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'Wag na tayong magbulag-bulagan': Sunshine Dizon blasts government's priorities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 06:22 PM

Sunshine Dizon took to social media to make her own State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the day President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth one at the Batasang Pambansa Monday. Read more »

Noise barrage, motorcade para sa ABS-CBN ginanap sa Bacolod, Batangas City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 08:42 PM

Muling nagsagawa ng motorcade at noise barrage ang ilang mga grupo at indibidwal sa Bacolod at Batangas City para sa kanilang panawagan na muling ibalik ang ABS-CBN sa ere.   Read more »

OPINION: Does Congress still represent the people?

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 25 02:40 AM

“We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God” have the power to conquer, tame and reform congressional malfeasance and malevolence. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 24, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 12:35 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Caravan, noise barrage isinagawa sa Iloilo City ilang araw bago ang SONA ni Duterte

Nony Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:18 PM

Nagsagawa ng caravan at noise barrage ang iba’t-ibang sektor sa lungsod na ito upang ipanawagan ang kanilang pagtutol sa iba't ibang isyu at patakaran ng gobyerno, lalong-lalo na ang anti-terrorism law. Read more »

Lawyers, church leaders, women's group file new petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act; total now at 19

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:13 PM

Three more groups on Friday filed new petitions contesting the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court, raising the total number of petitions against the law to 19. Read more »

Priests, nuns petition against anti-terror law

Mores Heramis, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 12:56 PM

Some sectors fear the law, signed by President Duterte on July 3, 2020, maybe used wantonly by law enforcers and violate certain civil rights.  Read more »

'Ang terorismo nandiyan pa rin': Gatchalian defends anti-terror law

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:15 PM

MANILA - Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, one of the proponents of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, went on the defense Thursday amid the almost daily filing of petitions challenging the legality of the contentious law. Read more »

Petisyon sa SC vs Anti-Terrorism Act umabot na sa 16

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 09:13 PM

Ang batas na ito ay isa na sa may pinakamaraming kumukwestiyon sa kataas-taasang hukuman. Read more »

Supreme Court says 16 petitions filed vs Anti-Terrorism Act so far

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 09:05 PM

A total of sixteen petitions have been filed so far at the Supreme Court, questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, court spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Thursday. Read more »

Constitution framers, rights defenders, journalists challenge Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 01:40 PM

Compared with the Human Security Act of 2007, the law which it replaced, petitioners claimed the ATA's coverage is broad as it punishes acts based on intent and purpose, regardless of stage of execution and even if there is no actual death, injury or damage. Read more »

READ: Full text of petition filed by UP Law professors, alumni vs Anti-Terrorism Act

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 10:37 PM

Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and several lawyers filed a petition before the high court Wednesday seeking to declare the entire law unconstitutional and stop its implementation -- the 11th group to challenge the measure.   Read more »

Gov't says to speed up implementing rules of anti-terror law

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 05:58 PM

The Anti-Terrorism Council will fast-track the implementing rules and regulations of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday.   Read more »

'Activism is not terrorism, terrorism is not activism,' says Duterte security adviser

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 02:07 PM

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon assured the nation Wednesday that the stricter anti-terror law would not be used to silence government critics as it allayed concerns that the measure might be abused.   Read more »

Ex-justices Morales, Carpio, law experts question anti-terror law at Supreme Court

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:38 PM

MANILA - Two former Supreme Court justices and law experts from the University of the Philippines College of Law were the latest to question the constitutionality of the recently passed Anti-Terrorism Act, citing provisions dangerous to the innocent.    Read more »

Drilon says he aimed to join bicam committee in vote for anti-terror law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 11:43 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Wednesday he voted for the anti-terror law in hopes of joining the bicameral conference committee. Read more »

Iba pang lider-simbahan nagsalita na rin vs anti-terror law, ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 10:09 PM

Bukod sa Simbahang Katolika, naghayag na rin ang mga lider ng ibang religious groups ng kanilang saloobin laban sa ilang batas at patakaran ng pamahalaan. Read more »

'What if my son is detained on mere suspicion?' Belmonte 'uncomfortable' with parts of terror law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 12:54 PM

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Monday she was "uncomfortable" with some provisions of the new Anti-Terror Act, which she relayed to lawmakers in an informal survey they conducted among local chief executives nationwide.    Read more »

Church will cease to exist if it stays silent when wrongs are committed: CBCP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 09:27 AM

The Catholic Church will cease to exist if it keeps silent on wrongs being committed, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said Monday as the President's lawyer accused it of violating the Constitutional provision on the separation of the Church and State. Read more »

CBCP denounces 'pattern of intimidation' as anti-terror law takes effect

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 06:43 PM

(UPDATE) Filipino bishops denounced the government's "pattern of intimidation" as they expressed concern over the new anti-terror law and cited such actions as shutting ABS-CBN down and harassing media personalities with multiple charges. Read more »