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SC VACANCY | JBC vetting process touches on Alvarez row with judiciary, ML

The ongoing vetting process by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), to fill up a vacancy in the Supreme Court when Justice Bienvenido L....

Indonesia launches sea patrols with PH, Malaysia in bid to tighten security vs terrorists,...

Warships from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia held maneuvers on Monday in waters plagued by insurgency and banditry off north Borneo, launching coordinated patrols in a region where Islamic State influence is growing.

20 terror cells in PH looking to do ISIS’ bidding – OSG

Twenty terrorist cells in all are allied with the Maute Group that is leading the three-week siege of Marawi City, and are all working to set up a caliphate in the South on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

ASEAN officers tour South China Sea on board Japan’s helicopter carrier

Southeast Asian military officers have embarked on a four-day tour of the South China Sea on the Japanese navy's Izumo helicopter carrier in the latest sign Japan is stepping up efforts to counter growing Chinese influence.

Marawi grad, UP summa cum laude in molecular bio, to deliver valedictory address at...

An outstanding young scientist - summa cum laude, molecular biology and biotechnology - from Marawi City will deliver the valedictory at this weekend's university-wide graduation rites at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.
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MARTIAL LAW | Consolidated petitions deemed submitted for resolution at SC

The consolidated petitions calling for junking the recent martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte covering the whole of Mindanao were deemed Monday as having been submitted for resolution.

‘Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita’ hits SM Cinemas after long international tour

This heartwarming coming-of-age lesbian drama has been to a whopping 42 international film festivals.

SSS, drivers file P6.8-M complaint vs 4 taxi operators

Taxi drivers and the Social Security System filed criminal complaints against four transport operators for their alleged deliberate failure to remit P6.8 million in social security contributions from their employees.
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‘TRAGEDY OF INSURGENCY’ | Dureza ‘disheartened’ by NPA attack in Iloilo amid Reds’ cease-fire...

Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza expressed disappointment over the NPA's assault on the Maasin Police Station in Iloilo at a time when communist rebels offered a cease-fire in Mindanao to enable government forces to focus on fighting Maute extremists in Marawi.

Eighth Marawi jail escapee surrenders; 99 more urged to yield as BJMP assures them...

The number of escapees from the Marawi City Jail and the Malabang District Jail has increased to eight after another inmate voluntarily turned himself in on Monday, June 19.

Kobe Paras shines as PH team’s FIBA 3×3 World Cup campaign begins with 1-1...

Kobe Paras and Kiefer Ravena had some memorable moments as Team Philippines split their first two assignments in Pool B of the 2017 FIBA...

3 ship passengers said to have links to Maute Group arrested in Iloilo

Three ship passengers believed to have links with the Maute Group were arrested in Iloilo by authorities Sunday afternoon.

Several injured in London after reports of vehicle ramming pedestrians – police

Several people were injured in north London early on Monday after reports that a vehicle rammed into pedestrians, British police said.

‘CASE FILED TO HARASS ME’ | Trillanes welcomes Ombudsman’s dismissal of treason, espionage raps...

"This is what happens when your political opponents start to believe their own propaganda. But no matter how they twist the facts, in the end, the truth will always come out," said Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.

‘APAT NA PO, HINDI APATNAPU’ | Ubial explains error in news reports about deaths...

It was fake news but probably unintended and either a result of carelessness or misunderstanding.