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Feb. 25 a school holiday
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President Benigno Aquino III has declared February 25 (Saturday) as a special holiday for all schools in the Philippines. It will be a regular working day for all employees. Aquino will lead the 26th Anniversary celebration of the Edsa People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Edsa. There,…
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Men who mauled traffic aide still unidentified
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Authorities still have no concrete lead on who ganged up on Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic aide Raul Reoteres along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City early Saturday (February 18) morning. Reoteres tried to stop around thirty people from drag racing along the boulevard last Saturday. But instead of…
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Freshman law student dies from hazing
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A freshman law student of San Beda College died following injuries sustained during a fraternity hazing in Antipolo City Sunday (February 19). According to reports, unidentified men rushed the victim, Marvin Reglos, 25, to Unciano Medical Center in Antipolo City at around 3 p.m. The men, on board a red…
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Love, Lies and Murder
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Valentine’s Day has just passed and we are reminded that not all love stories end happily. In fact, many of these end tragically. The love story of Noel Orate Sr. and former Quezon City Rep. Nanette Castelo-Daza is one. Orate died from gunshot wounds in the Daza residence in Quezon…
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Teacher stabbed dead in Laguna
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A female public school teacher was stabbed several times and left for dead in a grassy area in Victoria, Laguna Friday (February 17), police said. Thirty-seven-year-old Antonina Labing was found dead along a grassy area beside the Provincial Road in Barangay Nanhaya in Victoria around 6:40 a.m. The victim is…
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Report: Binay is target of Corona trial
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Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached allegedly to facilitate the removal of Vice President Jejomar Binay from office. This is the gist of unconfirmed reports based on a newspaper column by former Arroyo spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao According to Tiglao’s column at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the impeachment trial is a…
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Crime rate drops in January, PNP says
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The Philippine National Police said the crime rate has significantly dropped in the opening month of the year. According to PNP Spokesperson Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr. said crime records culled by the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) showed a sharp decline in index crime cases recorded…
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Abu Sayyaf member arrested in Zamboanga City
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The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Intelligence Unit of the Philippine Air Force have arrested a sub-commander of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group Tuesday (February 14) in Zamboanga City. In a report to CIDG Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr., Police Senior Superintendent Generoso Bonifacio, the CIDG chief of…