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Panelo: Ressa wants special treatment being a journalist
“She cannot be using her arrest as a violation of the freedom of the press and make it as an excuse to attack the government. She wants a special treatment owing to her being a journalist. She wants...
View ArticleArroyo hails China development as alternative to Western model | ABS-CBN News
“China has given us the lesson that there is just not one path for development because prior to China’s experience, it was thought that the only way to development is the Western style model of...
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Facebook denies bias in account takedowns
“It’s not about what they say, it’s not about who they are, it’s not about who they’re fighting for, the question is are they using deceptive techniques to conceal their identities?” Facebook head of...
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Panelo downplays role of social media in Duterte victory
“It could have contributed, puwede naman hindi (maybe not). More on the masses ang bumoto sa kanya eh (It was more of the masses who voted for him),” Panelo added. Source: Panelo downplays role of...
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Court upholds Napoles conviction | The Manila Times Online
“While the court did not find sufficient evidence for the pronouncement of guilt on the part of [former Sen. Ramon “Bong”] Revilla [J[Jr.]there is overwhelming evidence presented to show that his...
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Japan announces new imperial era | The Manila Times Online
People gather to pick up extra editions reporting the announcement of the new era name ‘Reiwa’ in Tokyo on Monday. Japan revealed the name of the era that will define the new emperor’s reign when he...
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Jim Paredes admits viral video is real: ‘It was private, not meant for public...
“When I saw it on social media, I was in a quandary how to respond. But after mulling and praying over it, I decided to come clean. There are already too many lies and liars in this world. I do not...
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Supreme Court orders release of all ‘Tokhang’ police reports | Inquirer News
The Supreme Court has ordered the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to release all ‘Oplan Tokhang’ police reports to human rights groups and victims that questioned the legality of the...
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SC orders Calida to release drug-related police reports
“These documents are the first step towards the long road for justice for the Petitioners and to thousands of victims of the ‘war on drugs’ and their families. CenterLaw extends its gratitude to the...
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Duterte seeks review of all govt contracts | The Manila Times Online
“We can prosecute. That contract was entered into by the government and drafted by lawyers of the government. That could be collusion between the lawyers of the government and the lawyers of the...
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Is the Senate, particularly Lacson, out to sabotage Duterte’s reform program?...
The House of Representatives never made a move to reduce the 2019 budget for infrastructure projects as appropriated in the National Expenditure Program. In fact, the House introduced amendments...
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Actor in more trouble for fake LTO license | Inquirer News
The police filed in the Makati Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday a complaint against the 19-year-old Filipino-Australian for violation of Article 172 of the Revised Penal Code or falsification by private...
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Rappler’s Maria Ressa pleads not guilty to P70-M tax deficiency cases |...
Ressa was smiling when she made the not guilty plea before the 1st Division of the Court of Tax Appeals headed by Presiding Justice Roman Del Rosario. Source: Rappler’s Maria Ressa pleads not guilty...
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Grab driver arrested in Makati for pointing ‘gun’ at security guard
“Grab does not condone such alarming behavior. We have already banned the driver from the platform as we continue our own internal investigation of the incident. We likewise extend our full...
View ArticleDuterte now ‘effectively’ invokes UN ruling vs China on South China Sea
“[A]s far as we are concerned there has been an arbitral ruling issued by a tribunal based on the law on the seas and accepted by international law. So we feel that we have a judgment which has a...
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Finally, Duterte signs 2019 budget bill into law
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the vetoed items were either “considered by law and jurisprudence as rider provisions not being related to a particular appropriation” or were items that...
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Diokno tried to bribe lawmakers with P40-B funds, claims Andaya
Andaya, who has accused Diokno of corruption, said this P40 billion would supposedly be sourced from the 2018 government savings worth P97 million. The Cabinet official allegedly dangled the...
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Why usual dissenter Leonen leans toward Duterte in ICC pullout case
“This Court should have a longer vista that political winds can change, and when that happens then it might be the reverse, that another group that does not want a future president’s policy will again...
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Filipino domestic worker Baby Jane Allas wins HK$30,000 in damages after...
Allas had initially asked for HK$46,000 compensation to cover items including medical fees, sickness leave and wages in lieu of notice, but she ended up being offered HK$40,000 if she agreed to drop...
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Outsiders will find automated polls hard to hack into — source code reviewer...
“Bantayan n’yo na lang kami. We will be open. We will be transparent. We will allow you to check everything that needs to be checked. We need credible elections. That’s all we got to defend our...
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