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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:51 PM PST

Comelec stunned by Abang Lingkod ruling
Sun.Star
COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Sixto Brillantes on Wednesday admitted being caught by surprise by the Supreme Court (SC) ruling ordering them to proclaim Abang Lingkod party-list as one of the winning groups in the May 2013 ...
Comelec told to proclaim party-list repInquirer.net
Comelec told to proclaim Abang Lingkod party-listBusinessWorld Online Edition
SC orders Comelec to proclaim Abang LingkodABS CBN News
GMA News -Manila Standard Today -Rappler
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:16 PM PST

Senate body tackles P14.5-B 'Yolanda' rehabilitation budget
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines—The Senate committee on finance began deliberations Thursday on the proposed P14.5 billion 2013 supplemental budget for rehabilitation, repair, and construction works and activities in areas hit by recent calamities such as ...
House OKs supplemental budget, but it's still not enoughABS CBN News
House panel approves P14-B supplemental budgetPhilippine Star
Supplemental budget OK'dBusinessWorld Online Edition
GMA News -Manila Bulletin
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 03:39 AM PST

25 caught stealing relief goods at Villamor
ABS CBN News
MANILA - Soldiers arrested 25 people who posed as evacuees and relief workers to steal relief goods at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in Pasay City. PAF spokesman Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol said the 25 were arrested in separate operations from Nov ...
25 people caught stealing relief items in Villamor AirbasePhilippine Star
25 nabbed for looting relief goods at Villamor Air BaseInquirer.net
25 arrested for stealing relief items at VillamorGMA News
InterAksyon -Rappler -Manila Standard Today
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:16 PM PST

Manila stops construction of Torre de Manila
ABS CBN News
MANILA – The Manila city council has decided to suspend the building permit of a condominium project that threatens to ruin the "sacred sightline" of the Rizal Shrine and Luneta Park. In a resolution, the city council said the 41-storey Torre de Manila ...
Manila city council suspends Torre de Manila constructionRappler
Manila seeks suspension of controversial condo constructionInquirer.net
Manila council suspends permit for DMCI's Torre de ManilaInterAksyon

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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 06:32 PM PST

'Yolanda' deaths now at 5560
ABS CBN News
MANILA – The official death toll from super typhoon "Yolanda" is now at 5,560, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) said. In its 6 a.m. Thursday update, the NDRRMC said 57 more have been confirmed dead in the worst-hit city ...
NDRRMC: Yolanda death toll climbs further to 5560GMA News
Official death toll slightly moves to 5560Sun.Star
Yolanda death toll now at 5560 - NDRRMCPhilippine Star
BusinessWorld Online Edition -Inquirer.net -Manila Standard Today
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:40 AM PST

Does SC ruling mean an end to pork?
BusinessWorld Online Edition
DEFINITIVE is what the Supreme Court (SC) obviously tried to be in its ruling on the "pork barrel system." Reading the 72-page decision, however, it is clear that what it will achieve is to merely change the forms taken by the notoriously corrupt pork barrel ...
Why pork barrel is unconstitutionalManila Standard Today
OPINION: PerryScope By Perry DiazMindanao Examiner

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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:00 PM PST

JESSICA ZAFRA | Things we learned from Yolanda
InterAksyon
Philippine life makes so much more sense to us in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. Elections really are a matter of life and death, and not just because the goons of the opposing parties are shooting at each other. Your choice of local government officials ...
Disaster response needs major improvementPhilippine Star

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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:12 PM PST

Court of Appeals freezes bank accounts of 4 ex-solons over pork scam
GMA News
Pork scam suspects continue to feel the wheels of justice. The Court of Appeals has issued a freeze order covering the bank accounts of four former congressmen and six staff members of three senators who are implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel fund ...
Court orders freeze on assets of 4 ex-solons in pork scamInquirer.net
CA orders freeze on bank accounts of Reyes, Tuason, et alABS CBN News

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Posted: 27 Nov 2013 03:51 PM PST