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By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
WHILE thousands of barangays all over the country still await the final results of the October 25 polls, eight of 10 barangays in Tubo town in Abra already knew their new set of officials about a month before election day.

By JAMAL ASHLEY ABBAS
POLICE Tuesday filed multiple, frustrated and attempted murder complaints with the North Cotabato provincial prosecutor's office against two suspects in the Rural Transit bus bombing that killed 10 persons and injured 30 others on Oct. 21.

By KRIZIA S. ARCANGEL
FOUR years after he walked out of prison, Jose Reyes returns to the Rizal Provincial Jail (RPJ) every Thursday, not to serve time for yet another offense, but to share God’s Word to inmates.

A CANADIAN diplomat said a Freedom of Information Law will make public servants more accountable and will be a tool against graft and corruption.

By RALPH TY
THERE seems to be no stopping the advancement in the country of the controversial stem cell technology that promises effective treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

By JON LINDLEY C. AGUSTIN
FILIPINOS know Quiapo as “old downtown,” when it was the center of commerce of the Philippine capital Manila

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has disregarded the recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee to charge administratively Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Rico E. Puno and recently retired Philippine National Police chief Jesus Verzosa.

By CHIT ESTELLA
MANY Filipinos might have been pleased with President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III’s performance in the first 100 days of his term—but not his former professor at the Ateneo de Manila University.

By KIM ARVEEN M. PATRIA
AT first, politicians attend to needs. After some time, the needs turn to wants and desires. Soon the desire becomes greed. Then, to satisfy greed, they push the country to the brink of poverty.

THE May 10 election was characterized by a “high incidence and widespread occurrence of technical and management problems” that tainted the integrity, credibility and accuracy of the automated election system.

WHAT has the country got to do with the highly publicized marital case of television host and presidential sister Kris Aquino and basketball star James Yap? None, many might be quick to say. But for Kris, the speedy resolution of her petition to nullify her marriage to James will not only benefit her but the

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga.—A human rights group in Central Luzon is blaming former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for the increased incidence of human rights violations here in her home province Pampanga. Aurora Broquil, president of the group Defend Central Luzon, said seven intelligence units have been deployed in Pampanga alone since late last year, including those