‘Pro-life’ solons want RH Law repealed

More than two years after the Reproductive Health Law was passed, a group of 'pro-life' lawmakers have filed a measure seeking to repeal the controversial legislation.

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AFP asks for executive session on Mamasapano clash

Armed Forces chief General Pio Catapang Jr. on Monday asked the Senate for an executive session to allow his ground commanders to freely speak their minds on the operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao against suspected terrorists Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan and Basit Usman.

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DFA’s Del Rosario begs off from Senate probe on Mamasapano clash

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario will not be able to attend the Senate investigation on the Mamasapano clash which left over 60 people, including 44 PNP-Special Action Force commandos and 18 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters, dead.

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Look: Pemberton arrives at Olongapo for arraignment

A convoy bearing Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton arrived at Olongapo City early Monday morning for his arraignment before the Regional Trial Court Branch 74.

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MILF to release result of Mamasapano probe this week

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Sunday said that it will release its report on the deadly Mamasapano encounter that claimed the lives of 44 elite police troopers, 18 MILF members, and four civilians.

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Public school teachers to strike for higher salaries, PNoy’s resignation – ACT

Public school teachers nationwide will stage a sit-down strike on Tuesday to demand a salary increase and the resignation of President Benigno Aquino III, a party-list group announced Sunday.

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De Lima to Natl Transformation Council: Don't cross line of ‘legitimate dissent’

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Sunday hinted at holding groups calling for a transition government to replace President Benigno Aquino III accountable under "the full force of the law" if they go beyond mass mobilizations.

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Espina defends Purisima’s absence at PMA homecoming

Philippine National Police Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina asked the public not to read too much into resigned PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima’s absence at the annual homecoming of Philippine Military Academy alumni in Baguio City Saturday, saying he “may have his reasons.”

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Palace: Feb. 25 holiday for schools only

Malacañang on Sunday said the 29th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA popular uprising on Feb. 25 will be a holiday only for schools nationwide.

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PHLPost issues UP dentistry centennial stamps

Commemorative stamps from the Philippine Postal Corp. will be among the highlights of the University of the Philippines College of Dentistry centennial celebration.

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Bettor wins P23.68M in Lotto 6/42 draw

A lone bettor bagged the P23.68-million jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office's Lotto 6/42 draw Saturday evening.

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Sen. Grace Poe: Napeñas should not take all blame for Mamasapano clash

Relieved Special Action Force chief Director Getulio Napeñas Jr. should not take all the blame for the Mamasapano clash that left 44 police commandos dead last month, Senator Grace Poe said in a radio interview on Sunday.

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Defense Sec. Gazmin downplays coup rumors

There are no solid coup plots threatening the Aquino administration, despite what Sen. Miram Santiago said. At least that’s what Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin said in an interview Saturday night.

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Duterte: Mindanao will be in chaos if peace talks fail

Hostilities will erupt in Mindanao if the government would fail to adopt a backup plan should the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front fail, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte made this warning on Saturday.

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Gazmin: Civilians evacuated even before MILF-BIFF clashes started

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin assured the public that civilians who may be affected by clashes between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and its breakaway group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have long been evacuated before clashes erupted Saturday.

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Gazmin to govt troops: Continue pursuit of BIFF members if they won’t surrender

If the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters won't surrender, "continue pursuing them." This is the order of Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin to government forces who have been pursuing BIFF men in North Cotabato since Saturday, in coordination with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

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Bishop’s Lenten message to Yolanda survivors: Time to help others

After getting help from others more than a year ago, now may be a good time for some survivors of super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) to give back by helping others.

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Manila archbishop warns vs. indifference at start of Lent

While Filipinos observe the Lenten season, they were cautioned on the perils of being indifferent to the plight of others.

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Terrorism to be discussed in French president’s PHL visit

Terrorism will be one of the topics French President François Hollande will discuss with President Benigno Aquino III during his Philippine state visit on Feb. 26 and 27.

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PNP OIC Espina submits affidavit to Mamasapano investigating board

Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, officer in charge of the Philippine National Police, has submitted his affidavit on the Mamasapano clash to the PNP Board of Inquiry investigating the incident.

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Pimentel: PDP-Laban might field Davao Mayor Duterte in 2016 polls

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is considering fielding Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the party’s standard-bearer in the 2016 presidential elections.

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AFP to MILF: Make results of probe on Mamasapano clash public

The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to release the results of its probe into the firefight between its men and the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force troopers.

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PNP, AFP: Surrender of MILF men in Mamasapano clash up to peace panel

Both the police and military said they will leave it to the Philippine government's peace panel to decide if the Moro Islamic Liberation Front should surrender its members who figured in the firefight in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that left 44 police commandos dead.

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Palace: CHED to scrutinize planned tuition hikes

The Commission on Higher Education will look into all plans by colleges and universities to hike tuition and other fees for the coming school year, Malacañang assured Saturday.

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Palace: We’ll find other ways to get SAF men’s firearms from BIFF

If the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters won't return the firearms of the 44 Special Action Force troopers killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25, government will look for other ways to get them back.

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OPAPP twits priest over claims govt paid for ‘return’ of slain SAF men’s firearms

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process on Saturday denied allegations by a Mindanao-based priest that the government bought the firearms of 44 slain Special Action Force troopers, which the Moro Islamic Liberation Front returned last Wednesday.

