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Youth groups seek SC help to extend voters registration

Youth groups seek SC help to extend voters registration

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Oct 30, 2015

A few days before the last day of the voter registration period for the upcoming 2016 national elections, Kabataan Partylist, along with several other youth leaders, filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to question the legality of two resolutions released by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) that set the said registration deadline.

Ifugao village denounces death threats vs. councilman

Ifugao village denounces death threats vs. councilman

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Jul 20, 2015

In a community petition and barangay resolution, the villagers of Barangay Tulludan of this town denounced the death threat and false accusations made against their barangay council member, Nonoy Bungtiwen and pleaded for immediate action from the municipal government and other stakeholders to root out the source of the threats.

Militarization, harassment of nuns mar Pope’s visit to Leyte

Militarization, harassment of nuns mar Pope’s visit to Leyte

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Jan 20, 2015

Tacloban City captured the attention and the desire of Pope Francis to show solidarity with the survivors of the strongest supertyphoon to make landfall in history. “I felt that I have to be here,” he said during the mass, “a little bit late,” he admitted, to warm applause of the pilgrims.