Sereno: PAO lawyers handled 7M indigent cases in 2013

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday lauded public attorneys nationwide for extending free legal services to more than seven million clients in 2013 alone, and rallied them to participate in the planned first-ever "Justice Zone" in the Philippines.

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Akbayan to US gov’t: Do the right thing, surrender Pemberton to PHL

Akbayan party-list on Wednesday urged the United States government to “do the right thing” and surrender to Philippine authorities a United States Marine tagged in the killing of a transgender woman in Olongapo City last October 11.

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UNA calls on De Lima to release video of her OsMak meeting with Napoles

The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has dared Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to release what it claims is a five-and-a-half-hour video of her conversation with alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles in which the businesswoman disclosed the contents of the so-called “Napoles List.”

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Muslim commission head assures PNoy: Radical ideologies to be countered

President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday received assurance from the head of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) that radical ideologies will not be allowed in the country, amid reports of Islamic State jihadists' recruitment in Mindanao.

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Trillanes wants VP Binay go to jail

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Wednesday he wanted to see Vice President Jejomar Binay in jail rather than impeached.

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Olongapo bar’s cctv shows transgender going out with alleged killer

A closed-circuit television camera was a mute witness to the last time Jennifer Laude, the transgender woman found dead in Olongapo City earlier this month, was last seen alive.

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Stiffer penalties for hate crimes vs. LGBTs pushed after transgender’s killing

Senator Bam Aquino on Wednesday pushed for heavier penalties for hate crimes against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, following the killing of a transgender woman in Olongapo City over the weekend.

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Masked PHL gunmen linked to attack on fishing boat off Sabah

Alleged masked Filipino gunmen were tagged in an attack on a fishing boat off northern Sabah on Tuesday, a Malaysian news site reported Wednesday.

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Prosecution pushes for trial of Napoles’ kids

Government prosecutors on Wednesday insisted that the Sandiganbayan should push through with the trial of Jo Christine Napoles and James Christopher Napoles, children of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, for the graft charges filed against them.

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Charges filed vs. Ex-Ifugao officials over fertilizer fund scam

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft charges against former Hingyon, Ifugao Mayor Alex Kindipan and five others in connection with alleged irregularities in the Arroyo administration's Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program.

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Sources: PHL warns US of public backlash vs. EDCA

The Philippine government has asked United States authorities to fully cooperate in resolving the killing of a Filipino transgender woman allegedly by a US Marine to avoid a public backlash on the recently signed Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Filipino officials said on Wednesday.

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PNoy has no time for VP Binay’s tirades – Palace

President Benigno Aquino III is too busy with the country's problems to answer Vice President Jejomar Binay's tirades.

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PHL govt has one year to try US serviceman tagged in transgender slay –official

The Philippine government must complete the judicial proceedings on the killing of a transgender woman in Olongapo City allegedly by a US serviceman within one year, an official of the commission overseeing the implementation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) said Wednesday.

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Miriam calls for termination of VFA: ‘Was it made for a foreign power?’

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Wednesday called on the executive branch to do away with the Visiting Forces Agreement, saying the alleged involvement of a US Marine in the killing of a Filipino transgender woman again showed that the treaty was skewed in favor of visiting American troops.

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