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Issue No. 24040 | Oct 20, 2024
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The lure of politics: Some celebrities shun the circus

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Manila, Philippines—“Paano kung manalo (What if I win)?”

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In Trending

How Duterte's 5 am call to Garma starts a nationwide drug war

Garma's affidavit corroborates a lot of things, including Espenido's earlier allegation that cops were financially rewarded under Duterte's drug war — October 14, 2024

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More on Quad Committee Hearings on Duterte Administration Issues
  • Philippines not renewing membership to ICCPresident Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has remained firm on his stand against the country’s renewal of membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC).— October 15, 2024

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  • ‘Reward system’ during past illegal drug operations validates CHR’s 2021 findingsAs early as 2021, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) had validated the concept of “awards, rewards, recognition” to policemen for the killings of suspected illegal drugs offenders.— October 18, 2024

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  • Duterte to attend quad comm hearing if invitedIf invited, former president Rodrigo Duterte will attend the House of Representatives quad committee hearings on extrajudicial killings.— October 18, 2024

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In Education

Teachers dismayed over law removing mother tongue in K-3

Several teachers groups expressed concern over the new policy that discontinued the use of the mother tongue as a medium of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3. — October 14, 2024

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In Poverty

PH among most food-insecure nations in SE Asia: think tank

The Philippines ranked as among the most food insecure nation in Southeast Asia from 2021-2023, think tank Ibon Foundation said. — October 16, 2024

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In Muslim Mindanao

American reportedly kidnapped in Philippines and shot in leg as he resisted

Police in the Philippines say they've launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist. — October 18, 2024

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In Business

‘Mercury destroys lives’: but if goldmining is here to stay, is there a way to make it safer?

Using the toxin for gold extraction is banned in the Philippines, but the practice remains widespread. Now one town is trialling a technique that could end its use and protect the world’s 15 million small-scale miners — October 18, 2024

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