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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 15, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 02:37 AM

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

SC denies SolGen’s last-minute bid to cancel anti-terror law oral arguments

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:33 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has denied the last minute plea of the Office of the Solicitor General to cancel the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act scheduled on Tuesday, January 19.   Read more »

Youth groups call for abolishment of anti-terror law

George Calvelo, ABS -CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:24 PM

Commuters watch as activists from different youth groups stage a protest in front of the Liwasang Diokno at the Commission on Human Rights building in Quezon City on Friday.  Read more »

SC to start oral arguments on anti-terror law this month, no word yet on ex-SolGen's amicus curiae bid

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 02:41 PM

Oral arguments on petitions questioning the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court will push through on Jan. 19, based on a revised advisory released Friday. Read more »

Indonesia to free cleric linked to Bali bombing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 06:02 AM

JAKARTA - A radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings is to be freed from prison Friday, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly 20 years after Indonesia's worst terror attack. Read more »

2 militants linked to 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings killed in shootout with Indonesian police

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 03:44 PM

A counter-terrorism unit raiding a militant hideout in central Indonesia on Wednesday killed two men suspected by police of involvement in twin bombings at a Philippine church in 2019 that killed more than 20 people.   Read more »

Designation of groups as terrorists means freezing of assets, not arrests - DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 09:52 AM

Designating the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), as terrorist groups means freezing their assets and not immediate detention of its members, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday. Read more »

Activist groups stage protest gig for arrested Echanis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:28 PM

Activist groups made up of farmers and artists staged a protest gig dubbed "Terror Error" at Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Saturday. Read more »

Various artists hold protest gig

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:15 PM

Activists and supporters attend “Terror Error” protest performance at Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Saturday by various progressive bands and artists. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 4, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 11:52 PM

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

Terror-linked militants burn police car in Maguindanao

Ferdinandh Cabrera, AP
Posted at Dec 04 05:11 PM

Police check a burned patrol car in Datu Piang, Maguindanao on Friday. Read more »

Supreme Court sets January 2021 oral arguments on petitions vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 09:52 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — The Supreme Court (SC) has set a date to hear oral arguments on several petitions filed against the controversial Anti-Terrorism Law, according to on an advisory a petitioner received Friday, which was also subsequently released to the media.   Read more »

SC sets preliminary conference on petitions vs. Anti-Terrorism Act on Nov. 26

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 05:55 PM

Four months and 37 petitions after, the Supreme Court has set the date for a preliminary conference on the pleas questioning the constitutionality of the country's anti-terror law. Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, Anti-Terrorism Act, Supreme Court, anti-terror law, petitions against the anti-terror law, petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, Republic Act No. 11479 Read more »

France attack: Church sexton had throat slit while preparing for Mass

Caroline Pailliez and Matthias Galante, Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 09:34 AM

As he did every day, Vincent Loques, sexton of the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice opened up the doors around 8:30 a.m. There were few people around; the first Mass of the day was not due to start for another two hours. But soon after he started work on Thursday morning, a Tunisian man armed with a knife entered the church and, over the course of 20 minutes, slit the 55-year-old sexton's throat, beheaded a 60-year-old woman, and badly wounded a third woman who was 44, according to prosecutors. Read more »

Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir says Muslims 'have right to kill French'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 11:40 PM

Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Muslims had a right "to kill millions of French people", shortly after a knife-wielding man launched a deadly attack in Nice. Read more »

Three killed in knife attack inside church in France, ratcheting up terror fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 10:12 PM

A knife-wielding man killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, slitting the throat of at least one of them, in what officials are treating as the latest jihadist attack to rock the country. Read more »

SC petitioners hit ‘fatally flawed’ IRR of anti-terror law in pushing for TRO

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 05:36 PM

MANILA - A group of petitioners against the anti-terror law led by veteran journalist Ma. Ceres Doyo, and senators Leila de Lima and Francis Pangilinan asked the Supreme Court Thursday yet again to act on their plea to stop the implementation of the law.   Read more »

Do you trust Lacson to probe alleged red-tagging? Bayan Muna solon answers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 01:12 PM

Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said Thursday the jury is still out on how Sen. Panfilo Lacson will investigate the alleged red-tagging incidents involving some military officials. Read more »

Lawyers' group pleads to SC: Stop implementation of anti-terror law, IRR

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 04:57 PM

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers on Monday again urged the Supreme Court to address petitions against the anti-terror law following the release of its implementing rules and regulations. Read more »

Iba't ibang grupo nagprotesta sa Mendiola, effigy ni Duterte sinilaban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 08:11 PM

Agaw-pansin ang effigy ni Pangulong Duterte na nakabiting patiwarik. Natapos ang protesta sa pagsusunog ng naturang effigy.  Read more »