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By MEI MAGSINO
CHARITY Diño, a former school teacher in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, has been languishing at the Batangas Provincial Jail for almost two years now.

By BOBBY Q. LABALAN
LEGASPI City- Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes challenged government officials who advocate mining to live in areas ravaged by mining so they would have a taste of the sufferings of the poor.

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
IT was a night away from the” immoral” taunts, discrimination and homophobia that has haunted every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender at least once.

FORMER First Son and incumbent party-list congressman Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela Montenegro will be charged with tax evasion, after the Department of Justice found probable cause to sue them.

LEADERS of indigenous communities in Bukidnon have refused to engage in any discussion over the planned construction of the Pulangui V Hydroelectric Project (HEP), until dam proponents submit a cultural impact assessment that will detail the damage the dam will cause the tribes.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
There was a hint of embarrassment in Mark Gilbore’s voice as he pointed to the infamous red light district of Angeles City.It was almost dusk when girls of various shapes and sizes began to pour out to the streets.

A WHISTLEBLOWER from Lagayan town in Abra has filed before the Ombudsman a P133-million plunder case against former mayor and congresswoman Cecilia Seares-Luna and her eldest son Jendricks.

By LUZ RIMBAN
TWO prominent members of a powerful political family in Abra are facing plunder charges for allegedly embezzling more than P130 million in municipal funds, in what a whistleblower has called “big-time corruption in a small town.” Named in a complaint-affidavit are former Abra congresswoman Cecilia Seares-Luna and her eldest son Jendricks

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
THE displaced director of the Commission on Elections’ Law Department has accused Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. of unethical behavior for allegedly requesting him to help absolve two Comelec officials ordered suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for approving the P690 million contract to purchase ballot secrecy folders for the 2010 elections.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
FORMER Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafy contributed P5 million to the campaign of former President Ramos in 1992, according to US Embassy report exposed by Wikileaks. The Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines (Batas Pambansa 881) prohibits accepting contribution from foreigners.

By TESS BACALLA
THE sun has been up at least two hours. Yet hardly anyone in the remote village of Kanapawan, Camarines Norte---an eight-hour bus drive from Manila---seems poised for farm work. This is unusual for a community used to rising at the crack of dawn.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
A COMMISSION on Elections executive who investigated the overpriced P690-million ballot secrecy folder contract bought for the May 2010 elections with OTC paper supply has been put on “floating” status.