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Court of Appeals upholds NEA-backed DANECO

Court of Appeals upholds NEA-backed DANECO

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Jun 29, 2014

The Court of Appeals upheld that the group affiliated with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) is the only “legal and legitimate group” to supervise the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative or DANECO. 

Adding insult to injury: Zero conviction under PH’s anti-torture law

Adding insult to injury: Zero conviction under PH’s anti-torture law

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Jun 26, 2014

A Hong Kong-based legal rights organization said the Aquino administration failed “to investigate, prosecute and convict” state agents and their accomplices for violating the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, as the country is supposed to join the global observance on 
Thursday the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Murder charges vs. police intel chief filed

Murder charges vs. police intel chief filed

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Jun 25, 2014

Murder charges were filed Tuesday afternoon before the City Prosecutor’s Office against a police regional intelligence chief implicated by suspects in the killing of billionaire businessman Richard Lim King who was killed last June 12 in Obrero, this city.

Farmers hit DA over price hike of rice and garlic

Farmers hit DA over price hike of rice and garlic

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Jun 25, 2014

The Department of Agriculture blamed low supply brought about by crop conversion as the main cause in the price hikes in garlic and rice. Militant farmers, however, decried low goverment subsidy and rapid importation as the culprit of the current problems in agriculture.