Human rights group Center for International Law (CenterLaw) on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of amparo (court protection order) before the Supreme Court in behalf of the 39 family members and neighbors of persons killed in tokhang operations in San Andres Bukid district in Manila, and as a class suit in behalf of all its residents.

“Martial law has lost its reason for being. It is no longer justified as the actual threat of terrorism no longer exists,” said the opposition bloc at the House of Representatives.

NBI agents have arrested a woman who tried to spread radical ideas and recruit hundreds of foreigners to reinforce pro-Islamic State rebels led by the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups occupying Marawi City, DOJ Secretary Vitataliano Aguirre II said Wednesday.

Central Luzon police authorities have shifted the focus of operations from illegal drugs to illegal gambling, arresting 21 persons in Pampanga and Bulacan areas in a fresh crackdown on the underground unlawful numbers game, a top official announced Wednesday.

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Members of Aegis Juris fraternity met, allegedly to plan a cover-up of the hazing death of Horacio Castillo III, as early as September 17, the same day the University of Sto. Tomas law student was taken to the Chinese General Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

Communist rebels blasted President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, October 18, saying his profanity-laden tirade against striking jeepney drivers the day before showed “ang tunay niyang kulay: galit sa mga gutom at mahirap (his true colors: angry at the hungry and the poor).”

The former Pussycat Dolls singer, who is part Filipino, was an avid supporter of the Pinoy trio JBK.

The purported head of the Aegis Juris fraternity was cited in contempt by the Senate public order committee when he refused to confirm his membership and position in the organization at the hearing on Wednesday, October 18, into the hazing death of University of Sto. Tomas law freshman Horacio Castillo III.

Both chambers of Congress, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet earned “good” net satisfaction ratings in the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations.

The theater festival will gather 150 artists and performers; 50 experts and speakers; and 200 official delegates from various parts of Asia.

(UPDATE - 10:59 a.m.) The testimony John Paul Solano gave to the Senate in executive session was read in public at the resumption on Wednesday, October 18, of the inquiry into the hazing death of Horatio Castillo III.