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• FOI bill takes top spot in Senate's priority bills - InterAksyon
• CBCP: Pork barrel act of terror vs poor - Inquirer.net
• 46 held following Burgundy tower shooting - Inquirer.net
• 2 teachers kidnapped in Basilan - Inquirer.net
• Soldier killed in clash - Tempo
• CA confirms Cuisia as envoy to US, Bautista as AFP chief - InterAksyon
• CA softens penalty for Cebu accountant over PDAF misuse - Sun.Star
• Manila court upholds guilty rule on tour guide - BusinessWorld Online Edition

FOI bill takes top spot in Senate's priority bills - InterAksyon Posted: 02 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT InterAksyon FOI bill takes top spot in Senate's priority bills InterAksyon MANILA, Philippines - Expect the Freedom of Information Bill (FOI) to hurdle the Senate after majority of its members agreed to put it on top of their priority bills set to be passed in the first 100 days of the current 16th Congress. Senate President Franklin Drilon ... Check corruption in pork, pass FOI law for all citizensPhilippine Center for Investigative Journalism (blog) 'Ridiculous for FOI not to pass under Aquino'Rappler all 19 news articles »

CBCP: Pork barrel act of terror vs poor - Inquirer.net Posted: 05 Sep 2013 10:42 AM PDT Rappler CBCP: Pork barrel act of terror vs poor Inquirer.net Warning that government corruption was "a growing social cancer," the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in a pastoral letter on Thursday condemned as immoral and an "act of terrorism" against the poor the legislators' pork barrel ... CBCP wants end to 'immoral' pork barrel systemABS CBN News Outgoing CBCP head backs EDSA anti-pork vigilGMA News CBCP: Pork scandal shows gov't corruptionMalaya all 4 news articles »

46 held following Burgundy tower shooting - Inquirer.net Posted: 05 Sep 2013 08:33 PM PDT Rappler 46 held following Burgundy tower shooting Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines – Forty-six people were still in police custody Friday morning following the shooting at the Burgundy Corporate Tower in Makati on Thursday in which one security guard was killed. Of the 126 security guards hired by the old and new ... Security guard slain in Makati clashSolar News Burgundy shootout: Police take 30 security guards into custodyGMA News 1 dead, 1 hurt in Burgundy Tower shootoutABS CBN News InterAksyon -Rappler all 13 news articles »

2 teachers kidnapped in Basilan - Inquirer.net Posted: 05 Sep 2013 04:10 PM PDT Mindanao Examiner 2 teachers kidnapped in Basilan Inquirer.net ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—Two teachers working for a Catholic charity have been reported kidnapped in Lantawan, Basilan, on Wednesday even as police are hard put to solve similar attacks on educators in other parts of Mindanao. Attacks targeting ... NGO workers abducted in BasilanBusinessWorld Online Edition Abu Sayyaf blamed for abduction of two school teachers in Basilangulfnews.com Gunmen abduct 2 teachers in southern PhilippinesNew Zealand Herald Straits Times -Business Standard -Philippine Star all 14 news articles »

Soldier killed in clash - Tempo Posted: 05 Sep 2013 02:51 AM PDT InterAksyon Soldier killed in clash Tempo KIDAPAWAN CITY – A soldier was killed Tuesday when his group clashed with a group of communist guerillas in the hinterlands of Barangay Cabilao in Makilala town in North Cotabato. 1/Lt. Nasrullah Sema, chief civil military operations of the 57th Infantry ... 6 rebels wounded in Makilala town clashPhilippine Star Mindanao Newsbits for September 5,2013Manila Bulletin Soldier killed, 6 others wounded in clash with rebels in North CotabatoInterAksyon all 4 news articles »

CA confirms Cuisia as envoy to US, Bautista as AFP chief - InterAksyon Posted: 04 Sep 2013 12:27 AM PDT InterAksyon CA confirms Cuisia as envoy to US, Bautista as AFP chief InterAksyon MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday confirmed the interim appointment of Gen. Emmanuel Bautista as Armed Force chief of staff and former Central Bank Governor Jose L. Cuisia as Philippine ambassador to the ... and more »

CA softens penalty for Cebu accountant over PDAF misuse - Sun.Star Posted: 04 Sep 2013 05:07 AM PDT CA softens penalty for Cebu accountant over PDAF misuse Sun.Star AN ACCOUNTANT allegedly involved in the misuse of pork barrel funds of former Cebu Representative Clavel Martinez can still work in government and receive retirement benefits after the Court of Appeals (CA) amended the penalties imposed by the Office ... and more »

Manila court upholds guilty rule on tour guide - BusinessWorld Online Edition Posted: 05 Sep 2013 08:22 AM PDT Rappler Manila court upholds guilty rule on tour guide BusinessWorld Online Edition ... court upholds guilty rule on tour guide. A MANILA court has upheld a ruling finding a popular tour guide guilty of offending religious beliefs. Carlos P. Celdran -- BW File Photo. RELATED STORIES. Ballet postponed to next week · Vietnam footprint expands. court finds tour guide guilty of church offencegulfnews.com Carlos Celdran says Manila court affirmed his conviction over 'Damaso' caseGMA News Carlos Celdran's conviction for offending Catholic Church affirmedSun.Star Rappler all 5 news articles »

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