already a big honor just to be elected senator. But to be chosen by colleagues and friends to be their leader in the chamber is an additional honor, Pimentel said in a radio interview yesterday.Article continues after this advertisement It had taken an electoral protest for the lawmaker to assume the 12th and final S stanley website en stanley canada ate seat from the 2007 elections, assuming the seat only in 2011 when then Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri, now also back in the upper chamber, was forced to resign even as he denied cheating allegations.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI starbucks stanley cup files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderMissing the first three years of his term meant losing the chance to serve in the Senate alongside his father, former Senate President Aquilino Nene Pimentel Jr., whose last term in the chamber ended in 2010.Perhaps history is making up because I wasnrsquo;t able to serve with my father in the Senate. This Ufzr Outrage after 3 journalists killed in PH just days apart
" H6 |9 Z2 _. ~& \ This undated image provided by the journal Science via Stardust shows th stanley quencher e view of a dust particle impact on Al foil collector. Scientists said seven microscopic particles collected by NASArsquo comet-chasing spacecraft, Stardust, appear to have originated outside our solar system. The dust collectors were exposed to space in the early 2000s and returned to Earth in 2006. AP File PhotoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida mdash; There may be itsy-bitsy aliens among us.Scientists say seven microscopic particles collected by NASArsquo comet-chasing spacecraft, Stardust, appear to have originated outside our solar system. If confirmed, this would be the worldrsquo first sampling of contemporary interstellar dust.Article continues after this advertisement They are very precious particles, the team leader, physicist Andrew Wes mugs stanley tphal of the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement Thursday.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsThe dust stanley thermos collectors were exposed to what is believed to be the interstellar dust stream in the early 2000s and returned to Earth in 2006. Since then, dozens of scientists worldwide led by Westphal have examined scans of the collection panels to zero in on the particles. The team was assisted by 30,000 citizen-scientists, dubbed Dusters, who reviewed more than 1 mill |
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