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                    [Title] => Bill postponing BARMM polls gets final House nod
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                    [Title] => Teachers angered by 'P10 billion cut' to DepEd's computerization program
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                    [Title] => VP Sara: 'No regrets' over death threat vs Marcos
                    [Summary] => Despite looming criminal charges, Vice President Sara Duterte said she has "no regrets" about publicly sharing that she has arranged retaliatory killings against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
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                    [Title] => Quad comm offers to cover Rodrigo Duterte’s travel for EJK probe attendance
                    [Summary] => Leaders of the House of Representatives’ Quad Committee, which is investigating alleged extrajudicial killings during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, have offered to cover his travel and accommodation expenses to ensure his attendance at future hearings.
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                    [Title] => Policy-making labor sector enters mainstream politics
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                    [Title] => Teachers angered by 'P10 billion cut' to DepEd's computerization program
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                    [Title] => VP Sara: 'No regrets' over death threat vs Marcos
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