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  • Winning bets with poll offenses not yet off the hook — Brillantes

    Winning candidates in the May 13 elections with pending election offenses cannot rest easy yet, as their proclamation will have no effect on the progress of their case, poll chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday."Lahat ng illegal postering, tuloy-tuloy lang ang aming election offense sa law department. It should not affect the proclamation," Brillantes said.He cited the case of the ...

  • Comelec disqualifies with finality five party-list groups

    The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled the registration of five party-list groups with pending cases to the Supreme Court, effectively removing their votes from the party-list derby.According to a Comelec resolution promulgated May 24, 2013, the poll body resolved that the cancellation of the registration of the following five groups as "final and ...

  • SC asked to stop Comelec from removing PCOS machines from polling precincts

    Defeated senatorial candidate Richard Gordon has asked the Supreme Court to stop the Commission on Elections from removing the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used in the May 13 polls. A statement issued Thursday by Gordon's camp said the former senator filed a 14-page urgeny mandamus motion on Wednesday asking the high court to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the ...

  • Palace to Pinoys Dont be swayed by gates of hell reference

    A Malacañang official on Friday urged "ordinary readers" to believe testimonials on Manila’s beauty rather than be swayed by a fictional character's unpleasant observations about the place.??"We trust that ordinary readers will give more weight to the testimonials of real people who have enjoyed their stay here in our beautiful country over the experiences of a ...

  • PNoy Presidents work in poor country of 100M people not easy

    While he said he was not complaining, President Benigno Aquino on Friday admitted leading a poor country of nearly 100 million people – 10 million of whom are scaterred in over 200 countries – is not an easy job."You might think that I’m complainingbut I just want to impart to youthere are difficult burdens in this particular job especially when you want to lead ...

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The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

Of all the films based on the novels of postwar hard-boiled novelist Jim Thompson, whose body of work Meredith Brody described in Film Comment as the most disturbing and the most darkly sadistic of the tough-guy writers, Michael Winterbottoms The Killer Inside Me ...

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  • DepEd reminds schools on no-collection policy sets hotlines

    With school set to start in a little over a week, the Department of Education on Friday reminded school officials to observe the policy prohibiting the collection of fees during enrolment. DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro cited DepEd Order 41 issued in 2012, stating that no fee shall be collected from pupils in kindergarten up to Grade 4 anytime during School Year 2013-2014. There will also be no ...

  • PHL in transition to rainy season due early June

    The rainy season is not due until early June, but the transition from summer has begun, state weather forecasters said Friday. In a radio interview, PAGASA forecaster Alvin Pura said the transition period is causing very humid weather at times of the day. "Nasa transition tayo papunta tag-ulan. Meron tayong nararanasang easterlies kaya maalinsangan ang maasahan," he said in an ...

  • MILF to form political party for 2016 polls

    The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is set to form its political party this year and will likely participate in the 2016 elections, a television report said. A report by Ruth Cabal on GMA News TV's State of the Nation on Thursday, MILF chief of information Mohagher Iqbal said the creation of a political party would be necessary in anticipation of the Bangsamoro Region. The Bangsamoro ...

  • Aquino appoints 13 new judges in 9 provinces

    President Benigno Aquino III has appointed 13 new judges to various courts in nine provinces in Luzon.A transmittal letter sent by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said the new judges were appointed in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and the Bicol Region.["B]y virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the ...

  • DFA chief Del Rosario Asia tension could lead to conflict

    TOKYO - A Philippine official has warned that territorial rows in Asia are "causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict" as several countries face off with China over island claims. Speaking at a business conference here on Thursday, Foreign Affairs chief Albert del Rosario said China's "nine-dash line claim encompassing almost the entire South China Sea" is ...

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