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Tributes pouring in despite PNP vilification vs Malayao
OFWs in Belgium held a candle-lighting ceremony in front of the Philippine Embassy to protest the killing of Randy Malayao. By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions Tributes to Randy Malayao are still pouring in on the eve of the slain National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant’s burial in the old town of…
‘ABS-CBN signed off, but our fight for press freedom won’t’
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Meralco burdens consumers already economically bruised by COVID-19 crises
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