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Thursday October 15, 2009
Ruben Ecleo:
Ruben Ecleo Cult leader and parricide suspect Ruben Ecleo Jr. snubbed the resumption of his seven-year controversial parricide case in Cebu, citing health reasons for his failure to show up in court on Wednesday.

Ecleo is charged for the brutal death of his wife Alona Bacolod-Ecleo and has put up a P1 million bail for his temporary liberty, citing his worsening health condition as a reason.
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Saturday May 3, 2008
Ruben Ecleo:
Ecleo, the supreme leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association and a former mayor of San Jose town in Dinagat Island in Surigao del Norte, is on trial in connection with the killing of his wife, at the time a medical student at one of the local universities in Cebu.
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Saturday October 14, 2006
Ruben Ecleo:
The Sandiganbayan sentenced cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. to 30 years in prison for entering into an anomalous contract in 1993 where the government incurred about P2.4 million in losses.
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Saturday July 15, 2006
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY -- A cardiologist has testified in court that controversial cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. is fit to go back to jail, citing his medical findings that the supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association has no significant heart disease.
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Thursday May 4, 2006
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY - A lady Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge handling the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. readmitted last Tuesday three of the pieces of evidence she had earlier junked as they were deemed "inadmissible as evidence."
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Thursday September 22, 2005
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Prosecutors handling Ecleo case suffer big blow as PNP fails to identify cadaver
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Saturday June 18, 2005
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People in Don Salvador, Benedicto (DSB) town in central Negros were alarmed with the recent discovery of a huge underground tunnel at Spurs 13, Barangay Bagong Silang.
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CEBU CITY - The judge handling the case of cult leader and parricide suspect Ruben
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Saturday May 14, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — A forensic expert who autopsied an exhumed body believed to be that of Alona Bacolod, the murdered wife of parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., said the cadaver bore similarities to that of Alona.
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Monday April 11, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
BUTUAN CITY — Cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. will continue to be tried on parricide charges in Cebu City despite his claim that Cebuanos have been "hostile" toward him.
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Thursday March 24, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
No single constitutional right will be violated in asking former mayor Ruben Ecleo Jr. and his three children to submit to a DNA test, the prosecution said.
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Wednesday March 9, 2005
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1st autopsy failed to pass forensic standards?
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Monday March 7, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — Experts of various agencies are working together to examine the body of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo, wife of parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., after it was exhumed yesterday at the Cebu South Memorial Garden in Talisay City.
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Tuesday February 22, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY -- Three years after she was buried, the body of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo will be dug up to settle questions on her identity, as the trial on her husband's parricide case continues.
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Friday January 28, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — Saying that it has already presented enough witnesses to prove its case against parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., the newly constituted prosecution panel decided the other day to forgo the presentation of its last witness to the court.
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Wednesday January 19, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
Three prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) got “plain mad” after three men implicated in the death of lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana-Yongco failed to submit their evidence in yesterday’s preliminary investigation.
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Friday January 7, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU — The regional trial court (RTC) judge handling the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. said the attempts by Ecleo’s followers to bribe her will not force her to inhibit herself from the case.
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Thursday January 6, 2005
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — At least three attempts have allegedly been made to bribe the judge handling the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr.
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Wednesday December 15, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- A Cebu Regional Trial Court judge yesterday issued a hold departure order against controversial cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr.
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CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG 7) has charged three more members of the cult group Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) with involvement in the killing of human rights lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana Yongco.
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Monday December 6, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY , Cebu, Philippines -- Police filed charges on Monday against eight members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) of cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. allegedly caught carrying high-powered firearms in a checkpoint on Friday.
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Saturday December 4, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines -- Eight members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), the cult group headed by Ruben Ecleo Jr., was intercepted in Lapulapu City on Friday night while carrying high-powered firearms on board a van.
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Saturday November 20, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — After the parricide case of Ruben Ecleo Jr. was raffled off to another judge for the sixth time, the cult leader’s lawyer said his client will ask the court to defer further hearing the case until the Supreme Court rules on his motion to transfer the case to Manila.
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Friday October 29, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — The surviving siblings of the murdered wife of Ruben Ecleo Jr. have brought to court their opposition to a move to transfer the trial of the parricide case against the cult leader.
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Monday October 25, 2004
Ruben Ecleo:
CEBU CITY — Stung by media criticisms on her "impromptu concert" with the defense lawyer and the prime suspect himself, lawyer Gloria Dalawampu quit as a private prosecutor in the case involving last week’s killing of fellow lawyer Arbet Sta. Ana-Yongco.
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