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By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
An opportunity for newly-appointed Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas to help in the healing of bruised ties with China has been presented by the Chinese government with its invitation for him to attend the 9th ASEAN- China expo in Nanning, the capital of China's Guangxizhuang Autonomous Region starting this weekend (Sept 21 to 25).

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has found through its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) at least 61,416 double/multiple registrants in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as of September 11.

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES The hearings of the Election Registration Board (ERB) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been postponed again. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution 9519 promulgated September 13 moved the ERB schedule to November. The postponement was made based on the recommendation of lawyer Teofisto Elnas Jr, Director IV of the Election and Barangay Affairs Department.

By VINCENT GO
Activists and community leaders on Thursday demanded that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources install a pollution disclosure system that will require industrial facilities to publicly declare the chemicals they use in their products and manufacturing process, and report how these are discharged, treated or transported.

By KHRYSTA IMPERIAL RARA
THREE male dolphins kept in captivity at the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP) may just be the first beneficiaries of world-renowned dolphin activist and marine mammal specialist Ric O’Barry’s visit to Manila this week.

By HOMER TEODORO TARLAC CITY— For two persons with disabilities (PWDs) here in Tarlac province, dreaming big simply means being able to play their favorite sports like professional athletes.

By PHILIP PARAAN
CITY tours are usually organized to educate tourists and the general public on cultural and historical landmarks and other interesting places. But this time, a different guided tour takes on patronage politics as its agenda and object of discovery.

INTERIOR Secretary Rico Puno resigned on Tuesday as interior and local government undersecretary amid allegations of his involvement in the purchase of assault rifles for the police's Special Action Force supposedly at an overprice and attempt to access documents of the late Secretary Jesse Robredo.

By JOSE EMMANUEL UNTALAN OLYMPIC VILLAGE, LONDON—The nine-athlete Philippine delegation to the 2012 Paralympic Games here is returning home empty handed after 11 days of intense competitions, and is not expecting any fanfare when they arrive.

By LEILANIE ADRIANO
SEPTEMBER is the month Filipinos recall the darkest period in the history of Philippine democracy when President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on Sept. 21, 1971.

By VERA Files UMINGAN, Pangasinan – This town posted the highest turnout of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province’s special voters registration, thanks to the efficient coordination of municipal government agencies, local leaders and PWD organizations.