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Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas on Saturday downplayed the significance of his meeting with officials of the politically influential Iglesia ni Cristo INC religious sect.It was a regular meeting wherein we formally presented our platforms and priorities, said Roxas, confirming that he and running mate, Leni Robredo, had sought an audience with the bloc-voting INC.ldqu stanley kaffeebecher o;It happened about one or two weeks ago. But therersquo nothing to it , Roxas t stanley spain old reporters after attending a covenant signing with urban poor leaders in Quezon City.Article continues after this advertisement He doused speculations over the hourlong meeting, claiming that political issu stanley cup es were not discussed.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationAsked if the INC had assured them of its support, Roxas said: There was nothing about politics. Support should be given voluntarily.We just gave them our platforms. They know our track record and they will make the decision at the right time, he said.The meeting came as a surprise since Roxas was bitterly criticized by the sectrsquo members who staged a four-day mass action in August last year to protest what they claimed was the Aquino administrationrsquo interference in the sectrsquo affairs.The INC members were protesting the Uftq Malaca帽ang urges Comelec to release result of probe on data leak

RIYADH, Saudi Arabiandash;Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded five f stanley website oreigners for murder and robbery, an unusually high number that stanley us adds to what Amnesty International has called a macabre spike in the kingdomrsquo executions.Two Yemenis, a Chadian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese were put to death in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.It identified them as Yemenis Khaled Fetini and Ibrahim Nasser, Hassan Omar from Chad, Eritrean Salem Idriss and Abdel Wahhab Abdel Maeen from Sudan.Article continues after this advertisement They were all convicted of killing the Indian guard at a bu stanley cup uk siness and stealing money from the safe.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderTheir beheadings bring to 78 the number of locals and foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia this year, compared with 87 for all of last year, according to AFP tallies.Normally one or two people are executed at a time.London-based Amnesty ranked Saudi Arabia among the worldrsquo top three executioners of 2014.Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death under the Gulf nationrsquo strict version of Islamic sharia law.The interior ministry has cited deterrence as a reason for carrying out the punishment.