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Dela Rosa: Forgive us for drugs war deaths
(UPDATED) "Ipagdasal 'nyo kami na sana Lord, patawarin 'nyo kami sa nangyayari ngayon." (Pray for us that the Lord may forgive us for what's happening now.)A week before Christmas, the country's top...
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Someone named Sammy Uy came to the Duterte-Abe summit
Something unusual happened during the meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Rodrigo Duterte in Tokyo in October. The two heads of state were supposed to have a “four-eyes” meeting, meaning...
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Newsbreak Voices: Growing up in Aleppo
MANILA, Philippines – The city of Aleppo in Syria is facing a humanitarian disaster: thousands of civilians are in danger of air strikes and attacks from government forces intent on flushing out rebel...
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Impunity: The Church of the Resistance
The cathedral is lit in neon. Seventy-one feet of cement and adobe glow red and aquamarine and purple and blue. The spotlights change hue at half-second intervals. Colored stars dot the soaring walls....
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Impunity: The Night Before Christmas
The playground is crowded with children on Christmas Eve. They sleep under plastic chairs in a tangle of arms and feet. Those who are still awake sit scattered across the room holding paper plates of...
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LOOK BACK: High-profile ponencias of retiring SC Justice Arturo Brion
MANILA, Philippines – Supreme Court (SC) Justice Arturo Brion retires on Thursday, December 29, as he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70.A former Court of Appeals justice, Brion has also...
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Newsbreak Voices: Church of the Resistance
MANILA, Philippines – At the Redemptorist Church of Baclaran, churchgoers on the first day of the pre-Christmas dawn masses were greeted by an unusual sight: photographs of corpses, police yellow tape,...
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Part 1: 'Rightful' owners of prime lot in QC fight back
MANILA, Philippines – They are the heirs of Eulalio Ragua, the purported owner of the prime lot in Quezon City where SM North EDSA Mall and Trinoma Complex stand.They lived in that area since birth...
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Part 2: The battle of the land titles
Part 1: 'Rightful' owners of prime QC lot fight backMANILA, Philippines – The new twist in the Raguas’ claim happened in early 2014, after the demolition of the shanties along Agham Road in Quezon City...
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Presidential Electoral Tribunal: What happens to a protest?
MANILA, Philippines – The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) will be playing a critical role in the election protest that involves the vice presidency.Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr...
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Rappler's top stories of every week of 2016
MANILA, Philippines – It was an eventful 2016.From a colorful election to major sports events, from live coverages to important announcements, and from showbiz headlines to viral videos, readers sought...
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'Seriously, but not literally'? The Atlantic used it ahead of Andanar
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and United States president-elect Donald Trump may have more in common than we think – at least that’s how it looks after Palace Communications Secretary Martin...
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Bongbong Marcos brings relief goods to Leni's bailiwick
During the 2016 campaign, former senator Bongbong Marcos and his cousin former Leyte representative Martin Romualdez were always together, people mistook them for a tandem.Both of them lost in their...
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5 reasons the gold shipment complaint vs Aquino is a joke
On Friday, January 6, a certain Rogelio Cantora filed with the Office of the Ombudsman a plunder complaint against former president Benigno Aquino III for allegedly authorizing the illegal transfer of...
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Koko Pimentel's 2017 resolution? No more evasion of media
The media could expect a more accessible Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III this 2017. That is, if he sticks to his supposed New Year's resolution.Pimentel was a media-friendly senator but became...
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Devotees mark Nazarene feast in time of killings
MANILA, Philippines – Sounds of gunfire roused 51-year-old Remedios Ocampo from her afternoon nap in one of the slums of Manila at around 6 pm on July 28, 2016.Ocampo's nephew, 24-year-old Gabriel...
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#LeniLeaks: Speculations based on fragmented emails
The buzz started among bloggers known to be pro-Duterte, and gained traction when no less than the Palace communications secretary picked it up for his podcast: Vice President Leni Robredo is...
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Counterterrorism: Why the death of AKP's Tokboy matters
MANILA, Philippines – The hunt for Mohammad Jaafar Sabiwang Maguid or "Tokboy" ended on January 5, 2017, when the leader of the local terrorist group that is believed to have the "closest links" with...
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U.S. citizenship issue hounds Yasay ahead of CA confirmation
MANILA, Philippines – Did Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr lie when he declared he has always been a Filipino and had never been an American citizen?On November 28, an irked Yasay responded to...
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Congress 2017: Bleak prospects for shift to federalism
MANILA, Philippines – Although it is one of the cornerstones of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign and government, the proposed shift to federalism faces a bleak future in 2017, according to...
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