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.In the previous oral argumentation on the controversial “disbursement acceleration program,” the Solicitor-General insisted that the matter is now moot since the program has been discontinued.

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Sen. Joker Arroyo is asking other senators to push the bicameral conference committee to approve a bill seeking to grant compensation to victims of martial law.

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Sen. Joker Arroyo, who championed the abolition of capital punishment in 2006, reiterated yesterday that the death penalty is not a deterrent to heinous crimes now apparently resurgent in the country.

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The office of sixth district representative Luis Gabriel Quisumbing will make sure that victims of cybersex get enough assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

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Today is May 27. Today marks the 17th day after the May 10 elections, touted as this country's first automated electoral exercise.

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It seems not everyone was pleased about the recently concluded automated elections. Neither were they convinced that the system cannot be compromised, and that cheating cannot occur.

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