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Mag-amang makaangkas sa motor sugatan nang masalpok ng kotse

Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 11:39 AM

POLOMOK, South Cotabato - Sugatan ang mag-ama nang mabangga ng kotse ang kanilang sinasakyang motorsiklo sa bandang Matin-ao Bridge, Linggo ng umaga.  Read more »

Davao City residents protest proposed Mindanao Railway project

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 05:46 PM

DAVAO CITY - Some property owners in golf and residential estates in Catalunan Pequeño here have complained against the proposed Mindanao Railway Project. Read more »

ADB approves $408-M in aid to rebuild Marawi

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 14 09:48 PM

MANILA - The Asian Development Bank approved Friday a $408 million financing package to the Philippines to help rebuild Marawi, a city in the country's south that suffered extensive destruction during intense fighting between militants and government forces last year. Read more »

Mindanao dev't official faces graft case for bringing husband to work

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:46 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a case against Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Finance and Administrative Services Director Charlita Escaño at the Sandiganbayan, for bringing her husband to a seminar in 2015. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga kukumpunihing kalsada sa Metro Manila, Disyembre 14-17

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 04:43 PM

Isasagawa ang pagkukumpuni simula alas-11 ng gabi Biyernes, hanggang alas-5 ng umaga ng Lunes, Disyembre 17.  Read more »

Ilang manggagawa mula Mindanao, tutol sa pagpapalawig ng martial law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 02:10 AM

Nagagamit lang umano ang mga pulis at sundalo para buwagin ang mga union. Read more »

House opposition mulls taking fight vs martial law extension to Supreme Court

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:32 PM

The opposition bloc in the House of Representatives is planning to question the constitutionality of the third extension of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court, a lawmaker said Thursday, a day after Congress approved the chief executive's request. Read more »

Martial law worked vs loose guns but no extension needed: poll watchdog

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 04:47 PM

Martial law helped maintain peace during the village and youth elections in parts of Mindanao last May, a poll watchdog conceded Thursday, but said this did not mean it should be extended. Read more »

3 Abu Sayyaf bandits, 1 soldier killed in Sulu clash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 03:02 PM

MANILA - A Marine and 3 Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed in a clash in Patikul town, Sulu early Thursday morning, the military said.    Read more »

A different picture: Martial law in Mindanao led to forced evacuations, school closures - solon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 12:26 PM

At least two lawmakers from the House of Representatives expressed concern on Thursday over the third extension of martial law in Mindanao. Read more »

Petition vs BOL reminiscent of scrapped MOA-AD, says ex-chief justice

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 11:31 AM

MANILA - The petition raised against the Bangsamoro Organic Law is reminiscent of the Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain which was unanimously scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2008, a former chief justice said Thursday. Read more »

ANC Soundbytes: Congress extends martial law in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 02:51 AM

An overwhelming vote by the Philippine Congress to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year. This is the third time martial law had been extended in the South. Will martial law be good for Mindanao?  Read more »

Opposition lawmakers: Not enough proof for martial law extension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:38 PM

The Philippine Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year.  Read more »

Sa ika-3 pagkakataon: Martial law sa Mindanao muling pinalawig

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 09:17 PM

Nakatakda na sanang magwakas ang martial law sa Mindanao ngayong Disyembre 31, 2018 pero sa ikatlong pagkakataon ay humirit ng extension ang Pangulo.  Read more »

Congress extends Mindanao martial law until end of 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 09:02 AM

MANILA - Lawmakers from both the Senate and the House of Representatives granted Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019. Read more »

Guevarra backs military reports, says rebellion still exists in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 12:25 PM

The Department of Justice trusts military reports that there is still an ongoing rebellion in Mindanao, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday as lawmakers questioned the validity of the executive branch's request to extend the martial law in Mindanao. Read more »

Senate, House discuss martial law extension in joint session

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 01:21 PM

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III and Speaker Gloria Arroyo called the joint session on martial law to order 2 days before Congress goes on break for the Christmas holidays. Read more »

Martial law until 2022? Makabayan bloc vows to fight new Mindanao martial law extension

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 02:34 PM

The Makabayan bloc is eyeing a case before the Supreme Court should Congress grant President Duterte’s request for a 3rd extension of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao. Read more »

MILF leaders release doves for Bangsamoro Organic Law campaign

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 07:49 PM

Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal (in blue) strikes the gong while MILF Chairman Alhaj Murad (in green, center) and other Bangsamoro leaders release doves during the formal launch of the campaign for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in Cotabato City. Read more »

LOOK: Duterte's letter asking Congress to extend Mindanao martial law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 03:42 PM

MANILA - The Senate has received President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019, documents showed Monday. Read more »