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60,000 PDLs freed since March, says SC
By Fernan Angeles OVER 60,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been released since the implementation of community quarantine in view of the global pandemic, said an official of the Supreme Court. Court Administrator Atty. Midas Marquez attributed the development that somehow saw jails de-clogged of detainees, to continued conduct of hearings through in-court and…
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Tribesmen go to SC, want anti-terror law nullified too
By Fernan Angeles TRIBESMEN in the upland often mistaken as insurgents and terrorists have joined the fray, and filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to declare the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 null and void, alleging that the law violates their right to self-determination. Officers of Indigenous People’s alliance KATRIBU, Muslim activist and 2019 senatorial…