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Members of PMA Class ‘67 wear black armbands for SAF 44 at PMA homecoming

Some members of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1967, during the PMA Grand Alumni Homecoming on Saturday, sported black armbands to show their support to the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force troopers who were killed in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao last January 25.

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PNP: Report, not share bomb threat text messages

Report bomb scare messages, instead of sharing them.

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France's Hollande to visit the PHL Feb 26-27

French President François Hollande will be in the Philippines from Feb. 26 and 27 for a state visit, during which he will visit Guiuan, Samar - an area devastated by super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.

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Muslim, Christian advocates ask Congress not to hold the BBL ‘hostage’

The Bangsamoro Basic Law should not be held "hostage" because of the Mamasapano clash, Muslim and Christians advocates of the law said in a press conference Friday. Chair of the Bangsamoro National Movement for Peace and Development, Agakhan Sharief, said the Filipino people, particularly government leaders, should push for the BBL's passage and look beyond the Mamasapano incident as it will benefit everyone.

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Palace accepts delays, but stands firm on passing Bangsamoro law

Malacañang is already resigned to the fact that passage of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be delayed after congressional hearings on the measure were suspended following the Jan. 25 Mamasapano incident that left 44 police commandos dead.

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MILF will not surrender members in Mamasapano clash

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not surrender its members who figured in the firefight in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last month which left over 60 people, including 44 police commandos and 18 MILF fighters dead.

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Justices scold ‘pork’ scam whistleblower for ‘selective memory’

A witness in the pork barrel fund scam case drew the ire of the justices of the Sandiganbayan Third Division for repeatedly failing to recall some details of the scheme where billions in government funds were allegedly funneled to fake foundations linked to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles.

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PNP to trace who issued misused gas coupon in viral Facebook post

The Philippine National Police will trace who among its officers allegedly misused his or her gas allocation coupons as indicated by a viral post on social media, GMA News' "24 Oras" reported on Friday.

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MILF denies ‘cannibalizing’ SAF firearms

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Slain SAF commando’s pa: PNoy evasive on reinforcements in Mamasapano

Some of the relatives of the police commandos that died in the Mamasapano misencounter were disappointed with President Benigno Aquino III's explanations when they pressed him over the lack of reinforcements that could have saved the lives of the fallen troopers, GMA News' "24 Oras" reported on Friday.

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Activists hold ‘people's hearing’ on Mamasapano clash

Various activist groups on Friday held its own hearing on the January 25 Mamasapano clash that left 44 elite policemen dead.

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No sign of public support for resignation calls vs. PNoy –Palace

Malacañang on Friday said it does not see any indication of public support for calls for President Benigno Aquino III's resignation following the tragic January 25 Mamasapano operation that left 44 police commandos dead.

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BIFF: Video shows white male among the dead in Mamasapano

Video footage showed a male Caucasian as among those killed in the Mamasapano operation, a spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters told GMA News Online on Friday.

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DOJ affirms murder case vs. Pemberton

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday affirmed anew the filing of a murder case against US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton over the death of Filipino transgender woman Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude in Olongapo City last year.

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BIFF to PNP: Rematch first before return of SAF guns

The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has no plans of returning the firearms seized from some of the elite policemen killed in the January 25 Mamasapano clash unless the Philippine National Police (PNP) will agree to a "rematch."

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Senate panel asks DFA’s Del Rosario to attend Mamasapano clash probe

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has been asked to attend the Senate probe on the Mamasapano operation, which left over 60 people, including 44 elite PNP-Special Action Force commandos dead.

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2010, 2013 source codes transferred to another vault at BSP

The officials of the Commission on Elections went to the Bangko Sentral of the Philippines on Monday to transfer the source codes used in the 2010 and 2013 elections to another vault inside the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas .

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PNP: No heated exchange between PNoy and kin of Fallen 44

The Philippine National Police on Friday denied that President Benigno Aquino's meeting with families of the fallen Special Action Force (SAF) troopers last Wednesday in Camp Crame became heated at one point.

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Pinay nurse clear of MERS-CoV –DOH

The Filipina nurse who was tested positive for MERS Coronavirus has already been discharged from quarantine after she was cleared of the deadly virus.

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Bangsamoro peace advocate to Richard Gomez: Go to war yourself

The chairperson of the Bangsamoro National Movement For Peace and Development on Friday called on actor Richard Gomez to stop issuing statements asking for war and the scrapping of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, and challenged him to go fight the war in Mindanao himself if he doesn't.

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Masbate Gov. Lanete ordered detained at Camp Bagong Diwa

The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division on Friday issued a commitment order directing the police to bring Masbate Governor Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, who is facing charges in connection with the pork barrel scam, to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Female Dormitory in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig.

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DOJ vows to resolve Pemberton’s plea to dismiss case before arraignment

The Department of Justice vowed to resolve US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton's final appeal at the DOJ before his arraignment in Olongapo City Monday next week.

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More minors nabbed for illegal drugs in 2014 —PDEA

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday said the number of minors involved in illegal drug activities in 2014 increased by 20.94 percent as compared to the year before.

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Bam Aquino seeks medals of valor for SAF survivors in Mamasapano

Sen. Benigno Paolo Aquino IV, the President's namesake and cousin, has filed Senate Resolution 1180 recommending the awarding of Medal of Valor to the surviving and wounded SAF officers who directly participated in the operation to take down Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan and "commending them for their exemplary courage and heroism."

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