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Maguindanao massacre survivors form community through therapy session

Jan 24, 2010 8:03 PM

By BENJAMIN S. LUIS THEY thought by now, nearly two months after their loved ones perished in the country’s worst pre-election violence in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao, they were already past grief. And so, when the widows and mother of nine slain journalists and the daughter of a missing newsman met recently with a prominent psychiatrist […]

Media groups mark Maguindanao massacre second month anniversary

Jan 24, 2010 7:28 PM

Media and human rights groups marked the second month anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre by lighting candles at the steps of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication in Quezon City.

Unesco fears universal primary education by 2015 unlikely in RP

Jan 20, 2010 12:44 AM

By YVONNE T. CHUA THE number of out-of-school children in the Philippines has breached the one-million mark and one in four pupils is dropping out before Grade 5, prompting the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to declare the country in “real danger” of not achieving universal primary education by 2015. In its latest […]

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After the Ampatuan carnage: The stories of four widows

Jan 12, 2010 4:00 PM

By MYLAH REYES ROQUE THEIR husbands were close friends but their wives did not know one another. The Ampatuan massacre changed that. When they finally met, Myrna Reblando, Glenna Legarta and Mary Jean Merisco would refer to each other as 17, 20 and 19—the numbers assigned by the police to the bodies of their husbands […]

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Gordon: ‘Pangalan ko Dick pero hindi ako –tator’

Jan 04, 2010 1:56 PM

Courtesy of PROBE PROFILES JOINING the already crowded presidential derby at the last minute, Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon is banking on his image as an action man to win votes and implement genuine changes in 2010. The former mayor of Olongapo City, founding chair and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and chair of […]

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Pinoys expecting a happy Xmas remains flat at 64%

Dec 23, 2009 12:34 PM

THREE in five adult Filipinos expect a happy Christmas this year, one in 10 think it will be sad, and one in four says it will be neither, according to the Social Weather Stations’ Dec. 5 to 10 poll. The research organization said more Filipinos used to expect a happy Christmas—82 percent in 2002 and […]

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Aquino leads SWS’ December poll

Dec 22, 2009 11:05 AM

SEN. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar and former President Joseph Estrada are leading in the presidential race, according to the Dec. 5-10 pre-election survey of BusinessWorld and the Social Weather Stations. The survey also found Senators Manuel Roxas and Loren Legarda leading in the ice presidential race. In the Senate race, […]

Arroyo sons acquire U.S. homes, businesses after election to Congress

Aug 30, 2009 1:40 PM

VERA Files is bringing back this August 2009 story, which exposes the existence of the Foster City, California home listed in the name of Angela Montenegro Arroyo, wife of Congressman and former First Son Juan MIguel Arroyo. The couple is facing charges they failed to pay taxes amounting to more P73 million when Mikey’s mother Gloria was president.

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