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Voting 3-2, a special division of five justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) denied the issuance of writ of habeas corpus for the 43 health workers who were arrested and detained on suspicion that they are members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA).

The so-called “Morong 43” – which include two doctors, a nurse and midwife – were apprehended during what the military claimed a bomb-making workshop in Morong, Rizal last February 6. They are currently detained at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal.

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The Philippines has been elected to head a special committee of the United Nations, which was established by former UN Secretary General Carlos P. Romulo in 1975.

In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippine Mission to the UN in New York disclosed that the country was elected to chair the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, a brainchild of former UN Secretary General Carlos P. Romulo.

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Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday denied offering P1 billion to Sen. Jamby Madrigal in exchange for her withdrawal of her complaint on the C-5 Road extension project controversy.

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