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(Conclusion) By Jon Lindley Agustin, Katria Ayanna Alampay, Jhesset Thrina Enano, Elizabeth Escaño and Luis Adrian Hidalgo Within the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus already stand two churches: the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice for Catholics and the Church of the Risen Lord for Protestants. Members of the UP Muslim community advocating for a proper

 By JON LINDLEY AGUSTIN, KATRIA AYANNA ALAMPAY, JHESSET THRINA ENANO, ELIZABETH ESCANO AND LUIS ADRIAN HIDALGO.  (First of two parts) The roughly five-square-meter room at the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) in Romulo Hall at the University of Philippines-Diliman is just a storage area. But for two hours around noon every Friday, it transforms into

  By LAURO BAJA, JR. THE proposal  for “increased” access to facilities in Subic and other places to US forces and those of other “allies” is a byproduct of US desire to upgrade their pivot in Asia and of the Philippines necessity to arrest the rampaging actions of China in the West Philippine Sea. The

By MYLAH REYES-ROQUE TIRED of the slow pace of justice, relatives of 14 of the 58 fatalities in the November 2009 Ampatuan massacre had signed an agreement with an “emissary” of the accused to negotiate the settlement of the murder case for P50 million. But no settlement has been reached to date: The “emissary,” identified

By VERA Files Correspondents THE Commission on Elections failed to make the 2013 elections friendly to persons with disabilities, despite its own resolution and a massive civil society campaign to make the elections more inclusive, pro-PWD groups said in their assessment. This led to voter disenfranchisement in some areas, according to the Legal Network for

  BY LAURO BAJA JR. IT is difficult to develop a pattern of action for the incident in Balintang Chanel which happened a month ago. We know what Taiwan wants but we are still at sea on how we have responded and/ or how we will further respond. Taiwan is a province (read: surrogate) of

By MIKHA FLORES PARTY-LISTS are supposed to represent sectoral interests in Congress but when it comes to winning seats, there is nothing like strong regional support or an influential family name to fall back on. This was the case of many party-list winners in the 16th Congress, which banked on the regional and provincial bailiwicks

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao– “Anak ni King.” “Anak ni Idol.” Movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr. is nearly nine years dead but he is still “King” or “Idol” for members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) who voted for the first time in their lives on May 13 and whose

By MIKHA FLORES FIRST it was the source code for the PCOS machines they were quarrelling about.  Now former colleagues, Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes, Jr. and Augusto “Gus” Lagman are squabbling about intelligence funds. Lagman, who served as Comelec commissioner for about a year, revealed on Wednesday that election officials receive intelligence funds

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS MAKASSAR, Indonesia—Former President Fidel V. Ramos has recommended the creation of a neutral investigation on the May 9 encounter between a Philippine patrol ship and Taiwanese fishing vessel in the disputed maritime boundary that resulted in the death of a Taiwanese fisherman and sparked violent protests in Taiwan against the Philippines. Ramos

By VERA Files IN THE clannish provinces of Muslim Mindanao, the Ampatuans remain the political family to beat, with close to 20 members of the clan winning various local positions in Manguindanao in last Monday’s election, based on the Commission on Elections online tally. In contrast, the rival Mangudadatu clan managed to win only nine

By MARK MADRONA FIVE days after the nation trooped to the polls, the Commission on Elections officially wrapped up its canvassing for the 2013 senatorial elections by proclaiming the last three winners in the race on Saturday. The proclamation of San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito, re-electionist Gregorio Honasan, and former Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia Villar