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Text and photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV SOME 300 families from Barangay Malanday in Marikina City have crowded into the Bulelak Gym, which has served as the area’s evacuation center.

By KEITH BACONGCO, MindaNews COTABATO CITY – The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has assailed the presence of police and military personnel inside registration centers during the 10-day re-registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) last month.

By KEITH BACONGCO, MindaNews
COTABATO CITY – The registration of minors, flying registrants and multiple registrations have remained rampant in the 10-day registration of voters last month in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), according to a task force tasked to assess the registration.

By LALA ORDENES FEARING that Congress may be either underrepresented or overrepresented in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) proceedings, the Supreme Court on Friday modified its July 17 decision limiting Congress to only one representation in the council that vets judicial nominees.

Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO Not even the threat of rain around the Quezon Memorial Circle and the water puddles from a downpour the night before stopped the 100 or so persons with disabilities (PWDs) from running and racing in wheelchairs at the recently concluded M.O.V.E. Manila Run 2012.

Text and video by KARLOS MANLUPIG
DAVAO CITY— Rogelio Simbajon has labored in the mining tunnels in the gold rush community of Gumayan, a town in Compostela Valley, for more than 30 years. On Monday, he and about 400 other small-scale miners left the tunnels to participate in protests timed with President Benigno S. Aquino III’s third State of the Nation Address.

VERA Files, in cooperation with ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs and Unlimited Productions Inc., presents the documentary “Silang May Mga Kapansanan,” a special report on the program Krusada hosted by veteran broadcast journalist Karen Davila.

By ARIEL C. SEBELLINO
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jenmabel Gie Mendoza sashayed confidently across the room full of adults and spoke with ease and authority. Momentarily, there was a hush, as all eyes and ears were on her. Jenmabel introduced herself as a CWD (or one of ‘children with disabilities’).

Text by LALA ORDENES Photos and interview by MARIO IGNACIO IV Photographer Mario Ignacio went around during the President’s third SONA and asked men and women on the street their thoughts on Aquino’s presidency and how he is managing the country. This is what they have to say.

Text by MIKHAIL FRANZ FLORES Photos and Video by VINCENT GO Youth protesters and anti-riot cops exchanged volleys of stones as President Benigno Aquino III was about to deliver his third State of the Nation Address on Monday. Protesters said the ensuing 20-minute clash left 95 from their ranks injured. Several journalists were also hurt.

Video and full text of President Benigno S. Aquino III's State of the Nation Address
Ito po ang aking ikatlong SONA, at parang kailan lang nang nagsimula tayong mangarap. Parang kailan lang nang sabay-sabay tayong nagpasyang tahakin ang tuwid na daan. Parang kailan lang nang sinimulan nating iwaksi ang wang-wang, hindi lamang sa kalsada kundi sa sistemang panlipunan.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
JULIE Alipala of the Philippine Daily Inquirer posted last Sunday in her Facebook page a photo that was appalling and disturbing. The picture was the inauguration of a three-storey, 27-classroom building of the Zamboanga City High School. The guest of honor was Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro. The host was Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat.