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MILF on stalled talks: 'Frustrated, angry'

by  Angela Casauay  on  June 16, 2013

What's causing the peace talks' delay? Wealth and power sharing.

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Resigned bishop a 'victim of Church politics'

by  Aries Rufo  on  June 15, 2013

The lawyer of the former Auxiliary Bishop of Manila feels the sanctions imposed on him were too punitive

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Sectoral? Party list votes come from reg'l bailiwicks

by  Michael Joseph Bueza  on  June 14, 2013

The past two elections show that a number of party-list groups rely not on sectoral allies but on votes from geographic...

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Catholic school told to pay falsely accused clerk millions

by  Aries C. Rufo  on  June 11, 2013

The Supreme Court decides in favor of the accounting clerk that St Joseph's Academy in Las Piñas dismissed 10 years

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The NSA Black Hole

by  Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica  on  June 11, 2013

5 Basic Things We Still Don't Know About the Agency's Snooping

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The fall of the rising star

by  Aries Rufo  on  June 06, 2013

The Catholic Church handles cases of priests' sexual dalliances – such as Bishop Crisostomo Yalung's – in a...

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A bishop and multimillion-peso donations

by  Aries C. Rufo  on  June 04, 2013

By insiders' estimates, the Catholic Church-run Radio Veritas was able to raise about P100 million in donations in...

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Loophole? No PH law banning tobacco CSR

by  Judith Balea  on  June 03, 2013

Despite anecdotal evidence that tobacco companies use CSR projects to skirt laws and stave off unfriendly regulations,...

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Fast facts: The two Serendras

by  Rappler.com  on  June 01, 2013

The Serendra complex serves as a statement for the Ayala group's influence and presence in the country’s fastest...

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Tobacco CSR thwarts ad ban, no-smoking laws

by  Judith Balea  on  May 31, 2013

The CSR budget of Philip Morris in the Philippines has not gone below US$1 million a year since 2008

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