Authorities think there is a cover-up in the slay of Horacio Tomas Castillo III because the man who brought the UST law student to the hospital had deliberately misinformed the police on what really happened to the victim.

China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stifle dissent.

Removing extremist content from the internet within a few hours of it appearing poses “an enormous technological and scientific challenge”, Google’s general counsel will say later to European leaders who want it taken down quicker.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said the House of Representatives would not allow President Rodrigo Duterte to step down and cut short his term because he has a “contract” with the people to complete his mandate.

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It has gotten to the point that there is pride in entitlement and braggadocio in lying. Filipinos are mocked and demonized for fighting for human rights, for demanding accountability and transparency in government, while those who deny and twist the words of the Constitution fist-bump you on Facebook after embarrassing their own staff and alma mater.

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In a last-ditch appeal, Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Wednesday asked the the “small committee” of the House of Representatives to restore the original budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) before the 2018 budget bill is approved on third reading next week.

The Supreme Court has suspended work in all courts nationwide on Thursday, Sept. 21, following a Palace proclamation on work and class suspensions in Executive branch agencies and in public schools.

Movement Against Tyranny, the organizers of Thursday's anti-dictatorship rally at Luneta Park, are negotiating with the NPDC to be allotted the grounds in front of the Quirino Grandstand on learning that the latter was given instead to the "Lion's Club", which will be hosting a feeding program from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the same day.

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy” the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.”

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II signed Wednesday an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order against at least 15 persons said to be members of the Aegis Juris fraternity, which is suspected to be behind the hazing death of law school freshman Horacio Tomas Castillo III.

President Duterte may have dubbed it a "National Day of Protest" and declared work and class suspensions in government offices and public schools, but banks will remain "fully operational" on Thursday, Sept. 21, the 45th anniversary of martial law.

(UPDATE - 1:25 p.m.) The impeachment complaint against Commission on Election chairman Andres Bautista was dismissed for insufficiency in form Wednesday morning, September 20, by the justice committee of the House of Representatives by a vote of 26-2.

It still won’t be a holiday but Malacañang has officially declared the suspension of work in the executive branch of government and classes in public schools on Thursday, September 21, the 45th anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law.