Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon, center, and Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane inspect guns seized from alleged communist camps during a press conference in Davao City on Saturday. (AP photo)
MANILA -- What government failed to resolve the Supreme Court (SC) is trying to address with the creation of 99 special courts that will exclusively focus on extrajudicial killings of political activists and journalists.
The SC designated the special courts out of the existing regional trial courts (RTCs) nationwide. Their sole task will be to expeditiously hear and resolve the cases.
CEBU CITY -- Government may be on the right track in reducing poverty and malnutrition, civil society groups said, but it has to spend more to keep children in school and increase access to reproductive health services.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The US military has not disclosed what caused the death of an American soldier participating in the Balikatan 2007, as the joint military exercise came to an end over the weekend in the province of Sulu.
DAVAO CITY -- National Defense Chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. couldn't help but take a jab at Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chair Jose Maria Sison's photos with sexy actress Ara Mina that was published over the weekend.
