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                    [Title] => Pasig cops file case vs green activist Castro over St. Gerrard protest
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The Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office has subpoenaed environmental activist Jonila Castro over a police captain’s complaint of illegal public assembly in front of the Discaya-owned St. Gerrard Construction compound.

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The use of water cannons by policemen in dispersing protesters during the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July was uncalled for, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said.

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Various militant and people's groups are set to file a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against Philippine National Police for preventing them from holding a program in front of the Batasang Pambansa last July 23 during the State of the Nation Address.

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Five protesters, who allegedly attacked police officers securing a rally on Mendiola bridge yesterday were arrested by the Manila Police District (MPD).

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Presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor said there is still a need to determine whether the arrests were really made in pursuit of Proclamation 1017 or because of existing charges or other criminal acts.
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The Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office has subpoenaed environmental activist Jonila Castro over a police captain’s complaint of illegal public assembly in front of the Discaya-owned St. Gerrard Construction compound.

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The use of water cannons by policemen in dispersing protesters during the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July was uncalled for, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said.

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Various militant and people's groups are set to file a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against Philippine National Police for preventing them from holding a program in front of the Batasang Pambansa last July 23 during the State of the Nation Address.

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Five protesters, who allegedly attacked police officers securing a rally on Mendiola bridge yesterday were arrested by the Manila Police District (MPD).

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Presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor said there is still a need to determine whether the arrests were really made in pursuit of Proclamation 1017 or because of existing charges or other criminal acts.
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