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Trillanes files cyber libel, libel raps vs Roque, SMNI hosts, pro-Duterte vloggers

Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday filed libel and cyber libel charges against former presidential spokesman Harry Roque, pro-Duterte vloggers and hosts of Sonshine Media Network International over persistent attacks and "fake news".

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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla speaks on July 19, 2023.

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Mutya ng Pilipinas finalist crowned Miss USA 2023

Mutya ng Pilipinas finalist crowned Miss USA 2023

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Former Mutya ng Pilipinas candidate Savannah Gankiewicz has been crowned as the new Miss USA 2023 after Noelia Voigt relinquished...

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LTFRB: End motorcycle taxi pilot program

LTFRB: End motorcycle taxi pilot program

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Bam Aquino gears up for political comeback in 2025 midterm polls

Bam Aquino gears up for political comeback in 2025 midterm polls

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Former senator Bam Aquino — who abandoned his Senate bid in 2022 to run Leni Robredo's presidential campaign and earlier...

Masterful Lomachenko knocks out Kambosos to win IBF lightweight crown

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Litrato ni dating Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV (kaliwa) at dating presidential spokesperson Harry Roque

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Passengers crowd the departure lobby while others set up camp inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Monday midnight, Jan. 2, 2023 as the influx of passengers still builds up despite announcements made by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista that the airport is back to normal operations around 5:50 PM on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Numerous flights were canceled earlier due to a technical glitch and the power outage at the Air Traffic Management Center of the NAIA.

NAIA escalators to be fixed by June

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Passengers crowd the departure lobby while others set up camp inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Monday midnight, Jan. 2, 2023 as the influx of passengers still builds up despite announcements made by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista that the airport is back to normal operations around 5:50 PM on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Numerous flights were canceled earlier due to a technical glitch and the power outage at the Air Traffic Management Center of the NAIA.

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Passengers crowd the departure lobby while others set up camp inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Monday midnight, Jan. 2, 2023 as the influx of passengers still builds up despite announcements made by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista that the airport is back to normal operations around 5:50 PM on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Numerous flights were canceled earlier due to a technical glitch and the power outage at the Air Traffic Management Center of the NAIA.

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Leaders of the Latip and Mustapa clans hugged each other after forging on May 13, 2024 a peace agreement that ended their bloody rido, first step to the restoration of normalcy in barangays in Akbar, Basilan where they reside.

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Leaders of the Latip and Mustapa clans hugged each other after forging on May 13, 2024 a peace agreement that ended their bloody rido, first step to the restoration of normalcy in barangays in Akbar, Basilan where they reside.

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An old dock site in Lamitan City in Basilan is now guarded by plainclothes policemen and city officials against possible entry into the area of any of the seven escapees from the detention facility of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in nearby Zamboanga City.

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