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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 15, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:05 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Isko meets Nur: Manila to establish Islamic cemetery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 04:56 PM

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno shows to Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari the proposed Muslim Cemetery at the Manila South cemetery during the latter's courtesy call on Friday. Read more »

House minority bloc calls for end to crackdown vs activist groups

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 05:47 PM

The House minority bloc said it stands united in condemning attacks on the Makabayan bloc. Read more »

Aiming at Olympic boom, Japan builds 'Ethnic Harmony' tribute to indigenous Ainu

Tim Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 12:50 PM

On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.   Read more »

Philippines votes against UN resolution on Rohingya crisis

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Posted at Sep 28 05:20 AM

MANILA—The Philippines has voted against a United Nations (UN) resolution that seeks to end human rights abuses of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Read more »

Bangladesh to fence Rohingya camps in further crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 10:17 PM

Bangladesh is set to erect barbed-wire fencing, guard towers and cameras around Rohingya camps, the home minister said Thursday citing security concerns, in a move critics said would turn the refugee settlements into prisons. Read more »

Myanmar holds repatriation talks with Rohingya in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 28 07:44 AM

KUTUPALONG, BANGLADESH - A top-level Myanmar government delegation began repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp on Saturday, an official said, with many of the Muslim minority fearing for their safety if they return home. Read more »

'Lift martial law in Mindanao now': Drilon says 'unli' martial law 'untolerable'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 07:20 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Wednesday it is time to lift martial law in Mindanao. Read more »

House minority to be a 'conscience bloc': presumptive leader

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 09:57 AM

The minority in the House of Representatives will be a "conscience bloc," its presumptive leader said Tuesday. Read more »

Kiko: House must elect 'genuine' minority leader

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 08:30 PM

Minority Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to install a “genuine” minority leader, amid reports that another administration ally is eyeing the post, which has traditionally been given to opposition figures. Read more »

Battle for Senate committee chairmanships far from over - sources

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:59 PM

MANILA - The battle for the chairmanship of highly coveted committees in the Senate is far from over, sources told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Minority senators welcome UN rights council resolution on PH drug war

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 05:37 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Minority senators on Friday welcomed the move of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt a resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines, including alleged extrajudicial killings in the government's drug war. Read more »

Castro may seek minority leadership, Ungab wants appropriations committee - Salceda

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Updated as of Jul 10 09:00 AM

House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro might seek the minority leadership when the 18th Congress opens later this month, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said Wednesday.   Read more »

LP solons mull move to House majority - Erice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 12:47 PM

Liberal Party (LP) members in the House of Representatives are still considering moving to the House majority, Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice clarified Tuesday. Read more »

PH not a ‘dumpsite’: Drilon files bill outlawing waste importation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 08:47 PM

Under Senate Bill No. 18, or the "Waste Importation Ban Act of 2019," all waste imports, including recyclable materials, will be banned. Read more »

Drilon: Senate minority satisfied with committee assignments

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 10:07 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Franklin Drilon on Monday said the 4-member bloc in the upper chamber of Congress is satisfied with the assignment of committee chairmanships and memberships. Read more »

Minority senators nix joint probe on Recto bank allision

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Posted at Jun 23 01:12 PM

Some minority senators thumbed down the Philippines' and China’s joint probe into the boat-ramming incident in Recto (Reed) Bank. Read more »

Drilon allays fears on national ID system, says law to protect privacy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 03:04 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday allayed concerns over the national ID system as Malacañang is set for pilot test in September, saying it has safeguards to protect citizens' privacy. Read more »

Drilon: Minority to ‘fight tooth and nail' for Senate independence

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 08:11 PM

MANILA – Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Friday his bloc would “fight tooth and nail” to uphold the Senate’s independence and block measures that would not benefit the country. Read more »

Expert warns of 'tyranny of majority' in Senate

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 04:52 PM

Senate committee chairmanships should be given according to a senator’s capacity and advocacy, a governance expert said. Read more »