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Protesters to Supreme Court: Block MRT fare hike. President Aquino defends police chief Purisima. The Vatican says the Philippines is part of the Church’s ‘great frontier’

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  • Petitioners ask the Philippine Supreme Court to stop the MRT fare hike.
  • President Aquino defends police chief Purisima.
  • The Vatican says the Philippines is part of the Church’s ‘great frontier.

STOP MRT-LRT FARE HIKE, SC ASKED
Petitioners on Monday ask the Supreme Court to block the fare hike of mass transit systems MRT, Metro Rail Transit, and LRT, the Light Rail Transit, implemented last Sunday. Petitioners want the High Court to immediately issue a temporary restraining order against Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya for the increase which they said was “arbitrary, unjustified, excessive, irregular and invalid.” From a base fare of P11 the Transportation Department or DOTC resolution raises the maximum single journey fare in LRT-1 to P30 and LRT-2 to P25. MRT fares will range from P15 to P28. Malacanang defends the hike, saying it is the “right thing to do.” Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda says government subsidies for the MRT and the LRT were decreased to provide more funds for new projects in other provinces.

PURISIMA NOT A BAD COP – AQUINO
In an interview with comedian Vice Ganda, President Benigno Aquino talked about his long-time friendships with two public officials caught in controversies, Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima and Vice President Jejomar Binay. The President portrayed Purisima as a good policeman. Purisima was part of his security detail during the administration of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino. Purisima is under a 6-month preventive suspension as the Ombudsman investigates a plunder complaint against him. Also in the interview, Aquino admitted to having a girlfriend until “several months ago.”

WOMAN MAKING PRINCE ANDREW SEX CLAIMS VOWS NOT TO BE SILENCED
Britain’s Buckingham Palace denies Prince Andrew’s links to a sex slavery ring. This comes after a woman accused the prince of having sex with her as an underaged “sex slave” of Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein. The woman, identified only as “Jane Doe #3” in court papers, claims she was Epstein’s sex slave from 1999 through 2002. In 2008, Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution. He remains a registered sex offender.
Andrew is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and fifth in line to the British throne.

BONO: I MAY NEVER PLAY THE GUITAR AGAIN
Sad news for Bono fans: the rock band U2 frontman writes on his blog he’s worried he may never play the guitar again. Bono went through hours of multiple surgeries in November after a bike accident where he broke his arm and fractured his eye socket and shoulder blade. Bono reveals he ”blanked out on impact” and has no memory of how he ended up in the hospital with the bone on his upper arm sticking through his leather jacket.

VATICAN: PHILIPPINES PART OF CHURCH’S ‘GREAT FRONTIER’
The Vatican says the Philippines is part of the Church’s ‘great frontier.’ Vatican spokesman Fr. Frederico Lombardi says the Pope’s third time in Asia shows it is “one of the great frontiers” of the Catholic church. Pope Francis’ trip to the Philippines will be his third time visiting Asia after South Korea in August 2014, and Sri Lanka this January fulfilling his dream as a young Jesuit to serve as a missionary in Asia.

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