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By KHRYSTA IMPERIAL RARA
THE 25 dolphins from the Solomon Islands that are now in Subic are well-cared for and free to interact with each other, according to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) in Singapore.

By ARIEL C. SEBELLINO
IT has been two years since a most heinous crime happened in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province in Southern Philippines. On Nov 23, 2009, 58 persons were killed, 32 of them journalists and media workers, earning for the Philippines the notorious tag as the second most dangerous place for media practitioners in the world, next only to Iraq.

By KHRYSTA IMPERIAL RARA
REPRESENTATIVES of Manila and Singapore-based animal protection groups are blocking the reported plan to send the dolphins in Subic to Singapore. They also want them returned to where they came from- Solomon Islands.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
FORMER President Gloria Arroyo is now under arrest for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage. The warrant of arrest, issued by Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court, was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by members of the Philippine National Police seven hours after the Commission on Elections filed electoral sabotage charges in connection with the 2007 elections against Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

CONTRARY to the announcement of Supreme Court Spokesman Midas Marquez that the High Court voted 8-5 reiterating the temporary restraining order on the Watch List Order of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued on former President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, a highly reliable source said the tribunal, voting 7-6, actually declared its Nov. 15 TRO inoperative following the failure of the Arroyo camp to comply with all the conditions set by the court.

By MARK PERE MADRONA
A HAND-PAINTED sign on the gate of the 2.5-hectare assembly plant of the iconic Sarao Motors Inc. (SMI) in Pulanglupa, Las Pinas City welcomes both tourists and customers.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
IT may have been a 38-year wait for Marina Verma, but for her it was worth it. For the first time since she was born, the proud Teduray tribe woman from Maguindanao finally held in her hands the certificate of her birth.

By MARIEJO RAMOS
HE used to fight boredom by writing poems on cigaret foils. Seven years later, Marcelo Santos III, now 21, writes—no longer on palara of but for digital media. And he writes no longer for himself, but for his legion of fans enthralled by his "Love Story on Video" (LSOV) series.

By GIL ROY GORRE
I chanced upon a telecast of another beauty contest recently, and stayed on knowing that this one was not likely to get the sustained public and media attention that Shamcey Supsup got. Erramon Aboitiz, president and CEO of Aboitiz Power Corp., was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011, topped off with the “Master Entrepreneur Award.” He will represent the Philippines in the “World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards” in Monaco in 2012. One wonders if the United States will send Warren Buffet or whether Carlos Slim will don the colors of Mexico.

By CAROLYN MERCADO
DESPITE the advent of a new and popular administration and President Aquino’s promise to end all human rights violations, the country has not seen the last of them. Torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances continue with impunity. They continue to be widespread and systematic, with most victims tagged as “enemies of the state” and the majority of the suspects identified as state security forces.

THE secrets to a healthy, long life come free if one follows Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan's zero-cost prescription. An advocate of primary health care, sound nutrition and integrative medicine who had taken the road less travelled when he served in rural areas for a decade, Tan said the most number of centenarians in the world can be found in Asia. The Philippines doesn't figure in those statistics, he said, because "we have internalized the North American diet."

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA
WHILE a bloody encounter was playing out on a field in Basilan, journalist Cathy Babao Guballa was in the midst of preparing what Lorna Kalaw Tirol, a veteran editor, calls a "landmark book."