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Solicitor General Jose Calida, in his 2017 SALN, identified his wife Milagros as chair and president of Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc., a security firm that won multimillion-peso government contracts. Screenshot: Calida’s 2017 SALN

What’s in a SALN anyway?

By law, SALNs must contain detailed information on an official’s real and personal properties, loans and other liabilities, and net worth as well as business interests, financial connections and relatives in government.

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A close contact between the government and the National Democratic Front prior to the third round of peace talks on January next year is important for the success of the negotiations, an official of the Royal Norwegian Government said. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Philippines in 2017: Stalled peace talks with Communists

Peace negotiations with the Communists was notably gaining unprecedented advances. But what went wrong?

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