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Reds: Subject in Olongapo ‘arrest’ not Calubid

The CPP information chief said the PNP’s highly publicized “false report” is “a blatant lie,” motivated by the ₱7.8 million bounty money placed on Calubid’s head by the military and police.

Political dynasties also swarm the party-list elections

In 2013, the high tribunal reversed itself and ruled that party-list groups “do not need to organize along sectoral lines and do not need to represent any marginalized and underrepresented sector.” The ruling cited the intent of RA No. 7941 to make the party-list race a system of proportional representation open to various groups and parties. Political families gradually packed the party-list elections.

Irene Khan asks PH: Have you reviewed cases vs journalists already?

“Please indicate the measures taken to review this case as promptly as possible and, in the absence of substantial evidence of the crime committed, to dismiss the charges as unfounded and to release Ms. Cumpio, Ms. Domequil and Mr. Abinguna immediately,” Khan wrote.

Bayan Muna: DOE acting as oil companies’ puppet

“The DOE has become nothing but a mouthpiece of oil cartels, readily accepting their justifications for price increases without scrutiny. Instead of protecting the people’s interests, they have become enablers of corporate greed,” Bayan Muna’s third nominee for next year’s elections said.