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Elementary students of Palanan Elementary School in Makati City have fun ducking under their desks like they are playing a game during an earthquake drill on Friday. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA…

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This family in Barangay Planas in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province, prefers to seek shelter under a tree on Tuesday than return to their earthquake-damaged home due to continuing aftershocks. ALANAH TORRALBA…

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Senate could become
Supreme Court puppet

By Norman Bordadora, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Malacañang on Saturday expressed fear that the Senate might become “a puppet of the Supreme Court” if it allows the high court to interfere with its decisions as the “sole” trier of impeached officials such as Chief Justice Renato Corona. _{5 hours ago}

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hits
election campaign trail

By Agence France-Presse

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail near her hometown of Yangon on Saturday, travelling to the constituency where she is standing for parliament for the first time.

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Senators’ dilemma: Defer to SC or defy it

The Senate impeachment court is poised to question the Supreme Court’s order temporarily barring it from examining the dollar accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona, according to Senator Franklin Drilon.